Table of contents - Special Issue: Institutions, culture and sustainable development – Part 1
Guest Editors: Professor Lawrence W.C. Lai, Professor K.W. Chau
Private property rights, culture, property management and sustainable development
Lawrence Wai‐chung LaiThe purpose of this paper is to theorise on the nature of property management broadly understood as resource management and demonstrate the actual and potential contribution of…
Property management as property rights governance: Exclusion and internal conflict resolution
C.Y. Yiu, S.K. Wong, Y. YauTo re‐examine the role of property management from an institutional economics perspective.
Privatising the governance and management of existing urban neighbourhoods
Chien‐Yuan Chen, Chris WebsterThe purpose of this paper is to explore the idea of transplanting the institution of homeowner associations or similar to existing urban neighbourhoods in order to correct…
Sustainability: a matter of energy?
Richard FellowsPurpose – This paper sets out to explore the concepts involved in sustainability by investigating the basic meanings of the terms, the primary principles involved and their…
Sustainability planning: first, do no harm
Peter GordonThe purpose of this paper is to describe conventional top‐down planning as applied to land markets – and its limitations.
The social discount rate on climate change: A case study of Part L of Schedule 1 of the UK Building Regulations – conservation of fuel and power
Marco K.W. YuThe aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of social discount rates on the economic significance of CO2 mitigation in the benefit‐cost analysis of recent amendments of…
Designing institutions for irrigation management: Comparing irrigation agencies in Nepal and Taiwan
Wai Fung LamEffective irrigation management hinges upon effective collective action among farmers and irrigation managers. The purpose of this study is to examine how the institutional design…
Maritime history, sustainable development and resource management
Stephen N.G. DaviesThe purpose of this paper is to outline the intellectual pre‐conditions for meaningful debate about resource management of the sea and its contents.
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- Professor Graham Squires