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Choose from the following options what the "Malthusian Population Trap" is related to:1. Population growth and positive checks2. Population growth and preventive checks3. Population growth and development 4. Population growth and fertility

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Population growth and development 

The correct answer is Population growth and development.

  • Malthusianism is the idea in which population growth is potentially exponential while the growth of the food supply or other resources is linear, which reduces living standards to the point of triggering a population die-off.
  • Malthusianism is also known as the population trap, Malthusian trap, Malthusian check, Malthusian crisis, Malthusian specter.
  • Malthusian catastrophe occurs when population growth outpaces agricultural production, causing famine or war, resulting in depopulation and poverty.
  • Malthusianism idea was proposed by Thomas Robert Malthus.

  • Major Elements of the population trap Theory
    • Population and Food Supply
    • Positive Checks
    • Checks on Population
    • Preventive Checks


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