Concept information
Preferred term
environmental carrying capacity
Definition
- The environmental carrying capacity of Earth is a subject of global debate. This is the concept that there is a maximum or an optimal burden of organisms that the environment can support indefinitely, rather like a ship's payload or the capacity of transmission lines to carry electricity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Environmental Carrying Capacity]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/environmental_carrying_capacity
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