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| Baur, Ivo; Chair of Human-Environment Relations, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich ; ivo.baur@geographie.uni-muenchen.de; Binder, Claudia R.; Chair of Human-Environment Relations, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich; claudia.binder@geographie.uni-muenchen.de. |
| The common property meadows in the Swiss Alps have been managed by local self-organized governance systems since the Middle Ages, thus preventing their overuse. During the past century, socioeconomic developments, such as industrialization and rapid nonagricultural economic growth, have shifted employment opportunities from the agricultural sector towards the service sector. In the agricultural sector, this has led to less intensive use and maintenance of the meadows in the Alps and consequently to a reduction in biodiversity. We use the example of Grindelwald in the Swiss Alps to analyze how the governance system has adapted to these socioeconomic developments. We based our analysis on the Program in Institutional Analysis of Social-Ecological Systems... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Common property pastures; Rules; SES; Social-ecological systems. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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