The Journal of Population and Sustainability

The Journal of Population and Sustainability (JP&S) is the only interdisciplinary journal exploring all aspects of the relationship between human populations and environmental sustainability. (publ. by White Horse Press)

 

The Journal of Population and Sustainability

 

The Journal of Population and Sustainability (JP&S) is the only interdisciplinary journal exploring all aspects of the relationship between human populations and environmental sustainability.

While encompassing the relationship between human demographic dynamics and environmental change, the journal's central concern is with the population–consumption–technology–environment nexus (PCTEN) more broadly. The JP&S is therefore interested in the exploration of how the absolute growth and spatial expansion of human populations, including the growth of populations of human 'stuff' (i.e., buildings, consumer goods, vehicles, crops, domesticated animals, etc.) are related to the core characteristics of the Anthropocene: the persistent and extensive human impact on different terrains, geophysical systems, ecosystems, and populations of other species.

However, the JP&S also considers the complex and uneven distribution of environmental impacts amongst human population groups. We therefore particularly welcome papers concerned with understanding how population dynamics and environmental change relate to inequalities of welfare, economic and political power, and access to technology. By the same token, papers considering the interactive influence of demographic, technological, social, political, cultural and behavioural factors on environmental impact and sustainability are also encouraged. Moreover, the journal also aims to be a forum for the discussion of conceptual, normative and ethical issues surrounding the idea of sustainability and human numbers.

 

The JP&S welcomes papers from any relevant field including the following:

  • the population–consumption–technology–environment nexus (PCTEN)
  • IPAT and its further development
  • population and the economy
  • population growth and resource throughput
  • population growth and energy demand
  • population growth and biodiversity
  • population growth and climate change
  • population growth and local environmental change
  • population and global food security
  • population and fresh water availability
  • population and emerging diseases
  • population projections
  • sexual health and fertility
  • population policies in both low and high fertility countries
  • population ageing
  • environmental change and migration
  • urbanisation and environmental change
  • cultural/behaviour change and its effects on sustainability in the context of the PCTEN
  • population, development and environmental justice
  • population ethics

The JP&S is entirely open access: we do not charge article processing fees and all content is freely available online (on this site) under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 Attribution Licence which grants authors the most extensive rights. The journal publishes both double blind peer reviewed papers and invited material. JP&S adheres to the publication standards and ethics shared by all White Horse Press publications. The journal does not print advertisements.

The JP&S was established in 2016 by campaigning environmental charity Population Matters as a forum to bring together scholars from diverse disciplines, stimulate discussion and further the development of research around the population–consumption–technology nexus. From 2022 the JP&S will be published by The White Horse Press with two issues per year. It continues to be generously supported by Population Matters, which covers all production costs, but the journal remains entirely editorially independent and welcomes all perspectives on the relationship between human numbers and environmental change.

To submit an article, please visit our submission page.

 

Preservation
All issues of The Journal of Population and Sustainability are preserved by Portico, and in LOCKSS via the PKP Preservation Network. Each article is therefore securely preserved for future readers, regardless of the journal's longer term status.

 

 

Editorial Team

EDITOR

David Samways
Independent researcher, UK

 

EDITORIAL BOARD

Sunday Adedini
Demography and Population Studies Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Ugo Bardi
Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Florence, Italy

Jeroen van den Bergh
Social & Behavioural Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia
MLC Foundation and Shyam Institute

John Cleland
Demography, Epidemiology and Health Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Diana Coole
Department of Politics, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

Sara Curran
Department of Sociology, University of Washington, USA

Céline Delacroix
Senior Fellow Population InstituteFP/Earth Project Director, Adjunct Professor University of Ottawa

Kerryn Higgs
School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia

Theodore Lianos
Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Graeme Maxton
Author and climate change economist, formerly of the Club of Rome, Switzerland

Fred Naggs
Retired, formerly of the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Jane O’Sullivan
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia

William Rees 
Professor Emeritus, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, Canada

Bill Ryerson
Population Media Centre, USA

Peter Slater
Emeritus Professor Natural History, University of St Andrews, UK

 

 

The White Horse Press

 

The White Horse Press is a very small family-run scholarly press specialising in the environment and society, particularly environmental history and environmental ethics.  We’ve been operating for more than 30 years and currently publish five journals and five or six books a year.  

 

Our journals include:

  • Climates and Cultures in History (launching in 2024).
  • Environment and History.
  • Environmental Values (published by SAGE from 2024).
  • Global Environment.
  • The Journal of Population and Sustainability.
  • Nomadic Peoples.
  • Plant Perspectives (launching in 2024)
  • Worldwide Waste (joining WHP in 2024)

 

The White Horse Press is committed to reducing and removing barriers to access for the material we publish. After all, the best, latest thought on environment and society is relevant to, literally, everyone. We are therefore pushing hard to become a fully open access publisher. You can find out more about our work by following these links:

 

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