Question

describe the difference between cultural carrying capacity and carrying capacity

Answer 1

The carrying capacity is the maximum population size of the species and the environment maintains the food, habitat, water and other requirements available in the surroundings. It explains as the maximal load of surroundings. It determines the number of animals, which graze on a segment of land without destroying it. It supports a positive natural increase or a negative natural increase.

The cultural carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals of a species that the human population will tolerate. In this capacity, number may or may not be the same as the species biological carrying capacity. It depends on human attitudes towards a species and influenced by public education campaigns. It affects the biological carrying capacity of Earth.