[Source: ScienceDaily] – Research conducted in a computerized microworld by scientists at Arizona State University and Indiana University, including Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom, show how common-pool resources — such as fisheries, forests, water systems or even bandwidth — can be managed effectively by self-organized user groups under certain conditions.
The findings are published April 30 in the journal Science.
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