Common Property, Collective Action and Ecology

Abstract

"The Joint Committee on South Asia has been working for a number of years, mostly in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, on a project concerning applications of the venerable 'tragedy of the commons' model to specific instances of environmental degradation in South Asia. Several publications are in progress, focused on the case of the Sundarbans coastal ecosystem bridging India and Bangladesh. It is proposed to extend that work geographically, conceptually and theoretically in the form of a project which will involve both broader paradigmatic and methodological perspectives and integration with policy analysis. The conference in Bangalore is seen as an Intellectual extension of that work and the first stage of a larger collaboration across disciplines and resources."