Informing common pool resource problems: A survey of preference for catchment management strategies amongst farmers and the general public in the Ythan river catchment

Abstract

Supported by the EU Life Environment fund, the Ythan Project attempted to foster co-operation between farmers and the wider community of the Ythan catchment to protect and restore the river environment. Throughout the project surveys were Undertaken concerning the popularity of the Ythan Project's voluntary approach compared with more individualist or state-orgainsed approaches. Taking CPR theory as a framework. key findings from those surveys are presented and discussed as to their implications for organisational intervention in CPR problems. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

common pool resources; public participation; opinion survey; Ythan; nitrate vulnerable zone

Published in

Journal of Environmental Management
2008, volume: 88, number: 4, pages: 1161-1174
Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

SLU Authors

• Sang, Neil

  • The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute

UKÄ Subject classification

Computer Science
Human Geography

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.06.014

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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