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Human Geography: Population

Web Resources

About China’s South-North Water Transfer Project: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9132843.stm

About Population Growth in the World: www.prb.org and http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/global-population-growth.html

About the Composition of the Population of the United States: www.census.gov

About the Global AIDS Crisis: www.unaids.org/en/ and www.npr.org/healthscience/aids2004/

About International Population Programs: www.unfpa.org

About the Population Transition in Italy: www.learner.org/resources/series85.html#program_descriptions

AIDS Map: www.aidsmap.com

The AIDS Memorial Quilt: www.aidsquilt.org

Body Health Resources Corporation. The Body www.thebody.com/index.shtml (very informative for those with AIDS)

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies: www.caps.ucsf.edu

Centers for Disease Control. National Prevention Information Network www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/index.asp

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Discussion of HIV/AIDS Prevention www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/reports/mmwr/index.htm

Eberstadt , Nicholas . 2002 . The Future of AIDS. Foreign Affairs (Nov./Dec.): www.foreignaffairs.org/20021101faessay9990/nicholas-eberstadt/the-future-of-aids.html

Fuel Cell Today. Surveys: www.fuelcelltoday.com

National Center for Health Statistics. Faststats A to Z: AIDS/HIV www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/aids-hiv.htm

Population Reference Bureau. HIV/AIDS Focus Area www.prb.org

United Nations. UNAIDS . Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS www.unaids.org

United Nations. UNAIDS. 2011. UNAIDS Data Tables www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/documents/unaidspublication/2011/JC2225_UNAIDS_datatables_en.pdf

United Nations. UNAIDS. 2011. World AIDS Day Report www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/documents/unaidspublication/2011/JC2216_WorldAIDSday_report_2011_en.pdf

World Health Organization: www.who.int/topics/hiv_aids/en/ (especially the fact sheet on women and HIV/AIDS)

Brinkhoff , Thomas . City Population www.citypopulation.de

Census India. Census of India www.censusindia.net

GeoHive: www.geohive.com

Haub , Carl , and O .P. Sharma . 2011 . India Releases Latest Census Results, Showing Population Catching Up to China :

www.prb.org/Articles/2011/india-census-results.aspx

Institut national d ’études démographiques (INED—French National Institute for Demographic Studies). Population Simulator :

www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/play_population/population_simulator

International Monetary Fund. 2006 . Picture This: Global Demographic Trends. Finance & Development 43(3): www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2006/09/picture.htm

National Geographic. Billion http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/7-billion

Population Council: www.popcouncil.org

Population Foundation of India and Population Reference Bureau. The Future Population of India: A Long-Range Demographic

View www.prb.org/pdf07/futurepopulationofindia.pdf

Population Reference Bureau. World Population Data Sheet www.prb.org

Population Reference Bureau. Financial Incentives for Female Births and Parental Investments in Daughters: Interview with Nistha Sinha, The World Bank www.prb.org/Journalists/Webcasts/2011/poppov-daughters-india.aspx

Statistics Canada. Population Pyramids 1971 and 2010www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/91-209-x/2011001/article/11511/figures/fig-eng.htm

TED Conferences: Ideas Worth Spreading. Hans Rosling on Global Population Growth www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. India Becomes a Billionaire www.un.org/esa/population/pubsarchive/india/india.htm

UN Population Fund: www.unfpa.org

United Nations Statistics Division. Demographic, Social and Housing Statistics: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/default.htm

U.S. Census Bureau. International Data Base (IDBwww.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html

World Gazeteer: www.world-gazetteer.com

Worldometers: www.worldometers.info/world-population/