tragedy of the commons

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Coined by American ecologist Garrett Hardin in 1968.

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 公地悲劇 /公地悲剧 (gōngdì bēijù) — tragedy of the commons
• Dutch: tragedie van de meent — tragedy of the commons
• Finnish: yhteismaan ongelma — tragedy of the commons
• French: tragédie des biens communs — tragedy of the commons
• German: Tragik der Allmende (obsolet: Allmende) — tragedy of the commons
• German: Tragödie des Allgemeinguts — tragedy of the commons
• German: Tragik des Gemeinguts — tragedy of the commons
• Italian: tragedia dei beni comuni — tragedy of the commons
• Lithuanian: bendruomenių tragedija — tragedy of the commons
• Polish: tragedia wspólnego pastwiska — tragedy of the commons
• Russian: трагедия общих ресурсов (tragedija obščix resursov) — tragedy of the commons
• Russian: трагедия общин (tragedija obščin) — tragedy of the commons
• Serbo-Croatian: tragedija zajedničkog dobra — tragedy of the commons
• Spanish: tragedia de los bienes comunales — tragedy of the commons
• Swedish: allmänningens dilemma — tragedy of the commons
• Swedish: allmänningarnas tragedi — tragedy of the commons