Sustainable development under population pressure: Lessons from developed land consumption in the conterminous

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Grekousis, George ^a   Mountrakis, Giorgos ^a  

^a 402 Baker Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LAND USE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84961292131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119675     Document Type: Article

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