Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and wellbeing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22091067 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chitra Maharani Saraswati (0000-0002-8159-0414, The Kids Research Institute Australia), Melinda A Judge (0000-0002-9948-1865, The Kids Research Institute Australia), Lewis J Z Weeda (0000-0002-8920-9104, The University of Western Australia), Quique Bassat (0000-0003-0875-7596, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats), Ndola Prata (0000-0002-5913-0737, University of California, Berkeley), Peter N Le Souëf (0000-0003-0930-1654, The University of Western Australia), Corey J A Bradshaw (0000-0002-5328-7741, Australian Research Council, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Pages | 1339933-1339933 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1339933 |
| PMID | 38504675 |
| OpenAlex | W4392456045 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 219 |
Introduction: The global human population is still growing such that our collective enterprise is driving environmental catastrophe. Despite a decline in average population growth rate, we are still experiencing the highest annual increase of global human population size in the history of our species-averaging an additional 84 million people per year since 1990. No review to date has accumulated the available evidence describing the associations between increasing population and environmental decline, nor solutions for mitigating the problems arising. Methods: to identify all relevant peer-reviewed and gray-literature sources examining the consequences of human population size and growth on the biosphere. We reviewed papers describing and quantifying the risks associated with population growth, especially relating to climate change. Results: These risks are global in scale, such as greenhouse-gas emissions, climate disruption, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and spread of disease-all potentially catastrophic for human standards of living, health, and general wellbeing. The trends increasing the risks of global population growth are country development, demographics, maternal education, access to family planning, and child and maternal health. Conclusion: Support for nations still going through a demographic transition is required to ensure progress occurs within planetary boundaries and promotes equity and human rights. Ensuring the wellbeing for all under this aim itself will lower population growth and further promote environmental sustainability
Biology · Climate change · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Environmental resource management · Geography · Global health · Health care · Natural resource economics · Planetary boundaries · Population · Population growth · Population health · Population size · Prosperity · Sustainability · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Environmental Science · Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging · Medicine · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Ecology
What a Waste 2.0
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Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion
Increased educational attainment and its effect on child mortality in 175 countries between 1970 and 2009
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The impact of heat waves on mortality in 9 European cities
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Women Empowerment and Economic Development
Proximate Causes and Underlying Driving Forces of Tropical Deforestation
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Climate Change 2014 Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
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Differential Effects of Temperature Extremes on Hospital Admission Rates for Respiratory Disease between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory
The Effect of Outdoor Aeroallergens on Asthma Hospitalizations in Children in North-Western Tuscany, Italy
Effects of drought on child health in Marsabit District, Northern Kenya
How Increased Contraceptive Use has Reduced Maternal Mortality
The nutrition transition and its health implications in lower-income countries
Beyond GDP
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Maternal education and child health
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |