Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
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Projecting UncertaintyWednesday, May 15th, 2013 Posted in Immigration/Migration, Population Basics by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs The Census Bureau released alternative U.S. population projections today, to supplement the “middle series” projections they released in December. The new projections are ... Read more..Making Research RelevantFriday, January 25th, 2013 Posted in Education, Reproductive Health by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs Although many countries have had long-standing population policies, one of the challenges facing their implementation is that they can be very comprehensive, addressing a ... Read more..An Older, Slower-Growing U.S. PopulationWednesday, December 12th, 2012 Posted in Population Basics, Race Ethnicity by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs The United States is on a new demographic trajectory: The population is set to reach 400 million by 2051, 12 years later ... Read more..Population Projections: Breaking Down the AssumptionsWednesday, June 27th, 2012 Posted in Population Basics by Carolyn Lamere This post was originally published by The New Security Beat, by the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) at the Woodrow Wilson Center. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="531" caption="Photo: Sean ... Read more..Twin Challenges: Population and Climate Change in 2050Thursday, November 10th, 2011 Posted in Environment by Kate Diamond This post was originally published by The New Security Beat, by the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) at the Woodrow Wilson Center. With global population reaching 7 billion, ... Read more..The Long Road to 7 Billion is Paved With…Potatoes?Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager As a history buff, I was fascinated by a recent article on Smithsonian.com, “How the Potato Changed the World.” Largely based on Charles C. Mann’s ... Read more..7 Billion Today, But Where Will We Be in 2050?Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager The world's population will hit 7 billion people this month, according to the UN. Much of the coverage on this development seems to center either ... Read more..Two Reflections on PRB’s Policy Communications Fellows WorkshopTuesday, August 30th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics, PRB News by Rebha Sabharwal, Arizona State University Earlier this year, the UN predicted that our planet will be home to around 10 billion people by the end of this century. Scary ... Read more..Population Footprints: Rights and ResponsibilitiesWednesday, June 1st, 2011 Posted in Environment by Karen Hardee, visiting senior fellow On May 25th-26th, Population Footprints, the 2011 UCL-Leverhulme Trust Symposium on Human Population Growth and Global Carrying Capacity, convened in London, with participants from 31 ... Read more..Two More Things from the PastWednesday, May 11th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar In a previous post, I showed a Time Magazine cover from January 1960 that featured the global population explosion with a line “That Population Explosion,” implying ... Read more.. |
