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Jill Boberg
其他書名
How Demographic Changes and Water Management Policies Affect Freshwater Resources
出版
RAND Corporation
, 2005
主題
LAW / Civil Law
Nature / Natural Resources
Political Science / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography
Technology & Engineering / Environmental / Water Supply
ISBN
0833038079
9780833038074
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PxXtAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Human beings' powerful effect on the environment is becoming increasingly clear. Demographic factors are commonly recognized as a primary global driver of human-induced environmental change, along with biophysical, economic, sociopolitical, technological, and cultural factors. Concerns about demographic effects on the environment are fueled by demographic trends such as global population growth and the exponential growth of urban areas. These trends have spawned a body of literature regarding the connections between demographic trends and natural resources, such as water, much of which has taken an alarmist view. These reports often limit themselves to looking at the effects of population growth, and treat water supplies as static and population as ever increasing, inexorably leading to a water-availability crisis. This report attempts to present a more holistic view of the interaction between demographic factors and water resources by considering a wider range of demographic variables as well as a set of mitigating factors that influence water availability at the local level. The report focuses primarily on conditions in developing countries, since that is where the forces of demographics and natural resources intersect with the fewest social and economic resources to mediate their impacts.