Population Growth and Environmental Impact: Ideology and Academic Discourse in Israel

@article{Orenstein2004PopulationGA,
  title={Population Growth and Environmental Impact: Ideology and Academic Discourse in Israel},
  author={D. Orenstein},
  journal={Population and Environment},
  year={2004},
  volume={26},
  pages={41-60}
}
  • D. Orenstein
  • Published 2004
  • Sociology
  • Population and Environment
This article addresses the discourse of Israeli academics, policy makers, and environmental activists regarding the environmental implications of population growth in Israel. While there are compelling reasons that population growth should be a prominent topic for local environmental research and discussion, it is rarely considered in environmental campaigns or in the academic literature. I attribute this to the embeddedness of the Israeli environmental community within wider Israeli society… Expand
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