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    The document discusses overpopulation and debates around its role in modernization. It references Thomas Malthus' warning that population growth would outpace food production if left unchecked. Some development planners in the 1970s proposed global population control to reduce growth rates to zero, arguing this would allow resources to be used for economic progress rather than feeding more people. Overall it addresses the historical concern that overpopulation could become a "peril" and hinder development.

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    The document discusses overpopulation and debates around its role in modernization. It references Thomas Malthus' warning that population growth would outpace food production if left unchecked. Some development planners in the 1970s proposed global population control to reduce growth rates to zero, arguing this would allow resources to be used for economic progress rather than feeding more people. Overall it addresses the historical concern that overpopulation could become a "peril" and hinder development.

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    The "Peril" of Overpopulation: Modernization

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    Ruby Jinn Makinano Barrete
    The document discusses overpopulation and debates around its role in modernization. It references Thomas Malthus' warning that population growth would outpace food production if left unchecked. Some development planners in the 1970s proposed global population control to reduce growth rates to zero, arguing this would allow resources to be used for economic progress rather than feeding more people. Overall it addresses the historical concern that overpopulation could become a "peril" and hinder development.

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    The “Peril” of Overpopulation

    • Development planners see urbanization


    and industrialization as indicators of a
    developing society, but disagree on the
    role of population growth or decline in
    modernization.
    • Thomas Malthus who warned in his 1798
    “An Essay on the Principle of Population”
    The “Peril” of Overpopulation
    • They proposed that country like United
    States take the lead promotion of global
    population control in order to reduce
    the growth rate zero.
    • The rate of global population increase
    was at its highest between 1955 and
    1975.
    The “Peril” of Overpopulation
    • By limiting the Population, vital
    resources could be used for
    economic progress and not be
    “diverted” and “wasted” to
    feeding more mouths.

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