scholarly journals Our Common Commons: Policies for Sustaining Volunteer Energy

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Brudney ◽  
Lucas C.P.M. Meijs
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Common Pool Resource ◽  
Social Resource ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Common

AbstractBrudney and Meijs (2009) conceive of volunteer energy as a social resource that constitutes the basis for (organizationally based) volunteering. They show that volunteer energy can be compared to a human-made, renewable resource that can be grown and recycled – but likewise one that is subject to misuse and misappropriation that can imperil the vitality of the resource. They explain that to a certain extent, volunteer energy is a common pool resource with free access for all volunteer-involving organizations, especially given the trend that people are less committed to one organization. As a consequence, volunteer-involving organizations must be collectively interested in making more volunteer energy available, now and in the future. As with other resources, sustaining the volunteer resource is becoming an issue. Thus, the need arises to develop an approach to the collective challenge of governing the volunteer energy commons. To this challenge we apply the design principles of Elinor Ostrom (1990) for robust governance of the common pool resource.

scholarly journals EXTERNALITIES AND PROPERTY AS GUIDING FACTOR FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF COMMON POOL RESOURCES

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Ferreira da Silva ◽  
Diego De Melo Conti ◽  
Paulo Sergio Gonçalves de Oliveira ◽  
Alan Tadeu de Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Common Pool Resources ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Common Pool Resource ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
The Future ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The Common

:This article aims to reflect about how can be managed the common pool resources oriented by principles of externalities and property. Thus, the guiding concepts for decision making regarding these two factors were those of the positive or negative externalities generated from the exploration, and the use of a good as well as the aspects related to the property of resources. Based on the understanding that resources can be categorized, as being rivals and / or excluders, and their consume generate externalities to other social actors in the present, as well as to their own possessors or potential users in the future. Therefore, based on the study of these relationships, a better decision-making process can be reached on the issues of ownership of access, and on management as to the preservation and use of common pool resources. Moreover, it is necessary to understand that every resource consumed promotes, at some point, positive or negative externalities to other individuals. In addition, the simple monetization of resources does not solve the problem of negative externalities. Therefore, based on the categorization of the property that has to be exercised, and the externalities, it is possible to understand how to manage a common pool resource. This situation helps to understand the exercise of control and usufruct of the common pools.

scholarly journals Common Pool Resource Management: Assessing Water Resources Planning for Hydrologically Connected Surface and Groundwater Systems

Hydrology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Francisco Muñoz-Arriola ◽  
Tarik Abdel-Monem ◽  
Alessandro Amaranto
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Common Pool Resource ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
Connected Surface

Common pool resource (CPR) management has the potential to overcome the collective action dilemma, defined as the tendency for individual users to exploit natural resources and contribute to a tragedy of the commons. Design principles associated with effective CPR management help to ensure that arrangements work to the mutual benefit of water users. This study contributes to current research on CPR management by examining the process of implementing integrated management planning through the lens of CPR design principles. Integrated management plans facilitate the management of a complex common pool resource, ground and surface water resources having a hydrological connection. Water governance structures were evaluated through the use of participatory methods and observed records of interannual changes in rainfall, evapotranspiration, and ground water levels across the Northern High Plains. The findings, documented in statutes, field interviews and observed hydrologic variables, point to the potential for addressing large-scale collective action dilemmas, while building on the strengths of local control and participation. The feasibility of a “bottom up” system to foster groundwater resilience was evidenced by reductions in groundwater depths of 2 m in less than a decade.

scholarly journals The Common Pool Resource Heatmap: A Tool to Drive Changes in Water Law and Governance

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 3110
Author(s):  
Jacqui Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Water Governance ◽  
Water Law ◽  
Common Pool Resource ◽  
Heat Map ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Management Area ◽  
The Common ◽  
Resource System ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Anticipated water-related impacts of climate change heighten the need for tools supporting proactive efforts to address current and future conflicts involving water. Analysing a regulatory framework for a water resource using Ostrom’s (1990) Common Pool Resource (CPR) theory can assist in identifying regulatory weaknesses that may contribute to deterioration of the resource and conflicts between resource users. Equally, adopting adaptive management to transform the regulatory context can also have positive effects. However, if incentives drive resource extractor behaviours, a tool to communicate these initiatives with stakeholders, including state actors, could assist. This article presents the ‘CPR heat map’ to assist with efforts to drive changes in water governance. An example of the CPR heatmap is presented involving the governance of groundwater in the Surat Cumulative Management Area, Queensland, Australia. This example shows how perceived weaknesses and strengths of the governance framework can be illustrated. It also shows how initiatives that are transforming water governance can be presented to drive social learning. The CPR heat map illustrates the collective nature of the resource system and how to potentially resolve and manage water-related conflict. This research has implications for how we approach conflict involving water and may be also relevant for managing other CPRs.

Think small – Das deutsche Stromnetz als Hindernis für die Energiewende

ORDO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2018 (69) ◽  
pp. 309-338
Author(s):  
Lisa Schlesewsky
Keyword(s):  
Design Principles ◽  
Common Pool Resource ◽  
Sich Eine ◽  
Wird Eine ◽  
Common Pool

ZusammenfassungDurch die Liberalisierung der europäischen Strommärkte sowie die deutsche Energiewende steigen die Anforderungen an das deutsche Stromnetz. Es wird gezeigt, dass das deutsche Stromnetz diesen Anforderungen aufgrund seiner Eigenschaft als Common-Pool-Resource (CPR) und daraus hervorgehenden Übernutzungsproblemen nicht nachkommen kann. Es zeigt sich eine Schwächung des Wandels hin zu erneuerbaren Energien und dadurch eine Verlangsamung der Energiewende. Als ein idealtypischer Lösungsansatz von CPR-Problemen wird eine Regulierung hin zu selbstorganisierten lokalen CPR zur Energieerzeugung und -bereitstellung beleuchtet. Lokale CPR können gegenüber zentralen Infrastrukturen bessere Kontrollmöglichkeiten und eine geringere Verantwortungsdiffusion unter den Nutzern, eine schnellere und effizientere Entscheidungsfindung sowie stärkere Innovationskraft aufweisen. Vor allem aber kann gezeigt werden, dass die Übernutzungsproblematik des Stromnetzes durch einen Closed Access-Ansatz in Form von lokalen CPR überwunden werden kann und eine Selbstregulierung anhand der vorgestellten Design Principles zur nachhaltigen Bewirtschaftung lokaler CPR nach Ostrom ohne dauerhafte ordnungspolitische Eingriffe möglich ist.

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