Carrying capacity
What Carrying capacity means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The limit of Earth's resources that neo-Malthusian perspectives argue unchecked growth will exceed, leading to resource depletion and environmental degradation.
The maximum population an environment can sustain without degradation.
Topics that use Carrying capacity
- Global population futures (AQA A-Level)
- Principles of population ecology and their application to human populations (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Negative feedback
- Neo-Malthusian perspectives
- Positive feedback
- Technological innovation
- Boserupian views
- Malthusian
- Neo-Malthusian
- Optimum population
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