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Is the rapid increase in the number of people on our planet the main reason for growing environmental stress, or is it due to consumption patterns together with wrong policies? This has become a very controversial question dividing not only scientists but also political, diplomatic, and even religious circles in different parts of the world. The disruptive force of this question stems from the fact that the Northern Hemisphere can largely be blamed for today’s consumption and emission patterns, whereas present (and future) population growth is concentrated in the South.
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Lutz, W. (1994). Introduction. In: Lutz, W. (eds) Population — Development — Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03061-5_1
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