Population, poverty and the local environment
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Research on the interaction between environmental degradation, socioeconomic status, and population density at the household level shows how these three variables influence decisions about family size. The distribution of authority within families is also a factor in population issues.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
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Origins of western environmentalism
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Western concern for environmentalism is rooted in research from the mid-eighteenth century. A discussion is presented of how preoccupation with ideas, including threatened tropical lands, have shaped current ecological concerns.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
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Outline for an ecological economy
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Environmental protection and economic success are not necessarily diametrically opposed goals. Technological advances are expected to play a major role in achieving compatibility between the two.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
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