Majority Determinism

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016340",
  "term": "Majority Determinism",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A point of view in resource planning which advocates making resource use and allocation decisions on the basis of some sort of a simple expression of the most popular choice of use or mixes of uses. (C.F.S.) This conceptually simple one-man one-vote approach has severe problems in the land use planning context on several grounds. How are the alterna-tive resource use mix choices formulated and presented to the \"voters\"? How is the planned-for populace de-fined, located and canvassed? How are the desires of transient resource users (such as campers and hikers who do not belong to organized groups) to be counted, and how are they to be weighed against the needs and desires of permanent residents and users? (C. F. S. )",
  "references": [
    "USDA Forest Service Wildland Planning Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/majority-determinism/"
}