THIS WEEK ON 
SCIENCE FRIDAY...

On science and values in environmental policy

Dietz, Thomas. 1994. "'What Should We Do?' Human Ecology and Collective Decision Making." Human Ecology Review 1:301-309.

Thomas Dietz and Paul C. Stern. 1998. "Science, Values and Biodiversity" BioScience, (June).

On democracy and population growth:

Frey, R. Scott and Ibrahim Al-Mansour. 1995. "The Effects of Development, Dependence and Population Pressure on Democracy: The Cross-National Evidence." Sociological Spectrum 15:181-208.

Thomas Dietz. 1997. "The Human Ecology of Population and Environment: From Utopia to Topia" Human Ecology Review 3:156-171.

On encouraging pro-environmental behaviors:

Gardner, Gerald T. and Paul C. Stern. 1995. Environmental Problems and Human Behavior. Needham Heights, Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon.

On consumption and population:

Stern, Paul C, Thomas Dietz, Vernon W. Ruttan, Robert H Socolow, and James Sweeney. 1997. Environmentally Significant Consumption: Research Directions . Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Thomas Dietz and Eugene A. Rosa. 1997. "Effects of Population and Affluence on CO2 Emissions" Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 94: 175-179.

Interested listeners might also look at Human Ecology Review. About one third of each issue is devoted to a Forum section that presents a provocative lead article followed by commentary by researchers in the area. The article and commentaries are intended for the audience of non-specialist readers.