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social science subjects > geography > human geography > environment and people > population, environment, and development

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population, environment, and development  

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  • Geographers have a long-standing interest in the patterns and processes associated with human population growth and distributions, the impacts of population on the environment, and sustainable development. Human population growth has increased exponentially over the past 150 yrs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Population, Environment, and Development]

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