zero population growth

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Tanton began working with the group Zero Population Growth, which posited that stabilizing the number of people on the planet was the best way to save the environment, and became its national president.

From Salon

Five years ago, the University of Washington Urban Freight Lab predicted a doubling of goods deliveries and truck trips in the city center by 2023 — even with zero population growth.

From Seattle Times

Sheryl — a practical and even-keeled teacher turned housewife — states plainly the influence of zero population growth theories and Paul and Anne Ehrlich’s 1968 book “The Population Bomb.”

From New York Times

The word “stable” is also misleading, since it implies that positive or zero population growth is unequivocally desirable, and that negative growth undesirable.

From Washington Post

“For a Western state to join the ranks of states with zero population growth,” Johnson told me, “is something we haven’t seen before.”

From Los Angeles Times