Common Pool Resource Management

Topic

Topic pages summarize knowledge and resources within a subject area

Recent Topic Edits

• Beach Nourishment
• Non-natal Nearshore Rearing of Salmon
• Natural Resource Damage Assessment
• River Delta Restoration
• Clean Water Act

Salish Sea References

• Ecology Coastal Oblique Photography
• The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound provides a peer reviewed version of the wiki
• The Nearshore Map Portal
• Habitat Work Schedule Map
• PRISM Project Search
• Washington Coastal Atlas

Wiki Rules

• Wiki text does not reflect the policy or opinion of any agency or organization
• Please adhere to our social contract
• Complain here, and be nice.

What Links To This Page?

• Topics ‎ (← links)
• Hardin 1968 ‎ (← links)
• Ostrom 1990 governing the commons ‎ (← links)
• File:Abel et al 2022 evaluating puget sound ecosystem governance.pdf ‎ (← links)

Common pool resources are a class of resources that are accessible to a group, where it is difficult to exclude use, where the resource can be depleted through over-utilization. Classic examples are fisheries, rangeland, and water supplies.

Notes

• Elinor Ostrom's analysis of common pool resource management systems earned her a Nobel Prize in economics (Ostrom 1990)
• Her theories and examples provide an alternative analysis to Hardin 1968 and his "tragedy of the commons"