Description: PART ONE: RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS STRUCTURESPoverty and Environmental Degradation The Issue, the Context and the Chapter SchemeProperty Rights Structures A ClassificationRural-Urban Migration A HypothesisIs There a Carrying Capacity Concept Inherent in This Hypothesis?PART TWO: COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES IN INDIA: MAGNITUDE AND DISTRIBUTIONIntroductionProperty Rights ArrangementsExisting Land Use ClassificationsA Methodology for Estimating Common Property Resources and Some EstimatesWasteland and CPR LandA Comparison with Alternative EstimatesSome Policy ConclusionsPART THREE: POPULATION MOVEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS: A DISTRICT-LEVEL ANALYSISA District-Level Study of Arid and Semi-Arid RegionsThe Study of RegionsSelection of VariablesDemographic VariablesNatural Resource VariablesLivestock Related VariablesEmployment Related VariablesFactor Analysis of Interlinkages between Population Movements, Environmental Degradation and Property RightsFactor StructureSimultaneous Structural SystemThe Structural RelationsParametric Estimates of the ModelThe Impact MultipliersSummary and ConclusionsPART FOUR: MICRO-LEVEL INITIATIVES IN SEMI-ARID ZONES: EMERGENCE, EVOLUTION AND IMPACTIntroductionHow Do Micro-Level Initiatives Emerge Phases in EvolutionOrganizations and InstitutionsEvolution of the Voluntary Sector in Udaipur District An Overview and Two Representative OrganizationsEmergence and Evolution of Sewa MandirEmergence and Evolution of a Smaller Organization Ubeshwar Vikas MandalAn Impact Assessment of Alternative Interventions in the Arid and Semi-Arid RegionsImpact Assessment Indicators and Their AssociationPART FIVE: NON-GOVERNMENTAL INITIATIVES IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: A PROFILE OF STUDY VILLAGESIntroductionSelection of Study VillagesLocation of the Six Study VillagesInter-Village Variations in the Selected CharacteristicsSocio-Demographic Profiles of the Study VillagesHealth, Education and Community InfrastructureAccess to Infrastructural FacilitiesLand Ownership and Use PatternsSources and Ownership Pattern of Water ResourcesCropping PatternOwnership Pattern of Cattle StockQuality, Utilization and Upgradation of Forest LandMigrational Patterns in the Study VillagesConcluding RemarksPART SIX: PARTICIPATION, COMMON PROPERTY INSTITUTIONS, MIGRATION: AN ECONOMIC EXPLORATIONIntroductionInstitutional Innovation and Its Evolution in the VillagesThe Impact of Institutional Innovation Variables and MethodologyWhy Individuals/Households MigrateWhy Households Participate in Commons (HPLI and HPWI)Magnitude of Participation in CommonsSimultaneous Structural SystemConcluding RemarksPART SEVEN: SUMMARY AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONSSummary of FindingsPolicy Implications

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