Purpose – Effective irrigation management hinges upon effective collective action among farmers and irrigation managers. The purpose of this study is to examine how the institutional design of irrigation agency affects the incentives and ability of irrigation managers to do a conscientious job...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the intellectual pre‐conditions for meaningful debate about resource management of the sea and its contents. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is historical and theoretical. Findings – The argument contends that because of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a hypothesis for evaluating the potential contribution of planning conditions to protect the environment by reducing environmental complaints (ECs) in an institutional context of growing communicative planning and interpret the results of an...

Land supply in Hong Kong was restricted to 50 hectares (ha) per annum according to the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984. Such restriction was in force until the handover of Hong Kong to China in June 1997. This study examines the implications of such restriction on government land sales...