Enclosing the River: Industrialisation and the Property Rights Discourse in the Liri Valley (South of Italy), 1806-1916

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9133
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Type:	Journal Article
Author:	Barca, Stefania
Journal:	Environment and History
Volume:	13
Page(s):	3-23
Date:	2007
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9133
Sector:	History Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	Europe
Subject(s):	energy property rights water resources industrialization
Abstract:	"The 'tragedy of the commons' narrative states the eco-efficiency of private property, but this is basically a theoretical assumption, nor it is supported by the environmental history of the industrial era. The Liri valley story, located at the periphery of the industrial revolution, provides an excellent opportunity for investigating the environmental impact of privatisation in water resources, and its social costs. The article also shows how, in the process of appropriating the energetic yield of water, early industrial capitalists participated in the emergence of the post-feudal discourse of private property and public good."

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