Based on cooperation: Housing, food and slow roads as commons

This book is aimed at a broad group of practitioners who are looking for new, more solidary ways of managing land. With contributions from various Flemish experts from the INDIGO project

For more than two centuries, land has been privatized, parceled out and marketed. And for just as long, there have been timid attempts to stop or reverse this process – think of leasehold, social housing, nature restoration or urban renewal. In this book, the authors show practical examples in which people act together when both the public authorities and the market fail. The initiatives mitigate the effects of marketization. At the same time, they come up against the 'absolute', legally enshrined right to property, or new privatization. Questions about shared ownership or user rights lead you to the commons: cultural and natural resources used and managed by citizens. On the basis of cooperation brings together contributions from various Flemish experts on the commons, and starts from the INDIGO project. This book is aimed at a broad group of practitioners who are looking for new, more solidary ways to manage land. With contributions by Dirk Holemans (ed.), Pieter Van den Broeck (ed.), Annette Kuhk (ed.), Michel Bauwens, Jef Peeters, Bernard Hubeau, Lieven De Cauter, Pavlos Delladetsimas, Guy Vloebergh, Constanza Parra, Frank Moulaert, Nele Verdonck, Marie Mistiaen, Geert Depauw, Nele Aernouts, Michaël de Potter de ten Broeck, Steven Clays, Sofia Saavedra Bruno, Hans Leinfelder, Jose Luis Vivero-Pol, CM Deh-Tor, Annelies Beyens, Kaat Segers, Nico Moons, Griet Celen and Dries Elst.