3.7 Limits to Growth

3.1 Populations 3.2 Resources 3.3 Energy 3.4 Soil 3.5 Food 3.6 Water 3.7 Limits to Growth 3.8 Human Demand

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3.7.1 Explain the difficulties in applying the concept of carrying capacity to local human populations.
3.7.2 Explain how absolute reductions in energy and material use, reuse and recycling can affect human carrying capacity.

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Supplemental Videos

"Population, Sustainability and Malthus" by Crash Course (12:50)

This video outlines the changes in human population and

Malthus' theory regarding population growth and

resource availability.