The environmental implications of population dynamics / Lori M. Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunter, Lori M.

Contributor:

Labor and Population Program.

Population Matters (Project)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population--Environmental aspects.

Population.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preface; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Population Size: Trends and Environmental Implications; Chapter Three: Population Distribution: Trends and Environmental Implications; Chapter Four: Population Composition: Trends and Environmental Implications; Chapter Five: Mediating Factors: Science and Technology, Institutions and Policy, and Culture; Chapter Six: Specific Arenas of Interaction: Climate Change and Land-Use Change; Chapter Seven: Conclusions and Implications; References; Appendix

Notes:

"The work was conducted in RAND's Labor and Population program as part of the Population Matters project"--P. iii.

"MR-1191-WFHF/RF/DLPF."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-98).

ISBN:

0-8330-4368-4

1-59875-261-8

OCLC:

171566785