Problemshed
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A region particularly relevant to certain ecological and socio-economic problems, especially when viewed as a unit of management and policymaking.
"Moreover, because environmental problems themselves have indistinct boundaries, the problemshed itself is necessarily an artificial, indistinct, and impermanent entity."
Example
More examples"Moreover, because environmental problems themselves have indistinct boundaries, the problemshed itself is necessarily an artificial, indistinct, and impermanent entity."
Etymology
From problem + shed, modelled after watershed (“a drainage basin”).
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