Saturday, November 04, 2006

Tourism Planning - The tragedy of the Commons

Estoy leyendo un libro que lleva por nombre "Tourism Planning" de Michael Hall.

En él , habla de "The tragedy of Commons", lo transcribo, para ver qué les parece. El libro es muy interesante y recomendable, no sólo para el turismo, sino en general para lo que se refiere a planeación.

La intervención, para Hall, del estado en la regulación de ciertos aspectos es importante por el fenómeno que explica:

"According to Hardin, the state of the environment resembles an open pasture that is open to all. Each herder tries to keep as many cattle on the common land as possible. Each herder sees the utility of adding one more animal to his herd, with an advantage of +1. In contrast, the personal disadvantage to the herder of such a move is only a fraction of -1 as any effects of overgrazing will be shared by all the herders.

The tragedy is that all the herders who are seeking to economically maximise their position will arrive at the same conclusion and the herders as a collective then proceed to exced the carrying capacity of the land."

Muy recomendable

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