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I. OPENING REMARKS
II. THE IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH ON THE ENVIRONMENT
"How are Environmental Problems Linked to Population Trends?"
"Population Growth and the Environment: A Neoclassical View"
III. POPULATION PRESSURE ON AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
"Has Population Growth Degraded the Quality of African Lands? - YES!"
"Has Population Growth Improved the Quality of African Lands? - YES!"
"Effects of Population Growth on Forests"
IV. POPULATION GROWTH AND GLOBAL WARMING
"Will Population Growth Lead to Catastrophe? The Case of Global Warming"
Peter Albro and Averell Withers
"Can Family Planning Save Us From Catastrophe? The Case of Global Warming"
VII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
II. THE IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH ON THE ENVIRONMENT*
Carole L. Jolly, "Four Theories of Population Change and the Environment", Population and Environment, Vol. 16, No. 1, September 1994, pp. 61-90.
Samuel H. Preston, "Population and the Environment: The Scientific Evidence" in Graham-Smith, Francis, (editor), Population-The Complex Reality. A Report of the Summit of the World's Scientific Academies, London, the Royal Society, 1994, pp. 85-92.
Samuel H. Preston, "The Effect of Population Growth on Environmental Quality", in Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 15, April 1996, pp. 95-108.
"Population Growth and the Environment: A Neoclassical View"
Theodore Panayotou, "An Inquiry into Population, Resources and Environment" in The Impact of Population Growth on Well-Being in Developing Countries, Dennis Ahlburg, Allen C. Kelley and Karen Oppenheim Mason (editors), Springer-Verlag, New York, 1996, Ch. 5, pp. 219-258.
Harry R. Clarke and Yew-Kwang Ng, "Population Growth and the Benefits From Optimally Priced Externalities", Australian Economic Papers, June 1995, pp. 113-119.
Partha Dasgupta, "Population and Resources: An Exploration of Reproductive and Environmental Externalities", in Population and Development Review, Vol. 26, No. 4, December 2000, pp. 63-689.
* The following paper is not assigned as a basis for the discussion paper; but it is strongly recommended to anyone who wishes to write a long paper on this topic.
Nathan Keyfitz, "Population Growth, Development and the Environment", in Population Studies, Vol. 50, 1996, pp. 335-359.
III. POPULATION PRESSURE ON LAND RESOURCES
"Has Population Growth Degraded the Quality of African Lands? - YES!"
John F. May, "Policies on Population, Land Use and Environment in Rwanda", Population and Environment, Vol. 16, No. 4, March 1995, pp. 321-334.
David Shapiro, "Population Growth, Changing Agricultural Practices and Environmental Degradation in Zaire, Population and Environment, Vol. 16, No. 3, January 1995, pp. 221-236.
"Has Population Growth Improved the Quality of African Lands? - YES!"
Mary Tiffen and Michael Mortimore, "Malthus Controverted: The Role of Capital and Technology in Growth and Environmental Recovery in Kenya", in World Development, Vol. 22, No. 7, July 1994, pp. 997-1010.
Mary Tiffen and Michael Mortimore and Francis Gichuki, "Population Growth and Environmental Degradation: Revisiting the Theoretical Framework" in More People Less Erosion: Environmental Recovery in Kenya, by Mary Tiffen and Michael Mortimore and Francis Gichuki , John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1994, Chapter 16, pp. 261-274.
William Gould, "Population Growth, Environmental Stability and Migration in Western Kenya: From Malthus to Boserup", in Environment and Population Change, Basia Zaba and John Clark (editors), Deroux Ordina Editions, Liege, Belgium, 1994., pp. 247-268.
Waggoner, Paule E. and Jesse H. Ausubel, "How Much Will Feeding More and Wealthier People Encroach on Forests?, in Population and Development Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, June 2001, pp. 239-257.
Leach, Melissa and James Fairhead, "Challenging Neo-Malthusian deforestation Analyses in West Africa's Dynamic Forest Landscapes" in Population and Development Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 2000, pp. 17-43.
IV. POPULATION GROWTH AND GLOBAL WARMING
"Will Population Growth Lead to Catastrophe? The Case of Global Warming"
John Bongaarts, "Population Growth and Global Warming" in Population and Development Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, June 1992, pp. 299-319.
Bernard Gilland, "World Population, Economic Growth and Energy Demand, 1900-2100" in Population and Development Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, September 1995, pp. 507-540.
MacKellar, F. Landis, W. Lutz, C. Prinz and A. Goujon, "Population and Households, and CO2 Emissions", Population and Development Review, Vol. 21, 1995, pp. 849-865.
"Can Family Planning Save Us From Catastrophe? The Case of Global Warming"
Nancy Birdsall, "Another Look at Population and Global Warming", in United Nations, Population, Environment and Development: Report of an Expert Group Meeting on Population, Environment and Development, 20-24 January 1992, United Nations, New York, 1994. pp. 39-54.
