Privatizing public lands [[electronic resource] /] / Scott Lehmann

• Autore: Lehmann Scott
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.1/6
• Soggetto topico: Public lands - United States - Management; Privatization - United States
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Privatizing public lands
• ISBN: 0-19-756058-X; 1-280-44308-1; 0-19-535825-2; 0-585-35198-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778897603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Environmental ethics and science policy.