Abstract
Governing common pool resources (CPR) in the face of disturbances such as globalization and climate change is challenging. The outcome of any CPR governance regime is the influenced by local combinations of social, institutional, and biophysical factors, as well as cross-scale interdependencies. In this study, we take a step towards understanding multiple-causation of CPR outcomes by analyzing 1) the co-occurrence of Destign Principles (DP) by activity (irrigation, fishery and forestry), and 2) the combination(s) of DPs leading to social and ecological success. We analyzed 69 cases pertaining to three different activities: irrigation, fishery, and forestry. We find that the importance of the design principles is dependent upon the natural and hard human made infrastructure (i.e. canals, equipment, vessels etc.). For example, clearly defined social bounduaries are important when the natural infrastructure is highly mobile (i.e. tuna fish), while monitoring is more important when the natural infrastructure is more static (i.e. forests or water contained within an irrigation system). However, we also find that congruence between local conditions and rules and proportionality between investment and extraction are key for CPR success independent from the natural and human hard made infrastructure. We further provide new visualization techniques for co-occurrence patterns and add to qualitative comparative analysis by introducing a reliability metric to deal with a large meta-analysis dataset on secondary data where information is missing or uncertain.
Highlights
As human activities begin to stress common-pool resources (CPRs) at the planetary scale developing the capacity to govern them is becoming ever more important
This paper reports on a large-N comparative case study analysis aimed at extending existing theories of CPR governance to gain deeper understanding of how the success of CPR systems depends on the broader coupled infrastructure system in which they are embedded
We suggest that the design principles (DPs) may be viewed as necessary conditions for successful CPR systems, contingent on the general coupled infrastructure system (CIS) characteristics
Summary
As human activities begin to stress common-pool resources (CPRs) at the planetary scale (e.g. the carbon assimilation capacity of the atmosphere and oceans, fresh water availability, etc.) developing the capacity to govern them is becoming ever more important. While we do understand some features of successful CPR governance, these past models of success are being confronted by unprecedented changes due to globalization and climate change. This challenges researchers to improve our practical understanding of the governance of CPR systems and their capacity to adapt in the face of such change. Toward this end, this paper reports on a large-N comparative case study analysis aimed at extending existing theories of CPR governance to gain deeper understanding of how the success of CPR systems depends on the broader coupled infrastructure system in which they are embedded. By increasing our understanding of CPR governance, we can identify analytical tools and principles to enhance the adaptability and transformability of CPR systems in the face of change
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