Shimko Ch13 Global Commons 317-321

Thomas Malthus

• thought global populations would level off at about 10 billion.

• criticized the World Food Bank.

• rejected the analysis of the Club of Rome.

• argued that food production would not keep pace with population growth.

The resurgence of concerns about the global commons during the 1950s and 1960s was partially the result of

• unprecedented rates of global population growth.

• the warnings of Thomas Malthus.

• the impact of widespread access to birth control.

• all of the above.

The Club of Rome

• worried most about food production.

• was first to suggest the problem of climate change.

• focused on the problem of infinite resources.

• focused on the problem of finite resources.

According to the Club of Rome,

• technology will solve most of our resource problems.

• the supply of food is the world’s most pressing concern.

• population growth must eventually be zero.

• there is no limit to the world’s carrying capacity.

The theory of peak oil predicts that

• the discovery of new oil fields will keep pace with rising consumption.

• demand for oil will soon decline.

• renewable energy sources will soon replace oil.

• the production of oil cannot keep pace with rising levels of consumption.

Thomas Malthus argued that the productivity of the industrial revolution would make it possible to support a much larger global population.

• True

• False

Thomas Malthus predicted that food production would not keep pace with population growth.

• True

• False

Carrying capacity refers to the level of population the world can sustain.

• True

• False

The tragedy of the commons assumes that individual and collective interests are the same.

• True

• False

Thomas Malthus predicted that the growth in ___________________ would exceed the growth in _______________________.

• population/food supply

• food supply/arable land

• war deaths/births

• disasters/inventions