Urbanisation affects the natural hydrological cycle by increasing peak flow and decreasing
lag times. The result of this is increased flooding in urban areas and degradation of the …

This article proposes that the increasing number of individuals voluntarily reducing their
levels of consumption may be motivated by underlying social–psychological stress related to …

For more than twenty years, Environmental Policy and Politics has kept instructors and
students abreast of the challenges presented by contemporary environmental, energy, and …

Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do
women typically have fewer sexual partners? In Why Sex Matters, Bobbi Low ranges from …

The United Nations population conference held in Cairo in September 1994 departed in
several respects from its predecessors at Bucharest and Mexico City. The end of the Cold …

This book is about the struggle to protect the biosphere, and the public policies and
institutions involved in that struggle. Its purpose is to examine the challenge of global …

This article examines a century of interactions between American feminists and American
social movements seeking to influence population trends. The historical analysis focuses on …

An historical overview of the population question is presented, placing the population-
poverty-environment-security debate within a broad theoretical perspective. It provides a …

Evidence of climate change, resource shortages and biodiversity loss is growing in
significance year by year. This second edition of Environmental Policy explains how policy …

This paper seeks to broaden the application of demographyto environmental studies by
complementing existing macro-level approaches, which feature aggregate populations, with …