Aleksandar D. Slaev, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Varna Free University, Bulgaria and Sina Shahab, Senior Lecturer in Planning and Land Policy, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK

‘This work deserves to be widely read, debated, and applied across disciplines and contexts. Its insights are not only theoretically rich, but deeply relevant to the practical challenges of governing our shared environments in the twenty-first century.’

• ContentsForeword Preface 1 Introduction to complex property rights PART I THEORETICAL BACKGROUND2 The nature of property rights 3 Establishing and allocating property rights PART II COMPLEX PRIVATE-COMMON PROPERTY RIGHTS4 Types of entitlements in the theory of private-common property rights 5 Private-common property rights as institutions PART III INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE 6 Institutional transformations in governing anthropogenic and natural resources 7 Practical implications of the theory of complex property rights 8 Policy recommendations and conclusions References Index

Aleksandar D. Slaev, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Varna Free University, Bulgaria and Sina Shahab, Senior Lecturer in Planning and Land Policy, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK

‘This work deserves to be widely read, debated, and applied across disciplines and contexts. Its insights are not only theoretically rich, but deeply relevant to the practical challenges of governing our shared environments in the twenty-first century.’

• ContentsForeword Preface 1 Introduction to complex property rights PART I THEORETICAL BACKGROUND2 The nature of property rights 3 Establishing and allocating property rights PART II COMPLEX PRIVATE-COMMON PROPERTY RIGHTS4 Types of entitlements in the theory of private-common property rights 5 Private-common property rights as institutions PART III INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE 6 Institutional transformations in governing anthropogenic and natural resources 7 Practical implications of the theory of complex property rights 8 Policy recommendations and conclusions References Index

Aleksandar D. Slaev, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Varna Free University, Bulgaria and Sina Shahab, Senior Lecturer in Planning and Land Policy, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK

‘This work deserves to be widely read, debated, and applied across disciplines and contexts. Its insights are not only theoretically rich, but deeply relevant to the practical challenges of governing our shared environments in the twenty-first century.’

• ContentsForeword Preface 1 Introduction to complex property rights PART I THEORETICAL BACKGROUND2 The nature of property rights 3 Establishing and allocating property rights PART II COMPLEX PRIVATE-COMMON PROPERTY RIGHTS4 Types of entitlements in the theory of private-common property rights 5 Private-common property rights as institutions PART III INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE 6 Institutional transformations in governing anthropogenic and natural resources 7 Practical implications of the theory of complex property rights 8 Policy recommendations and conclusions References Index