observer Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Is there such a thing as an optimum population level, which can be sustained by a Nation and it's resources? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Thomas Malthus - An Essay on the Principle of Population as it effects the Future Improvement of Society. 1798 Malthus argued that a constantly rising population would outgrow the food resources of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Is there such a thing as an optimum population level, which can be sustained by a Nation and it's resources? Quite obviously ......... one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse will tell you that fact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Sometimes a rhetorical question can stimulate thought; however it seems to have got Socrates into trouble! If one travels the globe as a couch potatoe, by watching decent TV progs; the amount of land areas that are virtually uninhabited is quite amazing. However, most are fairly inhospitable. EG: the whole of the USA and W/Europe could fit into Siberia - but with winters at 30degrees below zero it may not attract many folk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Just so that you can keep up to date with the figure: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Think also; populations are concentrated in urban areas, thus exacerbating the problem and some small Countries (like the UK) have a finite supply of open space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 So what do you estimate the UK's optimum level to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Presumably, optimum population levels would mean a much smaller demand for housing, thus even less requirement to build houses on every square piece of open land, for one. Indeed their would reduced demand for all manner of services - however, the secret is, maintaining a demographic balance between young and old - perhaps an arguement for euthanasia?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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