CGS NS 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Trap, Endangered Species, Gated Community
21 Feb 2018
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Social trap is any situation in which the short run, local reinforcements guiding individual behavior are inconsistent with the long-run, best interest of the individual and society. Difficult to change even when you realize that change will be better for the long run: mind your decisions by presh talwalkar: the prisoner"s dilemma (video, doing what"s best for individual or what"s best for the society. Fishing limits: hardin admits there are drawbacks to strict legislation, but believes, there is no perfect solution. Status quo is worse than a regulated situation: he (cid:449)rites: (cid:862)(cid:449)ho e(cid:374)jo(cid:455)s ta(cid:454)es? (cid:863) (cid:449)e all gru(cid:373)(cid:271)le a(cid:271)out the(cid:373). Companies and individuals don"t pay the true cost for resources consumer. Swiss mountain villages and their local alpine meadows and forests; india panchayat forests; spanish irrigation systems; inshore fisheries in brazil and lobster fisheries in maine; groundwater basins in southern california; oil and natural gas fields in texas and.
