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Population growth, economic development and carrying capacity of the environment - are they compatible or in conflict?
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie | Vol 15, No 1 | a631 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/satnt.v15i1.631
| © 1996 A. E. F. Heydom
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 July 1996 | Published: 10 July 1996
Submitted: 10 July 1996 | Published: 10 July 1996
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A. E. F. Heydom,, South AfricaFull Text:
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In South Africa, as in many other countries, human population growth is currently reaching levels which render competition for basic human needs such as land and water, inevitable. Concurrent to population growth is the absolute necessity for economic development and job opportunities which, in turn, make tremendous demands upon the environment and natural resource base. As a consequence ever greater emphasis is placed by the news media on apparent conflicts between industrial development and social needs on the one hand, and conservation of the environment and natural resources on the other.
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