Geography A-Level

Malthusian

What Malthusian means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.

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The view that geometric population growth outstrips arithmetic food supply, causing famine.

AQA · Principles of population ecology and their application to human populations (study guide)

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Principles of population ecology and their application to human populations (AQA A-Level)

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