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How is human population growth related to environmental sustainability? Is sustainable growth possible with no ceiling on population growth? Why or why not?

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This solution discusses the ways in whcih human population growth is related to environmental sustainability.

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Population growth is the most sustainable form of economic growth. The more people that are born gives the incentive of more food and other necessities that humans require. Many scienctists believe that rapid population growth is believed to be responsible for most of the stress being put on the environment and eventually limit sustainable gowth. Most scienctists feel that there is a limit to how many people the Earth resources can support. According to a 2006 report from the ...

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