Population growth Flashcards
What is carring capacity?
Carrying capacity is the maximum population size of species that an ecosystem can support indefinitely.
What did Thomas Malthus believe in about population growth?
He believed that if human population was allowed to increase, then the population would out grow the rate of food production. It would eventually reach a limit and cause a population crash, due to famine or disease.
What did Esther Boserup believe about population growth?
She believed that people have the resources of technology and knowledge to increase food supplies. She suggested that population growth helps develop agriculture.
What did the club of Rome do?
They released a book called “limits to growth” which said that we would all eventually die of starvation because of the way we use our resources.
