I think that's a very open ended question, but a very good scholarly source describing alternative systems to governing resources that isn't too radical but is

I think that's a very open ended question, but a very good scholarly source describing alternative systems to governing resources that isn't too radical but is also substantially different from privatization and market systems is "Governing the Commons" by Elinor Ostrom. She's got a Nobel prize in economics if that lends her work any credibility.