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Expanding world populations have a potentially adverse impact on the global environment. While this largely intuitive statement has broad acceptance, articulating the precise nature of the relationship between population and environment has been difficult. There is a significant lack of understanding about this relationship and the actions needed to obtain the information necessary to developing rational and focused responses.
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Strauss, M.S. (1994). Population, Environment and the Implication for Energy Usage. In: White, J.C. (eds) Global Energy Strategies. Environmental Science Research, vol 47. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1256-5_22
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