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Evaluation of Circular Srategies and their Effectiveness in Fashion SMEs in Ghana 加纳时装中小企业循环战略及其效果评估

The Journal of Population and Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-05-14 DOI: 10.3197/jps.63799977346493

Akosua Mawuse Amankwah, Edward Appiah, Charles Frimpong, Dos Santos Aguinaldo

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Groundwater: Sinking Cities, Urbanisation, Global Drying, Population Growth 地下水：城市下沉、城市化、全球干旱、人口增长

The Journal of Population and Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.3197/jps.63799977346492

John Edward Pattison, Peter Cooke

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Contemporary Extinctions and Multispecies Thanatopolitics 当代物种灭绝与多物种灭绝政治

The Journal of Population and Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-01-17 DOI: 10.3197/jps.63799953906868

João Aldeia

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Public Understanding, Conflict and Power in the Population and Sustainability Nexus 人口与可持续发展关系中的公众理解、冲突与权力

The Journal of Population and Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-01-17 DOI: 10.3197/jps.63799977346491

David Samways

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Public Opinions about Causes of Declining Fertility in Developing Countries 公众对发展中国家生育率下降原因的看法

The Journal of Population and Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.3197/jps.63799953906874

Frank Götmark, Wetzler Nordhild

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Scientists’ Warning on the Problem with Overpopulation and Living Systems 科学家对人口过剩和生命系统问题的警告

The Journal of Population and Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI: 10.3197/jps.63799953906873

Lynn Lamoreux, Dorothy Bennett

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Socio-Ecological Drivers of the Pastoralist–Farmer Conflict in Nigeria’s Mid-Benue Trough: Introducing the Ethnicity Dimension 尼日利亚中贝努埃海槽牧民-农民冲突的社会生态驱动因素:引入种族维度

The Journal of Population and Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.3197/jps.63799953906872

Chukwudi Njoku, Joel Efiong, Stefano Moncada

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Socio-Environmental and Physical Factors of Flood Risk in African Cities: An Analysis of Vulnerabilities in Two Contrasting Neighbourhoods in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 非洲城市洪水风险的社会环境和物理因素:对阿比让两个不同社区脆弱性的分析，Côte d '科特迪瓦

The Journal of Population and Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.3197/jps.63799953906871

S. Dos Santos, A. Karamoko, Attoumane Artadji, E. Zahiri

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How Can Girls’ Education and Family Planning Improve Community Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel? 女童教育和计划生育如何提高萨赫勒地区社区应对气候变化的能力?

The Journal of Population and Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.3197/jps.63799953906869

P. Passano, Min Ah Choi, Matt Matusiewicz

{"title":"How Can Girls’ Education and Family Planning Improve Community Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel?","authors":"P. Passano, Min Ah Choi, Matt Matusiewicz","doi":"10.3197/jps.63799953906869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3197/jps.63799953906869","url":null,"abstract":"Population growth and climate change are currently the two greatest threats to food security in the Sahel region of Africa. The population of the countries that make up the Sahel is projected to nearly double by 2050, from 506 million to 912 million. Paired with the expected rise in temperature and increased frequency of extreme climatic events, these numbers could quickly overwhelm relief efforts. Strengthening human capital and economic stability are critical to prevent catastrophic suffering. This article recommends two evidence-based approaches that expand women’s autonomy and support their income-earning potential while building resilience to climate change. The first recommendation, would be greater investments in adolescent girls’ education and autonomy, including efforts to delay marriage and childbearing. The second calls for an improvement in the availability and quality of reproductive health services, with a special focus on voluntary family planning. These interventions can increase incomes, reproductive autonomy and gender equity which build community resilience and adaptability to climate change.","PeriodicalId":52907,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Population and Sustainability","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45458682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Vulnerable Populations: The Role of Population Dynamics in Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation in Africa 弱势群体:非洲人口动态在气候变化恢复和适应中的作用

The Journal of Population and Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.3197/jps.63799953906870

D. Samways

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