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Table of contents (19 papers)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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What Do We Want To Understand?
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Front Matter
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Understanding Through Modeling
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About this book
Because the number of options is often limited, small island states tend to find it uncommonly difficult to strike a balance between population, envi ronment, and development. Relatively high population density and small land areas, without much in the way of natural resources, do not provide the best of circumstances for improving the living conditions of the popu lation, especially a fast-growing one. The result is often stunted economic development and environmental stress both on land and offshore. The developments in the island state of Mauritius over the past 30 years, however, can serve as an inspiration and illustration of how extremely ad verse conditions can be overcome. In the early 1960s Mauritius was trying to cope with rapid population growth, extreme poverty, and grim economic 2 prospects. Population density was 324 inhabitants per km , total fertility was 5.7, and GNP per capita was less than $200. In 1990 the situation in Mauritius was radically different. Although 2 population density had increased to 527 inhabitants per km , total fertility had dropped to 2.0, and GNP per capita had increased to $2,310. Economic stagnation had been replaced by steady growth and full employment, and environmental problems were being addressed as issues of high priority.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Population — Development — Environment
Book Subtitle: Understanding their Interactions in Mauritius
Editors: Wolfgang Lutz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03061-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1994
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-03063-9Published: 10 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03061-5Published: 29 June 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 401
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations