Title: Glossary
Course: HUM 299 Environmental Humanities > Section: HUM 299 Environmental Humanities

Glossary

Terms

Term | Definitions
Collective action (or free rider) problem | This describes a scenario in which an action seems to be rational from an individual perspective, but when aggregated in total, such actions prove collectively irrational. As such, it will be in e ...
Externality | A cost of performing an action or enacting a policy that is excluded from direct cost-benefit analyses. As such, harms associated with externalities are often underestimated or overlooked in organ ...
Urbanism | An attitude or philosophy emphasizing cities as centers of social, ethical, and ecological life. Jane Jacobs is perhaps the best known advocate of urbanism.