In addressing environmental and natural resource problems, there is a move away from primary reliance upon centralized regulation toward assignment of property rights to mitigate the losses of open-access. I examine the assignment of private property rights during the 19th and early 20th...

In addressing environmental and natural resource problems, there is a move away from primary reliance upon centralized regulation toward assignment of property rights to mitigate the losses of open-access. I examine the assignment of private property rights during the 19th and early 20th...

Land use and resource issues in the new West -- Development patterns and prototypes -- A geographic land use digest -- Convergent problems, divergent solutions -- The takings issue as a challenge to growth management -- A rational model for comprehensive land use planning