Tragedy of the commons

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA situation in which unmanaged use of a shared resource (such as the atmosphere or an ocean) by a number of participants results in the unintended ruin or total consumption of that resource.

Synonyms

comanagement ecocommunalism ecocrisis resourceism ecocapitalism ecocomposition ecopessimism res publica tyranny of the majority social ecology counter-economics commonwealthism

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