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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsRobert W. KatesRobert W. Kates is an independent scholar in Trenton, Maine; a geographer; university professor emeritus at Brown University; and an executive editor of Environment. The research for "Population and Consumption; What We Know, What We Need to Know" was undertaken as a contribution [o the recent National Academies/National Research Council report. Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainability. The author retains the copyright to this article. Kates can be reached at RR1, Box 169B, Trenton, ME 04605.
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GeographerNeed to knowConsumption (sociology)PopulationExecutive directorPolitical scienceSustainabilityLawSociologyGeographyManagementSocial scienceEconomicsComputer scienceComputer securityCartographyDemographyEcology
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- 2000
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- article
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 10-19
- Citations
- 76
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Robert W. Kates
(2000).
Population and Consumption: What We Know, What We Need to Know.
Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development
, 42
(3)
, 10-19.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00139150009604872
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- 10.1080/00139150009604872