Population Dynamics, Climate Change and Technology Nexus on Human Health

Dear Colleagues,

Humans rely on Earth's resources and engineered systems for their exploitation to support human populations. Elements of these resources include food, energy, minerals and water, availability of which are limited. Engineered systems are knowledge-based resource exploitation processes that are developed to increase the carrying capacity of Earth. The use of these systems has increased Earth's carrying capacity substantially. However mismanaged and uncontrolled exploitation of Earth's resources have also created problems for humans as well as the environment. Thus, knowledge production and its use are a doubleedged sword. Dynamic process created between societal needs and demands, and engineered productivity to meet this demand, is not sustainable if humans do not address the broader impacts of the technological innovations that are adopted. Given these opposing stresses there is another potential stress on the horizon, which is climate change. Climate change effects may significantly and adversely influence current stresses on earth. It is important for us to understand how to mitigate the downward spiral that may be created due to this stress and identify possible and feasible adaptation solutions to this complex problem. New perspectives are needed to determine how society can best integrate resources and engineered systems to provide for the growing demand, while maintaining quality of life for increasing  human population on Earth under climate change effects.

This Special Issue is included to the International Journal of ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH to gather and present most recent research activities within this broad research area with emphasis on POPULATION DYNAMICS, CLIMATE CHANGE and TECHNOLOGY NEXUS on HUMAN HEALTH. We are looking forward to receiving your contributions to this field.

Prof. Mustafa M. Aral
Guest Editor

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