Social Capital and the Collective Management of Resources Export

@article{citeulike:1460794, abstract = {The proposition that natural resources need protection from the destructive actions of people is widely accepted. Yet communities have shown in the past and increasingly today that they can collaborate for long-term resource management. The term social capital captures the idea that social bonds and norms are critical for sustainability. Where social capital is high in formalized groups, people have the confidence to invest in collective activities, knowing that others will do so too. Some 0.4 to 0.5 million groups have been established since the early 1990s for watershed, forest, irrigation, pest, wildlife, fishery, and microfinance management. These offer a route to sustainable management and governance of common resources. 10.1126/science.1090847}, author = {Pretty, Jules}, citeulike-article-id = {1460794}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1090847}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/302/5652/1912}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14671287}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=14671287}, day = {12}, doi = {10.1126/science.1090847}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {altruism, collective-management, commons, resourcemanagement}, month = {December}, number = {5652}, pages = {1912--1914}, posted-at = {2008-02-20 08:05:49}, priority = {2}, title = {Social Capital and the Collective Management of Resources}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1090847}, volume = {302}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1460794 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1460794 N2 - The proposition that natural resources need protection from the destructive actions of people is widely accepted. Yet communities have shown in the past and increasingly today that they can collaborate for long-term resource management. The term social capital captures the idea that social bonds and norms are critical for sustainability. Where social capital is high in formalized groups, people have the confidence to invest in collective activities, knowing that others will do so too. Some 0.4 to 0.5 million groups have been established since the early 1990s for watershed, forest, irrigation, pest, wildlife, fishery, and microfinance management. These offer a route to sustainable management and governance of common resources. 10.1126/science.1090847 IS - 5652 JF - Science EP - 1914 TI - Social Capital and the Collective Management of Resources VL - 302 SP - 1912 KW - altruism KW - collective-management KW - commons KW - resourcemanagement AU - Pretty, Jules PY - 2003/12/12/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1090847 ER -