Table of contents
PART ONE: RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS STRUCTURES;
Poverty and Environmental Degradation;
The Issue, the Context and the Chapter Scheme;
Property Rights Structures;
A Classification;
Rural-Urban Migration;
A Hypothesis;
Is There a Carrying Capacity Concept Inherent in This Hypothesis?;
PART TWO: COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES IN INDIA: MAGNITUDE AND DISTRIBUTION;
Introduction;
Property Rights Arrangements;
Existing Land Use Classifications;
A Methodology for Estimating Common Property Resources and Some Estimates;
Wasteland and CPR Land;
A Comparison with Alternative Estimates;
Some Policy Conclusions;
PART THREE: POPULATION MOVEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS: A DISTRICT-LEVEL ANALYSIS;
A District-Level Study of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions;
The Study of Regions;
Selection of Variables;
Demographic Variables;
Natural Resource Variables;
Livestock Related Variables;
Employment Related Variables;
Factor Analysis of Interlinkages between Population Movements, Environmental Degradation and Property Rights;
Factor Structure;
Simultaneous Structural System;
The Structural Relations;
Parametric Estimates of the Model;
The Impact Multipliers;
Summary and Conclusions;
PART FOUR: MICRO-LEVEL INITIATIVES IN SEMI-ARID ZONES: EMERGENCE, EVOLUTION AND IMPACT;
Introduction;
How Do Micro-Level Initiatives Emerge;
Phases in Evolution;
Organizations and Institutions;
Evolution of the Voluntary Sector in Udaipur District;
An Overview and Two Representative Organizations;
Emergence and Evolution of Sewa Mandir;
Emergence and Evolution of a Smaller Organization;
Ubeshwar Vikas Mandal;
An Impact Assessment of Alternative Interventions in the Arid and Semi-Arid Regions;
Impact Assessment;
Indicators and Their Association;
PART FIVE: NON-GOVERNMENTAL INITIATIVES IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: A PROFILE OF STUDY VILLAGES
Introduction;
Selection of Study Villages;
Location of the Six Study Villages;
Inter-Village Variations in the Selected Characteristics;
Socio-Demographic Profiles of the Study Villages;
Health, Education and Community Infrastructure;
Access to Infrastructural Facilities;
Land Ownership and Use Patterns;
Sources and Ownership Pattern of Water Resources;
Cropping Pattern;
Ownership Pattern of Cattle Stock;
Quality, Utilization and Upgradation of Forest Land;
Migrational Patterns in the Study Villages;
Concluding Remarks;
PART SIX: PARTICIPATION, COMMON PROPERTY INSTITUTIONS, MIGRATION: AN ECONOMIC EXPLORATION;
Introduction;
Institutional Innovation and Its Evolution in the Villages;
The Impact of Institutional Innovation;
Variables and Methodology;
Why Individuals/Households Migrate;
Why Households Participate in Commons (HPLI and HPWI);
Magnitude of Participation in Commons;
Simultaneous Structural System;
Concluding Remarks;
PART SEVEN: SUMMARY AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS;
Summary of Findings;
Policy Implications