Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025)
Perspective

In pursuit of sustainability: The root cause of human population growth

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  • Russell Hopfenberg
Russell Hopfenberg
Duke University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3197/JPS.63799977346499

Published 2025-01-27

Keywords

  • agriculture,
  • carrying capacity,
  • ecology,
  • extinction,
  • growth

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Hopfenberg, Russell. 2025. “In Pursuit of Sustainability: The Root Cause of Human Population Growth”. The Journal of Population and Sustainability 9 (1):19-25. https://doi.org/10.3197/JPS.63799977346499.

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Abstract

Human population growth has been identified as the primary cause of ecologically destructive phenomena. The evidence clearly shows that global human population growth proceeds as a function of the increasing food supply. Understanding and appreciating this reality is posited as a first step in successfully addressing human population growth.

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