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Week 2 Further Reading

Optional extra reading on the wicked problem of human demography.
This is optional extra reading and not required for this course.

For those of you who wish to explore this week’s topic further, here is an excellent resource to get started.

This week, the recommended open access review article covers human population growth and its effects (impacts) on the environment and some possible solutions.

Reading

Ganivet, E. (2020) Growth in human population and consumption both need to be addressed to reach an ecologically sustainable future. Environ Dev Sustain 22:4979–4998.

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