Common property systems, migration, and coastal ecosystems
Common property systems, migration, and coastal ecosystems
Curran, S.R.; Agardy, T.
Ambio 31(4): 303-305
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-7447
PMID: 12174600
Common property systems are a critical institution mediating the relationship between population change and environmental outcomes, especially in coastal and marine ecosystems. Evidence from El Salvador; Goa, India; and the Solomon Islands demonstrates how the social structures and institutions stemming from patterns of human migration variably influence environmental outcomes through their effects on common property resource institutions.