| Description: | Analyzes the most recent UN population assessments and projections (the 1996 edition), conducted by the United Nations Population Division, New York. Its main objective is to cut through the maze of available data and identify ten demographic trends which are most relevant for studying global (land-use) change."" Includes: Introduction Major Trends (World Pop. Growth, Annual Increase, Developing Countries, Asia's Pop. Growth, Increase by Country, Growth Rate by Country, India outgrows China, Nigeria / Pakistan, Global Pop. Balance, Worldwide Aging) Methodology (Population Momentum, Accuracy of Projections, Method Improvements) Problems Related to World Population Growth (Fertility Decline, Food Limits, Population Size, Population Density, AIDS) |
