Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into practice and aim toward increasing the sustainability of our world. I urge public officials, scholars, and students in public policy programs to place this volume on their list of must-read books. It is a powerful antidote to the overly simplified proposals too often offered as solutions to contemporary problems at multiple scales.
Some of the homes that have been built in the last 10 years just appall me. Why do humans need huge homes? I was born poor and I didn’t know you boug… - Elinor Ostrom
Some of the homes that have been built in the last 10 years just appall me. Why do humans need huge homes? I was born poor and I didn’t know you boug…
- Elinor Ostrom
Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into practice and… - Elinor Ostrom
Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into practice and…
Bureaucrats sometimes do not have the correct information, while citizens and users of resources do. - Elinor Ostrom
Bureaucrats sometimes do not have the correct information, while citizens and users of resources do.
The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain. - Elinor Ostrom
The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain.
What is missing from the policy analyst's tool kit -- and from the set of accepted, well-developed theories of human organization -- is an adequately… - Elinor Ostrom
What is missing from the policy analyst's tool kit -- and from the set of accepted, well-developed theories of human organization -- is an adequately…
In some settings, however, rampant opportunistic behavior severely limits what can be done jointly without major investments in monitoring and sancti… - Elinor Ostrom
In some settings, however, rampant opportunistic behavior severely limits what can be done jointly without major investments in monitoring and sancti…
Little by little, bit by bit, family by family, so much good can be done on so many levels - Elinor Ostrom
Little by little, bit by bit, family by family, so much good can be done on so many levels
There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than the people on the spo… - Elinor Ostrom
There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than the people on the spo…
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