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Abstract: Rapid population growth has serious implications for environmental quality and thus for the prospects for improved living conditions throughout the developing world. Deterioration of environmental conditions and resource depletion affecting health and economic development can be observed or projected in many parts of the world. While population growth is not the only cause of environmental problems,... more
Abstract: Rapid population growth has serious implications for environmental quality and thus for the prospects for improved living conditions throughout the developing world. Deterioration of environmental conditions and resource depletion affecting health and economic development can be observed or projected in many parts of the world. While population growth is not the only cause of environmental problems, it plays a role, and it makes solutions to these problems more difficult. In contrast, lowering fertility and slowing population growth through family planning is appealing as an environmental initiative; it is voluntary, meets couples' own needs, is feasible, has a broad-based effect, and can help buy time to introduce new technologies and adopt conservation measures. This issue of "What's New" focuses on print and non-print materials on a variety of environmental and population issues. less
Notes: See PL USA 13303 for English, PL USA 13309 for French and PL USA 13310 for Spanish versions.
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