The environmental implications of population dynamics
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Lori M Hunter; Labor and Population Program.; Population Matters (Project)
- ناشر : Santa Monica, CA : Rand
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2000
- شابک / ISBN : 9780833029010
Description
Population size: trends and environmental implications -- Population distribution: trends and environmental implications -- Population composition: trends and environmental implications -- Mediating factors: science and technology, institutions and policy, and culture -- Specific arenas of interaction: climate change and land-use change -- Conclusions and implications
The globe is now inhabited by 6 billion people, twice as many as in 1960. Understanding the effects this population growth has on the environment will be paramount in developing policies that will mitigate the negative environmental effects. This report discusses the relationship between population and environmental change, the forces that mediate this relationship, and how population dynamics specifically affect climate change and land-use change. The author outlines both sides of the policy debate that have emerged--those who would limit fertility and population growth in the developing world and those who call for reduced consumption in the developed world. She concludes by calling for policymakers to pay increased attention to the role of population and forsake the search for one-step solutions to environmental problems.
