Assessing the effects of changing demographic and consumption patterns on sea tenure regimes in the Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands.
Ambio
; 31(4): 272-84, 2002 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12174597
ABSTRACT
This paper investigates how sea tenure institutions in the Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands, mediate among population, consumption, and the environment. The focus is on explaining how growth in population and consumption alter sea tenure regimes, and the factors that shape either their institutional robustness or vulnerability. The paper also addresses the regional differences among sea tenure institutional arrangements, the processes that are producing them, and the social and environmental outcomes of these institutions as they engage external forces and internal changes. A major question is how existing forms of sea tenure respond comparatively when faced with parallel demographic and economic transformations? Two villages representing different sea tenure arrangements within the Roviana Lagoon are compared. Results show that inhabitants in these villages perceive their systems of sea tenure governance similarly; yet their managerial responses to changes brought about by growth in population and consumption differ, and the responses produce contrasting environmental effects.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Population Dynamics
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Models, Economic
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Conservation of Natural Resources
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Environment
Type of study:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Ambio
Year:
2002
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Publication country:
SE
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SUECIA
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SUÉCIA
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SWEDEN