Population and Resources

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Mind Map on Population and Resources, created by charlottegaunt on 29/04/2014.
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Mind Map by charlottegaunt, updated more than 1 year ago
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Population and Resources
  1. Malthus
    1. Pessimistic
      1. food is necessary for human existence
        1. food supply cannot keep up with population growth
          1. Checks
            1. war, famine, disease
              1. abstinence
              2. Evidence
                1. Famine in Sudan, Ethiopia
                  1. Social and economic problems in LEDCS
                    1. Water scarcity
                    2. Club of Rome
                    3. Boserup
                      1. Optimistic
                        1. Necessity is the mother of invention
                          1. demographic pressure promotes innovation and higher productivity
                          2. evidence
                            1. Green Revolution
                              1. intensiveforms of agriculture
                              2. Julian Simon
                              3. Over and Under population
                                1. too many people in an area relative to the amount of resources
                                  1. too few people in an area to use resources efficiently
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