SESMAD

Roving banditry

Variable relationship:: Olson (1993) and Berkes et al. (2006) describe a phenomenon known as roving banditry, in which a resource user group moves from one resource to the next (Commons User Mobility; Commons Alternatives), depleting each as they go (Roving Bandit; Commons Condition Trend). As a result of their mobility and access to many resources, resource user groups do not experience the results of their depletion on any one resource (Commons Feedback Visibility Use). This is further enabled by large-scale markets in the resource being depleted (Markets; Market Scale; Resource Market Value; Transaction Costs).
Project: SESMAD
Sector(s)
Scientific Field
Component Type(s): Natural Resource Unit, Natural Resource System
Status: Public

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Variable	Role	Role Explanation	Value
Commons user mobility	Underlying independent variable	High mobility creates commons alternatives for commons users.	High
Commons alternatives	Proximate independent variable	As a result of their high mobility, the user group can easily access alternative resources.	Easily access other commons
Commons feedback visibility use	Moderating independent variable	As a result of their high mobility and access to many commons, commons users do not experience the effects of their depletion on any one particular commons.	Low
Market scale	Moderating independent variable	Markets that are large in scale facilitate the depletion of commons by highly mobile users.	Large in scale (e.g. international)
Markets	Moderating independent variable	The presence of markets is a critical part of the narrative presented by Berkes et al. (2006)	Present
Resource market value	Moderating independent variable	The depletion of commons is exacerbated when their value is high on global markets.	High
Transaction costs	Moderating independent variable	Low transaction costs facilitate market-based transactions.	Low
Commons condition trend	Final outcome	Roving bandits are likely to systematically deplete natural resources. Additionally, local communities of users are discouraged to invest in conservation.	Worsened
Roving bandit	Final outcome	As a result of their being able to access multiple commons, the actor group will tend to act as a roving bandit, moving from one resource to the next, degrading each as they go.	Yes

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Theory	Relationship	Characterizing Variables
Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM)	related
Market-driven resource decline	contains
Transhumance	contradictory

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Berkes, F, T P Hughes, R S Steneck, J A Wilson, D R Bellwood, B Crona, C Folke, et al. 2006. “Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources.” Science 311 (5767): 1557–1558. doi:10.1126/science.1122804. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/311/5767/1557.short.	describe
Olson, Mancur. 1993. “Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development.” The American Political Science Review 87 (3) (September 1): 567.	describe

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