1. Neo and Anti Malthusian Viewpoints

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Discuss the two opposing views (neo-Malthusian and anti-Malthusian) of the relationship between population size and resource consumption.

3. The Impossible Hamster

4. Planet Geography P147,148,149, 151 Read through the above pages.
Summarise neo-Malthusian (Malthus, Ehrlich) and anti-Malthusian (Boserup, Simon) views.
Look at what they think, why they think that, the arguments they put forward, the examples they use…

5. Use the following links to develop your understanding.
Ehrlich-Simon Wager:
China vs Malthus:
The Malthusian Question:
Malthus in Australia:
Malthus Today:

6.
Use the above hyperlink to the one-hour BBC documentary, presented by Sir David Attenborough.
Note down any ideas raised about the relationship between the size of the human population and the consumption of resources.