The tragedy of the water commons: the case of the Lower Orange water management area
In the human environment there is a tendency to refer to resources, such as land and water which do not specifically belong to any single individual, as the ‘commons’. Garret Hardin wrote his famous paper called: “The Tragedy of the Commons” in which he highlighted the problem inhabitants of the wor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2008-04-01
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Series: | The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa |
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Online Access: | http://www.td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/165 |