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Population and the Environment
Given the realities of continued population growth and global environmental change, it has become critical to improve our understanding of the role played by human population dynamics in environmental change. Drawing from the scientific literature, our report on population and environment synthesizes what is known about the role played by human population factors in environmental change. Specifically, the report discusses:
- The relationship between population factors (size, distribution, and composition) and environmental change;
- The primary forces that mediate this relationship: technology, the institutional and policy contexts, and cultural factors;
- Two specific aspects of environmental change that are affected by population dynamics: climate change and land-use change; and
- Implications for policy and further research.
A second report examines the interrelationships between population dynamics and freshwater ecosystems.
See publications on this topic.
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