Tag: urbanization

Demography Links

Apr 1, 2014

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1. Washington Post: Robert Samuelson: America’s demographic denial … For proof, see Paul Taylor’s new book, “The Next America.” Taylor oversees many of the Pew Research Center’s opinion surveys. His masterful synthesis of polls shows that three familiar mega-trends lie at the core of America’s political and social stalemate. First, immigration. By 2050, immigrants and…
Demography Links

Feb 13, 2014

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1. Business Insider: These Maps Show The Geography Of Interracial Marriage This map shows white and African American marriages. Go to the article to see maps for other ethnicities. 2. PBS: Study finds that divorce rate rises as economy improves … The divorce rate dipped from 2.09 percent to 1.95 percent between 2008 and 2009,…
Saturday Links

Apr 13, 2013

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1. The World's Fastest-Growing Megacities The modern megacity may have been largely an invention of the West, but it's increasingly to be found largely in the East. The seven largest megacities (defined as areas of continuous urban development of over 10 million people) are located in Asia, based on a roundup of the latest population…
Saturday Links

Feb 9, 2013

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1. I love maps and charts. Naturally, I was drawn to this: 36 Maps That Explain The Entire World. Here is just one example: 2. Roger Pielke, Jr., says It's Time to Bury the Easterlin Paradox. "The Easterlin paradox suggest that in terms of human happiness — a squishy concept to be sure — there…
Anthropocene: Do We Need a New Environmentalism for a New Age?

Dec 20, 2012

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in Environment, Public Policy, Technology

A few days ago, Matt Ridley had a piece in the Wall Street Journal, Cooling Down the Fears of Climate Change, in which he wrote: … In short: We can now estimate, based on observations, how sensitive the temperature is to carbon dioxide. We do not need to rely heavily on unproven models. Comparing the…
Global Trends 2030

Dec 11, 2012

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in Africa, China, Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Europe, Globalization, International Affairs, Technology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

AP: Report: Asian economies will surpass US, Europe AP has a story summarizing Global Trends 2030, a report put out by the U.S. Intelligence community. … The study said that in a best-case scenario, Americans, together with nearly two-thirds of the world's population, will be middle class, mostly living in cities, connected by advanced technology,…
Africa’s Urbanizing, But Not How You Think

Oct 2, 2012

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in Africa, Demography, Sociology, Trends: Social

Atlantic Cities: Africa's Urbanizing, But Not How You Think … Deborah Potts, a demographer from Kings College London who studies urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa, says that more people are moving from urban areas to rural ones in countries like Ivory Coast, Mali, Zambia and Central African Republic. She says these "counter-movements" are the result of…
Urbanization in 15 Seconds

Mar 9, 2012

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in Demography, Trends: Social

From UNICEF: An Urban World. This graphic depicts countries and territories with urban populations exceeding 100,000. Circles are scaled in proportion to urban population size. Hover of over a country to see how urban it is (percentage of people living in cities and towns) and the size of the urban population (in millions). [Graph was…
Why China’s Urbanization Isn’t Creating a Middle Class

Feb 29, 2012

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in Capitalism and Markets, China, Economic Development, Poverty, Public Policy, Weatlh and Income Distribution

The Atlantic Cities: Why China's Urbanization Isn't Creating a Middle Class The rapid rate of development in China manifests itself most clearly in its cities. With some populations rising into the tens of millions, China’s cities are the economic powerhouses of the country, and are helping to create a whole new era of financial prosperity.…
Lump together and like it: Cities and growth

Nov 7, 2008

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in Demography, Economic Development, Globalization, International Affairs, Poverty, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

The Economist: Lump together and like it: Cities and growth Great article! The problems—and benefits—of urbanisation on a vast scale. …Yet new research published by the World Bank in its annual flagship World Development Report* suggests that pessimism over the future of huge cities is wildly overdone. The bank argues that third-world cities grow so…