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Date of Publication: August 4, 2014
Year of Publication: 2014
Publication City: Washington, DC
Publisher: Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center
Author(s): Robert Engleman
“As global environmental change accelerates, understanding how population dynamics affect the environment is more important than ever. It seems obvious that human-caused climate change has at least something to do with the quadrupling of world population over the last 100 years.
“But the evidence that slower population growth is good for the environment – logical as that statement may seem – has never been extensive, with conceptual models, empirical research, and data often lacking on key issues.”
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