03052nam 2200625Ia 450 991077889760332120230421034100.00-19-756058-X1-280-44308-10-19-535825-20-585-35198-8(CKB)111004366526868(EBL)272517(OCoLC)560023946(SSID)ssj0000227716(PQKBManifestationID)11185343(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227716(PQKBWorkID)10270180(PQKB)10397918(MiAaPQ)EBC272517(StDuBDS)EDZ0002341812(Au-PeEL)EBL272517(CaPaEBR)ebr10085445(CaONFJC)MIL44308(OCoLC)935260691(EXLCZ)9911100436652686819940401d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPrivatizing public lands[electronic resource] /Scott LehmannNew York Oxford University Pressc19951 online resource (263 p.)Environmental ethics and science policy seriesIncludes index.0-19-508972-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Federal Lands, Past and Present; 3. The Case for Privatization; 4. Productivity Standards; 5. The Productivity of Privatization; 6. Rationalizing Economic Values; 7. The Ethics of Privatization; 8. Self-interest and Collective Management; 9. Marketization; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZIn the US, private ownership of land is not a new idea, yet the federal government retains title to roughly a quarter of the nation's land, including national parks, forests, & wildlife refuges. Managing these properties is expensive & contentious, & few management decisions escape criticism. Some observers, however, argue that such criticism is largely misdirected. The fundamental problem, in their view, is collective ownership & its solution is privatization. A free market, they claim, directs privately owned resources to their most productive uses, & privatizing public lands would create a free market in their services. This timely study critically examines these issues, arguing that there is no sense of 'productivity' for which it is true that greater productivity is both desirable & a likely consequence of privatizing public lands or 'marketizing' their management.Environmental ethics and science policy.Public landsUnited StatesManagementPrivatizationUnited StatesPublic landsManagement.Privatization333.1/6Lehmann Scott1530226MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778897603321Privatizing public lands3775124UNINA