Anne R. Pebly, "Demography and the Environment" in Demography, Vol. 35, No. 4, November 1998, pp. 377-390.
Livernash, Robert and Eric Rodenberg, Population Change, Resources and Environment, Population Bulletin of the Population Reference Bureau, Vol. 53, No. 1, March 1998.
How does a modern Malthusian view population-environment interactions?
Engleman, Robert, "Population as a Scale Factor: Impacts on Environment and Development" in Population, Environment, and Development, edited by R. K. Pachuri and Lubina F. Qureshy, Tata Energy and Resources Institute, 1997. pp. 15-33.
How do some modern Malthusians view the population-environment debate?
Smith, Joseph Wayne, Graham Lyons and Gary Sauer-Thompson, "Global Meltdown: Population Growth and Environmental Destruction", (Chapter 2) in Healing a Wounded World, Praeger, 1997, pp. 29-60.
Is there an environmental 'Malthusian Trap'?
Tisdell, Clement A., "Population, Economics, Development, and Environmental Security" in Population and Global Security, edited by Nicholas Polunin and Mohammad Nazim, United Nations Population Fund, 1994, pp. 65-84.
Was the Machakos story repeated in Southern Bolivia?
Preston, David, Mark Macklin and Jeff Warburton, in the Geographical Journal, Vol. 163, No. 2, July 1997, pp. 198-205.
How do most developing countries view the population-environment linkage?
Najam, Adil, "A Developing Countries' Perspective on Population, Environment and Development", in Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 15: February 1996, pp. 1-19.
How do gender relations link population and environmental trends in Africa?
Ahon, Babatunde, "Gender Relations, Demographic Change and Prospects for Sustainable Development in Africa", in Africa Development, Vol. 20, No. 4, 1995, pp. 85-114.
How important is controlling population growth to limiting global warming?
Meyerson, Frederick A. B., "Population, Carbon Emissions, and Global Warming: the Forgotten Relationship in Kyoto, in Population and Development Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, March 1998, pp. 115-130.
Bongaarts, J., B.C. O'Neill and S. R. Gaffin, "Global Warming Policy: Population Left Out in the Cold", Environment, Vol. 39, No. 9, 1997, pp. 40-41.
Meyerson, Frederick A. B., "Population, Development and Global Warming: Averting the Tragedy of the Climate Commons", in Population and Environment, Vol. 19, No. 5, May 1998, pp. 443-463.
How will population momentum impact on the future of land and water resources?
Fischer, Gunther, and Gerhard Heilig, "Population Momentum and the Demand on Land and Water Resources", in the Philosophic Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1997, pp. 869-887.
What is the environmental carrying capacity of North and South America?
Pimentel, David and Mario Giampetro and Sandra G. F. Bukkens, "An Optimum Population for North and Latin America", in Population and Environment, Vol. 20, No. 2, November 1998, pp. 125-148.
How will population growth affect agricultural environments in the Third World?
Scherr, Sarah, "People and Environment: What is the Relationship between Exploitation of Natural Resources and Population Growth in the South?", in the Forum for Development studies, No. 1, 1997, pp. 33-58.
Can the environmental carrying capacity of land be increased by creating communal property rights?
Chopra, Kanchan and S.C. Gulati, "Environmental Degradation and Population Movements: The Role of Property Rights", in Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 9, 1997, pp. 383-408.
Do open access environmental resources encourage higher fertility?
Filmer, Deon and Pritchett, Lant, Environmental Degradation and the Demand for Children: Searching for the Vicious Circle, Policy Research Working Paper 1623, World Bank, July 1996.
Is environmental damage causing significant migration?
Myers, Norman, "Environmental Refugees", in Population and Environment, Vol. 19, No. 2, November 1997, pp. 167-182.
I. THE IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH ON THE ENVIRONMENT
"How are Environmental Problems Linked to Population Trends?"
"Population Growth and the Environment: A Neoclassical View"
III. POPULATION PRESSURE ON AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
"Has Population Growth Degraded the Quality of African Lands? - YES!"
"Has Population Growth Improved the Quality of African Lands? - YES!"
IV. POPULATION GROWTH AND GLOBAL WARMING
"Will Population Growth Lead to Catastrophe? The Case of Global Warming"
"Can Family Planning Save Us From Catastrophe? The Case of Global Warming"
I. THE IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH ON THE ENVIRONMENT
"How are Environmental Problems Linked to Population Trends?", by Nicola Kieves
"Population Growth and the Environment: A Neoclassical View" by Abdur-Rahim Syed
III. POPULATION PRESSURE ON AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
"Has Population Growth Degraded the Quality of African Lands? - YES!", by Katherine Simpson
"Has Population Growth Improved the Quality of African Lands? –Yes!" by Brad Holden
IV. POPULATION GROWTH AND GLOBAL WARMING
"Can Family Planning Save Us From Catastrophe? The Case of Global Warming"