Institutions on Public Open Space Governance
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https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i10.314Keywords:
Diverse Property-rights Structure, POS Governance, Social Dilemmas, Quality of LifeAbstract
Meagre discussion on the institutional property-rights structure essence has rudimentarily determined the POS governance and its quality. Thus, two objectives are highlighted; (i) to examine Sabah's current practice (rights distribution) in urban-rural POS governance and (ii) to explore the POS social dilemmas that tied in with such institution. Reviews of interdisciplinary analytic perspectives, content analysis on documents and semi-structured interviews were performed. The practice with diverse property-rights structure is indicatively perceived as property-rights tragedies' which ensue in sub-optimal POS and quality of life issues. Therefore, re-engineering of POS market via dynamic property-rights re-assignment is postulated as the panacea for improved well-being.
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