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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450163303321

Autore

Hunter Lori M

Titolo

The environmental implications of population dynamics [[electronic resource] /] / Lori M. Hunter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2000

ISBN

0-8330-4368-4

1-59875-261-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (114 p.)

Disciplina

333.7

Soggetti

Population - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"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."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-98).

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.