| Book Review | Environmental History, 9.3

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Book Review

Land, Property, and the Environment. Edited by John F. Richards. Oakland, Calif.: Institute for Contemporary Studies, 2002. xii + 433 pp. Bibliographical references and index. $36.95.
Property rights, those running debates about who is allowed to do what to the land and for how long, clearly affect our environment.	1
John Richards and thirteen other writers take a broad look at this in essays going from Tanzanian tribal chiefs imposing land use rules to control wildlife and tsetse flies, to U.S. federalization of land and water rights both to save and develop the American West. While almost all the authors are professors, their writing is easily accessible.	2
Richards sees property rights in land becoming more uniform globally as diffuse local rights are replaced by control at the state (national) level. Property rights are becoming more clearly measured and documented, but regulations and systems for challenging these rights are increasing.	. . .

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