Endgame issue, water is.
Elinor Ostram's Common Pool Resource theory challenges Garrett Hardin's “Tragedy of the Commons” theory.
Nobel Lecture (2009): Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems
The following links provide overviews of her work:
Elinor Ostrom- the “non-tragedy of the commons”
PDF of her book, Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources, The University of Michigan Press, 1994
CV with a list of publications and links towards the bottom
Phi Beta Iota: Hybrid governance brings together the eight major information networks or “tribes” to do applied collective intelligence. Applied collective intelligence integrated holistic analytics, true cost economics, and open source everything engineering.
See Especially:
2014 Robert Steele Applied Collective Intelligence
Reference: WATER–Soul of the Earth, Mirror of Our Collective Souls
Review: Occupy the Economy – Challenging Capitalism
Review: STOP, THIEF! The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance
Worth a Look: Books on Governance & Resilience
See Also:
Bauwens Commons @ Phi Beta Iota
Holistic Analytics @ Phi Beta Iota
Hybrid governance @ Phi Beta Iota
Open Source Everything @ Phi Beta Iota