Population growth and road construction: Looking to traditional indigenous ways

Abstract

Population growth is linked to road building which is in turn unfortunately linked to what is commonly called “sustainable development.” The biggest implication of late is that the United Nations' International Conference on Population and Development—as it focused so heavily on feminist agendas, education and economic advancement—did not address a major cause of population growth. Overpopulation in some northern nations, notably the United States, is overlooked due to official neglect of the scientific measurement of carrying capacity, and due to political considerations in discussing immigration even as an environmental issue or component of overpopulation. Traditional indigenous peoples' population sizes and such societies' ethic toward their land are indicated as models of sustainability.