The other type of theory is the optimistic view. Optimists believe that the population growth will stabilise and that technology will overcome problems of poverty and hunger. They suggest that as the population increases the technology will become improved which will support the population needs.

2.) There are many methods that humans have used to solve the problem of the in-balance of population and resources. In Mauritius there had been a rapid growth of the population in the 1950’s because of a sharp decline in the death rate followed by a rise in the birth rate. This caused a great pr

Another method that was carried out in Mauritius was introduced in China. China also had a population crisis but was a great deal more serious than in Mauritius. In 1970 the Chinese birth rate was 33 per 1,000, so drastic measures were taken to lower the amount. Like Mauritius, the Chinese government introduced a family planning service to lower the number of births by using contraception methods and by limiting the number of children allowed in a family. These methods lowered the birth rate, however, the decrease wasn’t enough for China who had a population of about 1 billion. So, in 1979 the ‘One child’ policy was imposed. This allowed families to only have one child. If the policy was broken there were drastic penalties for the families, for example fines, physical abuse or even the death of the children. Even though the birth rate was lowered to 18 per 1,000, the policy was very strict and caused great debate about the ethics behind the penalties.

This method has short term advantages because of the vast amount of yield produced very quickly, but in the future, there could be a total po

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