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Population theories - Resources relationships
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World Development (Population theories) Mind Map on Population theories - Resources relationships, created by Azra Kucukkaramu on 05/09/2013.
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Population theories - Resources relationships
Boserup theory (woman)
Case study: Mauritius
De-rocking
Land made available to grow more crops
Intercropping between rows of sugar cane
Ground nut
Potatoes
Maize
Austrian computer modelling system to predict future
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Tax incentives
Textile and electronic factories
Cheap, educated workforce
Advances in technology will increase food production to keep up with population growth
Pesticides
Herbicides
Fertilisers
GM crops
Selective breeding
Irrigation
The Green Revolution
India
Mexico
Malthus theory (man)/ neo-malthusians
Population increases geometrically (1,2,4,8) i.e. population doubles every 25 years
Food production increased arithmetically (1,2,3,4) i.e. cannot keep up with population growth
Two checks (to reduce population)
Positive
Famine
War
Disease
Preventative
Abstinence
Later marriage
Regulations (e.g. China's one child policy)
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