Population and Resources - Malthus and Boserup
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... the following theory. "If the present growth trends in world population, industrialisation, pollution, food production, and resource completion continue unchanged, the limits to growth on this planet will be reached sometime in the next one hundred years. The most probable result will be a rather sudden and uncontrollable decline in both population and industrial capacity". One of the biggest failures in the Malthusian theory was that Malthus failed to foresee the immense technological innovation that was to occur, which increased crop yields and discovered new resources. Development experts have also criticised the Club of Rome´s theory on the same basis. Possible advances in technology and the ability of market forces to adjust to supply and demand were not considered. Also, the model has been criticised for ignoring the human ability to develop new and sustainable methods of production. In spite of the criticisms, some scholars agree with the basic idea of the model. They claim t ...
