GEO 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Carrying Capacity
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In last century, parts of earth are overpopulated. Population growth is outstripped earth"s availability to provide food: population growth primary of socio environment. Resource degradation, famine, resource, conflict: fears sparked campaigns (some less harsh) Malthus: thesis was created in 1798, power of population, power of population to provide earth to produce, power of population is faster. Capacity of human population to grow is greater than the power of earth. Limits of resources, didn"t take account process of food. Dynamic during different parts of history: population out strip food supply. Technology advances wasn"t considered and agricultural scientific resources, lowering child transportation of goods. Kept within resource limits by checks": positive. Abortion, birth control, moral restraint (postponing marriage) Encouraged unnecessary reproduction without increasing food supply, raise the price of provision, welfare policies carelessness of the poor. There was a strong class bias: strong sexism. General structure of malthus argument remained influential.
