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Donald J. Kochan

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2019

Land Access

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The Market To Roam: Using Sharing Economy Platforms For Expanding Roaming Access To Land Resources, Donald J. Kochan Dec 2018

The Market To Roam: Using Sharing Economy Platforms For Expanding Roaming Access To Land Resources, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

This Article proposes a framework for a market to roam, where technology-facilitated bargaining leads to transfers of roaming rights and the provision of access across private lands. Such a system can borrow from what we know about traditional land use cooperation platforms, together with what we are learning from the sharing economy and its use of technology platforms to assist with matching owners of under-utilized resources with individuals interested in accessing or using those resources. The Article engages with property law debates over the capability of the property system to support subdivision of rights, or sticks, in the property rights …