Integrating Population Perspectives in Asian Environmental Debates

This project involves a collaborative study to review the evolving literature and existing data bases in terms of the potential impact of environmental degradation and climate change on demographic response. The project will establish a new understanding of societal response to environmental challenges by taking a population perspective. It will examine how environmental factors can have a transformative effect on the institutional structures of nation-states, which in turn influence fertility, mortality, migration and settlement. These are the multi-layered dynamics that constitute societal responses, yet to date they have been understudied.