Do Wastelands Exist? Perspectives on “Productive” Land Use in India’s Rural Energyscapes
Jennifer Baka looks at energy cultivation and energy security in India through an analysis of two energy development programs.
Jennifer Baka looks at energy cultivation and energy security in India through an analysis of two energy development programs.
Megan Youdelis reviews the book In Defense of Public Lands: The Case against Privatization and Transfer by Steven Davis.
Miriam Tola explores the entwinement of fascist biopolitics and the chemical industry at the site of the former chemical-textile plant Ex-SNIA Viscosa from the 1920s to the 1950s, and how this affected human and nonhuman bodies.
This article rethinks the environmental history of water and power in Copiapó between 1744 and 1801.
Research on determinants of collective action in the commons generally focuses on interest-group heterogeneity, implicitly assuming that groups perceive the same problems but have different priorities. This paper changes the focus to the role played by perceptions themselves.
Claudio de Majo argues that the notion of the commons, often seen as an economically motivated notion, could also be seen in relation to metabolic cycles, both in the mountains of Sila in Italy and in the uplands of the Serra Gaucha in southern Brazil.
Claudio de Majo mostra come la nozione di beni comuni, spesso analizzata da una prospettiva economica, possa anche essere interpretata in connessione ai cicli ecologici delle montagne della Sila in Italia e della Serra Gaucha in Brasile.
In this article, Harini Nagendra, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, and Rucha Ghate celebrate Narpat S. Jodha and revisit his work on the commons in India.
In this article, Ranjini Murali, Ajay Bijoor, and Charudutt Mishra highlight the role of women in the governance of the commons and point to the nuanced and variable roles found within this gender group.
This article explores the impact of colonialism upon the marginalized communities of Bombay Presidency via the history of locust outbreaks.