IRISH Centre for Rural Transformation and Sustainability (ICERTS)

Betty Nyambura Wainaina

Doctoral Fellow ICERTS

Department of Economics, J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway.

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Project Title

Social Capital and Natural Capital: An Analysis of Property Rights, Governance and Natural Resource Mannagement in Ireland

Research supervisor: Dr Tom van Rensburg

Project Abstract

In a comparative analysis of two regions in Ireland (North and South), this study critically evaluates whether the existence of social capital can substitute for well-defined legal property rights in both private and common property resource tenure regimes.

Based on a study of seven partnerships, social network analysis is employed to investigate how stakeholders in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have used social capital in order to improve environmental governance, enhance rural tourism and address growing conflicts between recreational users and landowners over outdoor recreation through the formation of locally based environmental partnerships.

Funding Source

PRTLI4 Doctoral Fellowships

For more details see Betty Nyambura