Population theories - Resources relationships

Population theories - Resources relationships

1. 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

2. 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)