Book

Resource exploitation and the tenure of land and sea in Palau

University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1989 • Pages: 2, 14, 263

By: McCutcheon, Mary S. (Mary Shaw).

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the relationship between land tenure and the incentive to invest in the profit from land as a means of both refining cultural ecological theory, and, from a more practical standpoint, evaluation of various land reform policies. The author discusses the various ways in which the natural resources of land and sea are utilized by the Belauans, involving different patterns of production and distribution. This exploitation process engenders a necessary discussion of the basic tenets of land and sea tenure concerned with public, corporate, non-corporate and individual ownership. McCutcheon then tests some traditional theories relating to tenure and resource exploitation. These relate to the clearly defined rights and obligations of tenure in relationship to investment in land and sea utilization processes over long and short periods of time and in commercial production. The source also provides much information on various subsistence activities, especially in reference to agriculture and fishing, and on the effects of German, Japanese and American administrations on land tenure policies and the economy

HRAF PubDate

2019

Region

Oceania

Sub Region

Micronesia

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle; 1990

Field Date

1977-1978

Notes

by Mary Shaw McCutcheon

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Arizona, 1981

LCSH

Ethnology--Palau