Theories of Sustainability
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| Karten | 78 |
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| Sprache | English |
| Kategorie | Naturkunde |
| Stufe | Universität |
| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 10.01.2022 / 19.01.2022 |
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common goods : 2 characteristics
- non excludability: can be used freely by anyone
- rivarly in consumption: use by one perosn affects use by the other
tragedy of the commons
risk of overexploitation because individuals have incentive to take more than is socially desirable
Hardin's approach to commons
- freedom in commons brings ruin to all
- solutions
- government regulation
- provatization
Ostrom's approach to commons
- tragedies of commons are real but not inevitable
- communities can self organize
4 prerequisites to institutional effectiveness (Ostrom)
- user interest in collaborative sustainable use of commons
- shared undertanding of resource system
- monitoring of commons and compliance to rules
- expected profits > transaction costs
elements leading to raise awareness of environmental problems
- oil crisis
- limits to growth (club of rome)
- industrial accidents
- political awareness
club of Rome
examined trends
- examined trends
- global pop
- industrialization
- pollution
- food production
- resource depletion
club of rome
assumptions
- exponential growth of population and pollution
- linear growth of technology to increase available resources
