Demography and the Anthropocene (SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace)

✍ Scribed by Larry D. Barnett

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 93
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Environmentalists devote little attention at the moment to the size and growth of the human population. To counter this neglect, the monograph (i) includes original graphs showing population size and growth since 1920 in the world as a whole and the United States; (ii) assembles evidence tying the increasing number of people to ecosystem deterioration and its societal consequences; and (iii) analyzes sample-survey data to ascertain whether the current disregard of population pressures by U.S. environmentalists reflects the thinking of Americans generally. However, even if a nation took steps primarily intended to lower childbearing and immigration, the findings of social science research indicate that the steps would not have a substantial, lasting impact. The discussion, which suggests an indirect way by which government may reduce fertility, underlines for environmental scholars the importance of studying their subject in a multidisciplinary, collaborative setting.

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 The Population Factor
1.1 The Neglect of the Population Factor by Environmentalism and Environmental Law Scholarship
1.2 Measures of Human Population Growth
1.3 Demographic Components of Population Change in the United States
1.4 Ecological Effects of Population Pressure
Appendix: Estimation of Net Number of International Migrants to the United States, 1990–2010
2 An Empirical Study of Americans’ Attitudes
2.1 Dependent Variable
2.2 Explanatory Variable
2.3 Control Variables
2.3.1 Control Variables: Theory
2.3.2 Control Variables: Measurement
2.4 Interaction Variables
2.5 Data Analysis: All Respondents
2.6 Intersectionality Theory
2.7 Data Analysis: Sex-Race Groups
Appendix: Model V
3 Environmentalism and Interdisciplinarity
3.1 Attitude-Behavior Congruence
3.2 Structural-Functionalism Theory
3.3 Law and Government Policy
3.3.1 Effectiveness
3.3.2 Collateral Consequences
3.4 Cumulative Birth Rate and Total Fertility Rate
3.5 Closing Comments
Index
About the Author
About this Book