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Examine the concept of optimum population and its limitations as a tool for population policy.

  • Population Geography

The foundation was laid by Edwin Cannan (1888) in his lectures at Oxford, though the idea was more fully developed by Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders (1922) in his landmark work The Population Problem. The central proposition is straightforward: if a given territory's resources and technology are fixed, there exists some population size at which per capita…

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  • "Examine the Concept of Optimum Population and Its Limitations as a Tool for Population Policy"
  • The Concept: Theoretical Architecture
  • The Concept's Policy Appeal
  • Limitations as a Theoretical Concept
  • Residual Analytical Value
  • What Policy Actually Requires: Beyond the Optimum
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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