Carrying capacity reconsidered

Population and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-26

  Price, David ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0032713901     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02436118     Document Type: Article

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