The use and management of common-pool resources in the Swiss mountain village of Törbel gained worldwide attention through studies by anthropologist Robert Netting and economist Elinor Ostrom. Törbel was regarded as a prime example of the thesis that natural resources—such as water, pasture, and forest—can be successfully and sustainably managed on a communal basis over centuries. However, climate change and the profound social, economic, and technological developments of recent decades are driving diverse processes of transformation. Consequently, the environment, infrastructure, and way of life in the Alps have undergone significant changes. The project investigates whether the prerequisites for successful common-property regimes are still met in alpine mountain villages today, and how the erosion of such common pool regimes impacts the village community and the surrounding landscape.