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The Tupy-Pooley framework: Population level abundance

We extend our analysis of resource abundance from the personal level to the global level by adding population as a factor.

We extend our analysis of resource abundance to the global level by adding population as a factor.

In this video, Dr. Gale Pooley uses the analogy of a pizza to explain the difference between the personal and population level analysis. Personal Resource Abundance measures the size of a slice of pizza per person. Population Resource Abundance measures the size of the entire pizza pie. The size of the pie is calculated by the size of the individual slice or personal resource abundance multiplied by the total number of slices or population.

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Overpopulation: Resource Depletion and Human Innovation

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