Problemshed

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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