{
  "id": "scarcity.condition",
  "term": "scarcity",
  "sense": "condition",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 16,
  "arena": "resource",
  "domain": "window",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "demand for a resource exceeding the rate at which it enters the window",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "enter.spatial",
      "rating.evaluation",
      "resource.material",
      "window.range"
    ],
    "interaction": "The spatial entry rate of a resource through a window is evaluated, and when demand surpasses it, scarcity emerges as a condition.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "emergent shortfall",
      "temporal pressure",
      "spatial gating"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "In 2022, Sri Lanka's fuel reserves dropped below three days' supply, halting public transport and power generation.",
      "domain": "economics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Aral Sea shrank by 90% after Soviet irrigation diverted river inflows for cotton farming.",
      "domain": "environment"
    },
    {
      "text": "During the 2021 Suez Canal blockage, 15% of global shipping faced delays, spiking container rates 300%.",
      "domain": "logistics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "feedback.communication",
      "type": "enables",
      "note": "feedback can regulate demand"
    },
    {
      "id": "maintenance.upkeep",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "scarcity resists maintenance of stable ratio"
    },
    {
      "id": "parameter.condition",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "parameter persists within window, scarcity shows parameter pressure"
    },
    {
      "id": "resource.material",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "resource enters window, scarcity occurs when flow low"
    },
    {
      "id": "flux.rate",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "high flux prevents scarcity, low flux enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "scarcity"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "sources": [
      "Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md"
    ],
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "windows.opening added as constitutive—'window' in definition implies a structural boundary permitter, not just an abstract range; enter.spatial, rating.evaluation, resource.material, and window.range "
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-scarcity.condition"
}