OVERSTOCKING

Charles François (2004). OVERSTOCKING, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2458.

Collection	International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year	2004
Vol. (num.)	2(2)
ID	◀ 2458 ▶
Object type	General information, Methodology or model

The existence of a number of elements or users of a system such as the resources of the same become strained and eventually used up.

Overstocking is a frequent systemic pathology. It is one of the characteristic forms of environmental abuse described for instance in G. HARDIN's “Tragedy of Commons”.

Overstocking is an insidious phenomenon, that people remain unaware of, until very dangerous thresholds are approached… or crossed. Many processes of this type are currently on the march in ecosystems, economics, uses of natural resources, etc…