This paper considers the implications of population growth and urbanization for climate change. It emphasizes that it is not the growth in (urban or rural) populations that drives the growth in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but rather, the growth in consumers and in their levels of consumption.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/implications-population-growth-and-urbanization-climate-change
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-satterthwaite
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environment-urbanisation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/consumption-patterns
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossil-fuels
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
