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Microindustrial Era
A transformation in production of goods and foods that will remove the threat
of scarcity.
Contradicts the Malthusian Prediction.
o A prediction that as population increases exponentially, the food
requisites increases linearly and someday food production will not be
enough.
o Did not consider the increase in productivity of land.
The increase in the size of cities decrease the size of land that is used for
agriculture.
o Facts shows that the increase in city sizes is miniscule.
o Roughly only 3% of land of US is composed of city.
o Francis P. Felice, a biologist, states that the sum total of the world
population can be placed in Texas with population thickness less than
some of the cities today.
Another factor is the natural spread of deserts to formerly farmable lands.
o The expansion of the deserts are being solved today. An example will
be the Great Green Wall that will halt the advance of Sahara desert.