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Malthus' Theory of Population Growth

Overpopulated Urban Slums

Overpopulated Urban Slums

Malthusians would cite epidemics and starvation in overpopulated urban slums, like this one in Cairo, as natural checks on growing populations that have exceeded the carrying capacities of their local environments.

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  • Malthusian catastrophes
  • exponential growth
  • carrying capacity
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