Schools of Thought

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1. You will be allocated one of the three schools of thought on population change and resource consumption;

• pessimistic views, including neo-Malthusian views

• optimistic views, including Boserup

• balanced views, including resource stewardship

Your task is to summarise the thinking including;

• origins of this school of thought
• outline of the idea including proponents of it
• examples / evidence of this school of thought being correct

You will share your ideas with the group.

2. Can any one school of thought be said to be correct? Justify your perspective.

PLENARY: Why might the schools of thought be relevant when considering resource consumption?