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... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > poverty > economics of poverty > scarcity
... > social science subjects > sociology > environmental, urban and regional sociology > environmental sociology > politics > scarcity
social science subjects > politics and international relations > government and politics > politics > scarcity
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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > politics > scarcity

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scarcity  

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  • Scarcity is a concept fundamental to economics with important ramifications concerning human use of natural resources. Before the rise of classical economics, the term was primarily used to refer to times or situations of hardship; for example, there was a scarcity of food if people were starving; if people had plenty of food and other amenities, there was abundance. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Scarcity]

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