The Application of Multi-Center Governance Theory in the Governance of Meishe River in Haikou City

Abstract

As a non-exclusive and competitive article, the river belongs to a typical public pond resource. People use the entire resource of the system together but enjoy the public resources of the resource unit. In this environment of use, individual rationality can easily lead to collective irrationality. In other words, rational individuals may cause congestion or degradation of resources. For rivers, it is a series of problems such as water quality deterioration and water pollution. This paper will introduce the polycentric governance theory of Ostrom and analyze the governance of Meishe River in Meilan District of Haikou City