Pollution and Property: Comparing Ownership Institutions for Environmental Protection

ISBN-13: 9780521001090 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 226 str.

Daniel H. Cole

Opis

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 admixtures of private, common, and public-property systems.

Recenzje

'Daniel Cole's book is a sophisticated critique of private property and market-based approaches to environmental regulation … This clearly argued and informative study makes a major contribution to our understanding of the factors that affect the viability of different regulatory and property-rights approaches to environmental protection … This is … an important book.' Perspectives on Politics

Spis treści

1. Pollution and property: the conceptual framework; 2. Public property/regulatory solutions to the tragedy of open access; 3. Mixed property/regulatory regimes for environmental protection; 4. Institutional and technological limits of mixed property/regulatory regimes; 5. The theory and limits of free market environmentalism (a private property/nonregulatory regime); 6. The limited utility of common property regimes for environmental protection; 7. The complexities of property regime choice for environmental protection; 8. When property regimes collide: the 'takings' problem; 9. Final thoughts.