ENVR 201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Food Security, Human Conditions, Global Commons
29 Dec 2017
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Population bomb written in response to request that paul summarize arguments that had been making up about population being taken up by environmental movement. To fix climactic disruption would involve control of human numbers. Population growth normally reduces wealth and can shrink total wealth. Two solutions: birthrate solution lower birthrate, death rate solution raise the death rate. Fundamental changes are urgent if we want to avoid collapse. Issue is linked to human population size and resource use per person: water, waste production, environmental degradation is accelerated by population growth. Malthus relationship between population and food they will outgrow each other. What is the discrepancy between population growth and available resources: uncontrolled fertility. Life boat ethic: nations multiply at different rates, survival requires the adoption of the lifeboat, lifeboat can hold so many people so we can"t save all of them insufficient food.
