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If you look at the carrying capacity of agricultural areas throughout the world, their ecological habitats are changing. So I think we're looking at - in our lifetime - great collapses of food services.
Dan Barber

Meaning of "carrying capacity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CARRYING CAPACITY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARRYING CAPACITY

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Carrying capacity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARRYING CAPACITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Carrying capacity

The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment. In population biology, carrying capacity is defined as the environment's maximal load, which is different from the concept of population equilibrium. For the human population, more complex variables such as sanitation and medical care are sometimes considered as part of the necessary establishment. As population density increases, birth rate often decreases and death rate typically increases. The difference between the birth rate and the death rate is the "natural increase". The carrying capacity could support a positive natural increase, or could require a negative natural increase. Thus, the carrying capacity is the number of individuals an environment can support without significant negative impacts to the given organism and its environment. Below carrying capacity, populations typically increase, while above, they typically decrease. A factor that keeps population size at equilibrium is known as a regulating factor.

Definition of carrying capacity in the English dictionary

The definition of carrying capacity in the dictionary is the maximum number of individuals that an area of land can support, usually determined by their food requirements.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARRYING CAPACITY

carry the day
carry through
carry trade
carry-back
carry-forward
carry-in
carry-on
carry-on bag
carry-on luggage
carry-out
carry-over
carryall
carryback
carrycot
carryforward
carrying charge
carrying place
carrying-on
carryings-on
carrytale

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARRYING CAPACITY

audacity
capacity
city
cubic capacity
excess capacity
heat capacity
incapacity
megacity
memory capacity
mendacity
opacity
overcapacity
perspicacity
rapacity
seating capacity
specific heat capacity
storage capacity
tenacity
veracity
vital capacity
vivacity

Synonyms and antonyms of carrying capacity in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «carrying capacity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARRYING CAPACITY

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The translations of carrying capacity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carrying capacity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

承载能力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la capacidad de carga
570 millions of speakers

English

carrying capacity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्षमता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القدرة على التحمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грузоподъемностью
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

capacidade de carga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বহন ক্ষমতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la capacité de charge
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membawa kapasiti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tragfähigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

運搬能力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

운반 능력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbeta kapasitas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vận tống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாங்கும் திறன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाहून नेण्याची क्षमता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Taşıma kapasitesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capacità di carico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nośność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вантажопідйомністю
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capacitatea de transport
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φέρουσα ικανότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drakrag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bärförmåga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bæreevne
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carrying capacity

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Dan Barber
If you look at the carrying capacity of agricultural areas throughout the world, their ecological habitats are changing. So I think we're looking at - in our lifetime - great collapses of food services.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARRYING CAPACITY»

Discover the use of carrying capacity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carrying capacity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Parks and Carrying Capacity: Commons Without Tragedy
Parks and Carrying Capacity represents a comprehensive assessment of the issue, as it: • offers a historical and conceptual treatment of carrying capacity • describes and illustrates research approaches for assessing carrying capacity, ...
Robert E. Manning, 2013
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Carrying capacity in recreation settings
This book applies research to management by using hard data to solve real problems.
Bo Shelby, Thomas A. Heberlein, 1986
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Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity
Exploring the link between population growth and the availability of food stocks, this study warns of the seriousness of the problem if future food stores are depleted, or fail to provide enough for all.
Lester Russell Brown, Hal Kane, 1995
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A Review of the Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study
This independent review offers critical commentary in order to assist the sponsors and contractors in making final adjustments to their report and the Carrying Capacity Analysis Model.
Committee to Review the Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, 2002
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The Challenge of Tourism Carrying Capacity Assessment: ...
This book examines the use of various tools to define, measure and evaluate tourism carrying capacity (TCC) - a method aiming to impose limits for entering certain tourist destinations or using certain activities.
Harry Coccossis, Alexandra Mexa, 2004
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Encyclopedia of Coastal Science
Much consideration has recently been given to increases in coastal populations, with the implication that the carrying capacity of the world's coast is finite and such considerations form part of several coastal management initiatives (UNEP, ...
M. Schwartz, 2006
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Cage and Pen Fish Farming: Carrying Capacity Models and ...
Spine title: Environmental impact of freshwater cage and pen fish farming.
Malcolm C. M. Beveridge, 1984
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White-tailed Deer Habitat: Ecology And Management on Rangelands
Ecology And Management on Rangelands Timothy E. Fulbright. Estimating Carrying Capacity Key Concepts O Carrying capacity is the number of animals per unit area that a habitat can support without degrading forage and other resources.
Timothy E. Fulbright, 2005
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How Many People Can the Earth Support?
The goal is to show that simple assumptions about the rates of increase of human population size and human carrying capacity can reproduce many phenomena observed in the history, present dynamics and models of human populations.
Joel E. Cohen, 1995
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PICES-GLOBEC international program on climate change and ...
Reports of workshops held Oct. 2000 in Hakodate, Japan, and Mar. 2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
G. A. McFarlane, Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (Program), North Pacific Marine Science Organization, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARRYING CAPACITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carrying capacity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Deforestation drives worsening flooding in Kashmir
When the trees disappear, top soil washes away into riverbeds, cutting their water carrying capacity. That, combined with the encroachment of ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
2
Fifteen million reasons to buy Beckworth Court at Ballarat
The carrying capacity is rated at 30,000 dse with the ability to carry 1700 breeding cows. The Riddells chose to run an Angus cattle herd and ... «Weekly Times Now, Jul 15»
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Tim Jacox Steps Into New Role of President and COO at Un-Cruise …
With eight vessels plus one partner vessel carrying 22-88 guests, the company reports a carrying capacity of 13,350 guests on board its ships ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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El Jebel project: 'Green' model or urban monstrosity?
They feel the valley has reached its carrying capacity for traffic and congestion, based on their comments at Thursday's public hearing. «Aspen Times, Jul 15»
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Hardly heaven
The 33-ton vessel's carrying capacity was said to be 194 people, including 16 crew members, but as usual it was overloaded, not only with ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
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Green Party wants cap on number of tourists from China
Also, a cap on the number of tourists should be set after factoring in the environmental carrying capacity of an area, as existing urban planning ... «Taipei Times, Jul 15»
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Residents call on BC government to deploy Martin Mars water …
Converted from a World War II aircraft, the Martin Mars planes have a 27,000-litre carrying capacity, making them the second-largest air tanker ... «Vancity Buzz, Jul 15»
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Balmoral Station: staying sustainable and intergenerational
He would like to double the carrying capacity of the farm through irrigation, and perhaps finish off lambs. "I'd like to put a high proportion of our ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Enbridge Stuffs Provision Into Wisconsin Budget to Expedite …
The Wisconsin Gazette refers to the pipeline as the "XXL" pipeline because it is bigger in size and has higher carrying capacity than the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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2015 Iveco Daily review | road test
... producing a reduction in rear overhang, results in the Iveco Daily, at 19.6 cubic metres, having the best load carrying capacity in its class. «Cars Guide, Jul 15»

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