Optimistic Predictions

Question 1

What did boserup suggest ?

Answer 1

Population growth stimulates innovation and there is improvements in technology which would increase resource availability so Much that carrying capacity could sustain much larger population.

Crisis = we find solution

Question 2

Name some agriculture innovations which have increase food production?

Answer 2

Intensification of farming in Europe in response to EU common agriculture policy.

Green revolution in Mexico/ Asia

Biotechnologies like Gm

Question 3

What did did Julian Simon also state ?

Answer 3

Air in richer countries is safer

Water cleanliness improved

Cropland condition improving

Question 4

How can technology not have all solutions to increase food ?

Answer 4

Soil erosion

Resistance to pesticides

Climate change

Loss of productive souls

Too expensive for some places to have technology

Question 5

When

Answer 5

1965

Question 6

Julian Simon

Answer 6

Despite rapid pop growth humans are better off

Raw materials less scarce
Cost to access them reduced

• air cleaner/ safer to breathe in HIC
• water cleanliness improved
• croplsnd condition improving

Question 7

Julian Simon book

Answer 7

The ultimate resource

As pop has grown resources have increased

We’re flaws to his claim