title: Demography and the environment.
abstract: Demographers' interest in the environment has generally been enmeshed in broader issues of population growth and economic development. Empirical research by demographers on environmental issues other than natural-resource constraints is limited. In this paper, I briefly review past demographic thinking about population and the environment and suggest reasons for the limited scope of demographic research in this area. Next, I describe more recent demographic research on the environment and suggest several newer areas for demographic research. Finally, I consider the future of research on the environment in the field of demography.
authors.affiliation: RAND Population Research Center, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA. pebley@rand.org
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Pebley
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D004463:Ecology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004777:Environment; D004782:Environmental Health; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D006801:Humans; D011158:Population Growth