Area of Expertise: Population Dynamics and Planning
Africa’s Struggle with Desertification
(2001) Desertification is most severe in Africa. Arid lands account for two-thirds of the African continent, and three-quarters of the continent’s drylands that are used for agriculture have already begun to lose productivity.
Record Number of Women in the U.S. Labor Force
(February 2001) Over the past 30 years, there have been dramatic changes in women’s participation in the U.S.
Environmental Scarcity and the Outbreak of Conflict
(2001) How can environmental problems contribute to civil unrest and violence?
Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
(November 2000) Most of the sun’s radiation passes through Earth’s atmosphere to warm the planet. Earth’s surface in turn reflects this energy back toward space in the form of infrared (heat) radiation.
Sources of Voting Data
(October 2000) An ancient Indian fable tells of six blind men who, one by one, touch an elephant, surmise what it looks like based on what they feel, and come up with six different “big pictures,” none resembling an elephant.
Baby-Boomer Retirees Changing the U.S. Landscape
(October 2000) People ages 65 and older are far less likely to move than their working-age counterparts.
Data Report. Fertility Rates for Low Birth Rate Countries, 1995 to Most Recent Year Available
The Urban Demographic Revolution
(September 2000) A report commissioned by the German government and released July 4 at the Global Conference on the Urban Future presents an upbeat view of the growth of cities in the 21st century.
Population Bulletin, vol. 55, no. 3. An Urbanizing World
Managing urban population change will be one of the world’s most important challenges in the next few decades.