Browsing CLTS Working papers (HH) by Author "Berge, Erling"

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    • Defragmenting resource management on the southeast arm of Lake Malawi : case of fisheries 

      Ngochera, Maxon; Donda, Steve; Hara, Mafaniso; Berge, Erling (CLTS Working paper;2017:12, Working paper, 2017)
      The Southeast Arm of Lake Malawi catchment has a wide range of natural resources that require prudent management for sustainability and maximisation of benefits. The current management practice is government sector based, ...

    • Enclosure Norwegian style : the withering away of an institution 

      Berge, Erling; Haugset, Anne Sigrid (CLTS Working paper;2015:2, Working paper, 2015)
      More than 200 years after the King sold one of the “King’s commons” of Follafoss (located inthe current Verran municipality) to urban timber merchants, local people in some ways still behave as if the area is a kind of ...

    • Grunnvassforvaltning: om Elinor Ostrom si tilnærming til forvaltning av grunnvatn 

      Berge, Erling (CLTS Working paper;8/18, Working paper, 2018)
      The paper discusses the challenges present in the management of groundwater. The theoretical approach of Elinor Ostrom is presented and her study of the management of groundwater in Southern California in the 1960ies is ...

    • How can “tragedies of the commons” be resolved? Social dilemmas and legislation 

      Berge, Erling (CLTS Working paper;01/23, Working paper, 2023-01)
      Humanity’s problem with climate change has been likened to a “tragedy of the commons”. If the atmosphere is seen as an open access dump for gasses like CO2 or methane, Garret Hardin’s conclusion from 1968: “Freedom in a ...

    • Jordleie og bruksstruktur i tre norske kommuner 

      Holden, Stein Terje; Berge, Erling; Sjaastad, Espen O.; Strand, Geir H.; Steinsholt, Håvard (CLTS Working paper;2016:8, Working paper, 2016)
      Omfanget av jordleie og bruksstruktur for tre norske kommuner (Norddal, Rissa og Ås) fra tre ulike landsdeler sammenlignes for årene 2004 og 2013 basert på data fra Statens Landbruksforvaltning (produksjonstilskudd) og ...

    • Learning cooperation from the commons 

      Berge, Erling (CLTS Working paper;2/19, Working paper, 2019)
      The paper discusses the link between commons as they might have been used in prehistoric Norway and the rules concerning the exploitation of the commons as found in the oldest known legislation for regions of Norway, ...

    • Lineage and land reforms in Malawi: do matrilinear and patrilinear landholding systems represent a problem for land reforms in Malawi? 

      Berge, Erling; Kawbewa, Daimon; Munthali, Alister; Wiig, Henrik (CLTS Working paper;2013:9, Working paper, 2013)
      This paper is about land tenure relations among the matrilineal and patrilineal cultures in Malawi. Data from the National Agricultural and Livestock Census are used to characterize marriage systems and settlement and ...

    • Local ideas about rights of common in the context of a historical transformation from commons to private property 

      Berge, Erling; Haugset, Anne Sigrid (CLTS Working paper;2013:13, Working paper, 2013)
      More than 200 years after the King sold one of the “King’s commons” (Follafoss, located in the current Verran municipality) to urban timber merchants, local people in some ways still behave as if the area is a kind of ...

    • Of urban commons 

      Berge, Erling (CLTS Working paper;2016:4, Working paper, 2016)
      Last summer visitors to the Oslo opera house were met with the following announcement: “Here comes the “Opera Commons” explaining: “Operaallmenningen”, the Opera Commons, “will be a multi-functional meeting place for ...

    • Understanding Norwegian commons 

      Berge, Erling (CLTS Working paper;10/18, Working paper, 2018)
      The paper reviews the development of the legal status of Norwegian commons from the first known legislation on commons. The development can be divided into 5 periods. The first period lasted until about 1300. In this ...