tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post797975858519163537..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: Overpopulation Turned Typhoons Into Calamitous CatastrophesDeany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-18333796611130100942009-10-14T11:46:19.182+08:002009-10-14T11:46:19.182+08:00Ecological theory supports the concept of overpopu...Ecological theory supports the concept of overpopulation as proposed by Malthus and experimentally verified by Gause. Populations will crash if they exceed carrying capacity of the environment.<br /><br />As simple the principle is, its application to human populations is more complicated since humans unlike the rest of the biota can actually modify their environment in order to more efficiently use resources. Human societies once settled in permanent communities become class stratified with the ruling class bale to exploit these resources more efficiently.<br /><br />This is why we have to look at the disaster problem with Marxian eyes too.Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.com