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Population Change and Environment in Central and Eastern Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Thomas E. Downing,
Sharon Lezberg,
Cara Williams and
Leonard Berry
Thomas E. Downing
Affiliation:
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado 80307, USA
Sharon Lezberg
Affiliation:
Research Associate, Program for International Development, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, USA
Cara Williams
Affiliation:
Research Associate, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, USA
Leonard Berry
Affiliation:
Vice-President, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA.
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This analysis of population growth and environmental changes in Central and Eastern Kenya illustrates two models of the interactions of population and resources: (1) the classical neo-Malthusian model that relates population growth to conservation of natural resources but ultimate degradation, and (2) the proposition that population growth induces intensified agricultural production and environmental conservation.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , Summer 1990, pp. 123 - 133
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1990

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