Adamson and Anti-Malthusians

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  • Created on: 04-05-14 16:44
What dos adamson state about a risk?
By focusing on overpopulation there's a risk people will forget about the causes of poverty
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What do they believe that resources?
That within the world there is an unequal distirbution of the worlds resources
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What are two example of this?
Power and food
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Instead what does he state we should focus on?
The overconsumption of the worlds resources
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Why is this?
Because the west has a standard of living which is wasteful of resources
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What do anti-malthusians state about the worlds food resources?
That a lot of land in the developing world is used to grow food for animals to sell
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So what can be done instead?
The land should be used to grow food for direct human consumption- in order to support the world growing population.
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