Balancing Accuracy and Meaning in Common-Pool Resource Theory

Common-pool resources are managed in complex environments that are amenable to understanding, analysis, and management at multiple levels. This paper develops a heuristic criterion to identify the costs and benefits of adopting various levels of analysis when constructing theory for common-pool reso...

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Main Author: Michael Cox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2008-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art44/