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Synthesis: Platforms for collective action in multiple-use common-pool resources

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In this special issue, Steins and Edwards introduced the notion of nested platforms for resource use negotiation as a tool to facilitate collective action amongst multiple-users in complex common-pool resource management scenarios. Five discussion statements were put forward to aid the debate on multi-use platforms. This paper is a synthesis of the responses to these statements by the other contributors to this special issue. It aims to further stimulate the debate on the management of complex, multiple-use common-pool management scenarios.

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  1. Dutch Fish Board, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

    Nathalie A. Steins

  2. Dept. of Land and Construction Management, University of Portsmouth, UK

    Victoria M. Edwards

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Steins, N.A., Edwards, V.M. Synthesis: Platforms for collective action in multiple-use common-pool resources. Agriculture and Human Values 16, 309–315 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007587330755

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