Perspectum Development

Population


Malthusian
-population growth exponential
-Resource growth linear
-disease, famine, and war are natural corrections[the Malthusian Catastrophe]
-problematic

• welfare programs
   [proposes the elimination of welfare programs, varying socioeconomic consumption is neglected]
  
• moral restraint [by women, focuses on restraint versus Empowerment] 

Neo-Malthusian[An Essay on the Principle of Population, 1798]
-population is largest impact
-larger focus on contraception vs. abstinence
-impacts moderated through lifestyle differences


I=PAT Ehrlich and Holdren (1974) Impact = Population[Density] x Affluence[GDP or GNP] x Technology [energy consumption]

• ex. ecological footprint
  

-common critique; narrow in scope, neglects culture aspects


Carrying Capacity
-the largest population size for an organism in sustainability


Cornucopian
-population used as a resource
-resource scarcity invokes incentive for innovation
-common critique; neglects the application of "deep ecology"[holistic understanding] and "political economy"[uneven development]


Demographic Transition Model
-transition of pre-industrialized economy to industrialized
-common critique; neglects cultural diagnosis