“Common pool resource is something that, unlike private property, is not exclusionary, something that one cannot easily restrict people from taking advantage of, but that, unlike public property, can be depleted by excessive usage. ”
“Clearly defined community boundaries, no strangers allowed.”
So basically Common Pool resources can be manage if they are really Private Property problems?
I don’t want to put words in Ostrom’s mouth but my understanding is that this has to do with scaling.
The system works if it’s not too big or volatile, in other words, if everyone knows each other. You can easily imagine how the resource would be depleted if random people just showed up and started extracting it.
To scale, there’s a different rule (the last one) which calls for hierarchical organization. In case of the irrigation system there’s a group of people using the same distributory canal. That’s a closed group, no stragers allowed. However, for problems they can’t solve themselves they can coordinate with groups in control of other distributory canals.
“Common pool resource is something that, unlike private property, is not exclusionary, something that one cannot easily restrict people from taking advantage of, but that, unlike public property, can be depleted by excessive usage. ”
“Clearly defined community boundaries, no strangers allowed.”
So basically Common Pool resources can be manage if they are really Private Property problems?
I don’t want to put words in Ostrom’s mouth but my understanding is that this has to do with scaling.
The system works if it’s not too big or volatile, in other words, if everyone knows each other. You can easily imagine how the resource would be depleted if random people just showed up and started extracting it.
To scale, there’s a different rule (the last one) which calls for hierarchical organization. In case of the irrigation system there’s a group of people using the same distributory canal. That’s a closed group, no stragers allowed. However, for problems they can’t solve themselves they can coordinate with groups in control of other distributory canals.