Data/hora: 09/06/2024 14:28:22

Provedor de dados: 	7	
País: 	Canada	
Título: 	Revisiting the Environmental and Socioeconomic Effects of Population Growth: a Fundamental but Fading Issue in Modern Scientific, Public, and Political Circles	
Autores: 	Mora, Camilo; Department of Geography, University of Hawaii; cmora@hawaii.edu.	
Data: 	2014-03-10	
Ano: 	2014	
Palavras-chave: 	Biodiversity loss; Climate change; Debt; Employment; Population growth; Public outreach.	
Resumo: 	Reversing ongoing declines in human welfare and biodiversity is at the core of human development. Although numerous institutions and avenues are in place to reverse such trends, there seems to be limited consideration of population growth as an ultimate driver. I review recent studies showing how the issue of population growth has been downplayed and trivialized among scientific fields, which may in part account for the reduced public interest in the issue and in turn the limited will for policy action. Different sources of evidence suggest that population growth could fundamentally affect society, nature, and the climate. Although tackling the issue of overpopulation will suffer from major impediments including scientific motivation, public scientific illiteracy, religion, and media attention, ongoing neglect of this issue will increase not only the extent of anthropogenic stressors but also the struggle associated with strategies to reverse biodiversity loss and improve human welfare.	
Tipo: 	Peer-Reviewed Synthesis	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	vol19/iss1/art38/	
Editor: 	Resilience Alliance	
Formato: 	text/html application/pdf	
Fonte: 	Ecology and Society; Vol. 19, No. 1 (2014)