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POPULATION
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ENVIRONMENT - Coggle Diagram
POPULATION
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ENVIRONMENT
THE TEA-SELLER’S DILEMMA
In 1994, one of the authors (VKP) was traveling in India from Mumbai to Pune in the State of Maharashtra
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Depletion of Forests
The term deforestation has been defined in several ways. One definition describes it as an essentially natural, peaceful process of gradual transformation from one land use to another
Energy
Energy, in its most basic sense, is the capacity to do work. It is required if we are to engage in the daily activities of life. The main source of energy for humans and other animals are the carbon compounds and trace minerals in food
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Direct Effect Theories
The most popular explanation for environmental degradation today is the one inspired by the work of Thomas Robert Malthus some 200 years ago (see Chapters 2 and 11).
Indirect Effect Theories
The social demographer Ester Boserup (1981) has argued that Malthus did not foresee the technological revolution of the twentieth century. In her view, an increase in population growth rates and density does not inevitably lead to disaster
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