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Ester Boserup a nd Boserupian Theory

Ester Boserup a nd Boserupian Theory. By Spencer Gifford. Who is Esther Boserup ?. Born in 1910 in Copenhagen Denmark Died in 1999 Studied Economics and Agricultural Development at the University of Copenhagen Made important contributions to early

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Ester Boserup a nd Boserupian Theory

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  1. Ester Boserupand BoserupianTheory By Spencer Gifford

  2. Who is Esther Boserup? • Born in 1910 in Copenhagen Denmark • Died in 1999 • Studied Economics and Agricultural • Development at the University of Copenhagen • Made important contributions to early • feminism, and worked at the United Nations

  3. Why is she relevant in Human Geography? • Related to Population (Chapter 2, pages 66-68) • She made important adjustments to Malthusian Theory • She adapted the theory to adapt more to societal changes and advancements • Her model is more advanced than Malthus’s • She wrote the book • “The Conditions of Agricultural Growth: The Economics of Agrarian Change under Population Pressure.”

  4. The Boserupian Model

  5. How does it apply? • She looked at things with more nuance than Malthus • She took a more sociological approach • Considers societal & sociological advances

  6. Her Model compared to Malthus’s

  7. What about LDC’s? • Boserup’s theory applies to them too! • In LDC’s, basic technologies such as Land Fallowing, and fire use allow for the necessary amounts of food to be produced to keep the population fed

  8. Works Cited • Wikipedia contributors, . N.p.. Web. 18 Sep 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester_Boserup>. • N.p.. Web. 19 Sep 2013. <http://www.yorku.ca/anderson/population/boserup.htm>. • N.p.. Web. 20 Sep 2013. <http://occ.crescentschool.org/geography/Human/UnitVAgricultural/esterboserup.htm>.

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