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Jillian Williams

The More the Merrier (NY Times Article) - 0 views

  • technical progress — discoveries — are trial and error, and incentives.
  • but both are stimulated by population.
  • The more people on earth, the greater the chance that one of them has an idea of how to improve alternative energies, or to mitigate the climate effects of carbon emissions. It takes only one person to have an idea that can benefit many.
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      More People = More Ideas = Faster Results
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  • Plus, the more people on earth, the larger are the markets for new innovations.
  • incentives matter for innovative activity
  • ncentives to devote effort toward finding new discoveries and bringing them to the marketplace depend on the size of that marketplace.
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    Article about why increase in population good or climate control, etc.
Susie Pickett

Population Reference Bureau - 0 views

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    One of THE best population sites: data, pamphlets, and MUCH more
Jim Pickett

World DATA Clock - 0 views

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    Cool visualization of global population data, with some US specific data as well.
Christiaan Tahyar

Human geography: Definition from Answers.com - 0 views

  • Population density (people per km2) by country, 2007 Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the built environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earth's surface.
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      this is a good simple definintion
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    this seems good
Jim Pickett

Moldova hit by mass emigration-BBC special reports - 0 views

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    A fascinating introduction to the notion of migration and shrinking populations
Kevin Collon

Resource: Human Geography: People, Places, and Change - 0 views

  • Human Geography combines economic and cultural geography to explore the relationships between humans and their natural environment, and
  • tionships
  • to track the broad social patterns that shape human societies
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Jim Pickett

Why the Great Plains Are Great Once Again - Newsweek - 0 views

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    An interesting article on the surprising rebound of some "great plains" cities...
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