Tag Archives: Haiti

Environmental Governance

Posted on October 25, 2016 by asainvil@smith.edu

This week’s reading felt like an accumulation from the earlier readings of this semester.We revisited the familiar analogy of spaceship earth, as well as Malthusian theories. Chapter 11 examines the role of the population in terms of power and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demography and Development -- Week 6 | Tagged | Leave a comment

Reframing Population, Environment, and Security for a Pluralistic World

Posted on October 25, 2016 by dklein@smith.edu

The two chapters by Sciubba et al. and Upreti both serve to deconstruct basic concepts of environmental and human security and categorically reframe them. Sciubba et al defines population as the changes in fertility, mortality, and migration (Page 201) and … Continue reading →

Posted in Demography and Development -- Week 6 | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Populations, Conflict, Security

Posted on October 24, 2016 by mkirsch@smith.edu

Demographics impact overall security and political stability in each nation. Population is a primary factor for conflict. High population density, income inequality and poverty are the driving factors for conflict according to Hague and Ellingsen (Floyd and Matthew, 207). Changes … Continue reading →

Posted in Demography and Development -- Week 6 | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment