This publication presents numerous papers from experts in the field covering the broad areas of: patterns of population distribution and development; social, environmental and policy aspects; international migration trends and prospects; and social, economic and political aspects of international migration.
This Population Bulletin, published in March 1998, examines the likely global impacts of population growth and distribution on food supply, energy consumption, emission of greenhouse gases, forests, oceans, and other environmental factors. The authors review various models developed to explore the complex relationships among population change, consumption levels, resources, and environmental health, and they discuss the various philosophical perspectives that affect the interpretation of model results.
This report is based on presentations and discussions that occurred at the Special Workshop on Agent-Based Models of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change, held October 4-7, 2001, in Irvine, California, co-sponsored by the Land-Use and Land-Cover Change Project (LUCC), the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science, and the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, and held in conjunction with the National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium, 'Adaptive Agents, Intelligence and Emergent Human Organization: Capturing Complexity through Agent-Based Modeli
ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to seek further understanding of the environmental role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in India. The focus is set on foreign direct investment (FDI) which constitutes the mere existence of TNCs and enables the transfer of not only finance, but also technological, organizational, managerial and human resources to strengthen local practices of affiliated units in India. The overall question of the paper is to discuss to what extent and how local environmental practices at affiliated units are influenced by TNC headquarters (HQ).
Paper investigates the population environment interrelationship using county level U.S. Census Bureau estimates and counts of dust storms, and causal modeling.
The paper examines the environmental history of Madagascar, focusing on the evolution of human settlement and forest cover in a region in the south-central highlands, and it is grounded in the specifics of one landscape -- the Pays Zafimaniry -- whose settlement in the past two centuries has been posited as an exemplar for the prior transformation of the rest of the highlands.
Conway proposes new directions for population geographers through which they may position themselves to engage in 'post-disciplinary' projects.
Article discusses conservation strategies and argue that static reserves need to include dynamic reserves.
On March 19, 2000, a group of scholars assembled at the University of California to examine the current state of environment, population and conflict research and to discuss the promising directions for future research. This paper includes discussion on the common themes and diverse perspectives on the nature of causal dynamics and the most appropriate methods for investigating environmental-social linkages.
Jared Diamond's presentation is available here through Real Player.
