Pollution and Property: Comparing Ownership Institutions for Environmental Protection

by Daniel H. Cole

Book Overview

All solutions to environmental problems depend on the imposition of private, common, or public-property rights in natural resources. Who should own the resources: private individuals, private groups of stakeholders, or the entire society (the public)? Contrary to much of the literature in this field, this book argues that no single property regime works best in all circumstances. Environmental protection requires the use of multiple property regimes--including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521001099
• ISBN13: 9780521001090
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"