Historical, comparative, and institutional analysis of relationships between use of commons and social networks

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25660185
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Agricultural science in rural society and development
• Research Institution: Yamagata University (2015); Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (2013-2014)
• Principal Investigator: HAYASHI Masahide 山形大学, 農学部, 准教授 (30353816)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMAKI Kazushige 森林総合研究所, 北海道支所, グループ長 (80353895)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: コモンズ / 歴史 / 比較分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to investigate relationships between the performance of management of commons and informal institutions such as social relationships by users' groups, as well as formal institutions for the commons. With the use of data from commons more than 100 in Iwate prefecture, we have shown following characteristics. First, resource shortages are happen more frequently in multiple group commons than in single group commons. Second, more restrictions are established in multiple group commons than in single group commons.

Free Research Field

林業社会学