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  1. North Country population shifts dramatically | NCPR News

    Late last week the US Census released new population numbers and the data for the North Country caught the eye of Brian Mann, our Adirondack bureau chief. He’s been blogging about the fact that a number of counties here in the region continue to lose…

    http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21663/20130321/north-country-population-shifts-dramatically

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  2. NEWZ005 Halftime in America | Newz of the World

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  3. Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations

    Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities — that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city’s population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it works and how similar laws hold for organisms and corporations.

    http://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_of_cities_and_corporations.html

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  4. Hindsight - 30 October 2011 - Malthus and the New World

    People love to hate him, but when historian Alison Bashford stumbled across the 1803 edition of Malthus’s ‘Essay on the Principle of Population’, an updated version of the first publication in 1798, she saw the British parson and political economist in a whole new light. The 1803 edition contained extra chapters, one of which examined population through the experience of the young colony of NSW. Alison Bashford began to realise that there was a great deal more in Malthus’s thesis than had been assumed-his study of the New World raised questions about colonialism, occupation, land, and how we share it- deeply moral and enduring concerns, which the contemporary world continues to grapple with.

    Publications:
    Title: Geopolitics and the World Population Problem: life and earth in the global twentieth century
    Author: Alison Bashford
    Publisher: Columbia University Press [forthcoming]

    http://www.abc.net.au/rn/hindsight/stories/2011/3349279.htm

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  5. 7 Billion: It’s getting crowded in here!

    High density living is great for the environment, right? But what does it do to our heads and hearts? The Australian psyche was moulded by the myth of the ‘wide brown land’, so what might life packed like sardines look and feel like? With the world’s seven billionth person about to be born, can we learn from the Asian megacity experience? And will we still be sharing a cup of sugar with our neighbours? As the population debate gets mental, we’re going in search of the soul in urban sprawl. A forum featuring Bernard Salt, Kim Dovey, Helen Killmier, and Sein-Way Tan, hosted by ABC Radio National’s Natasha Mitchell at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne.

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  6. Beyond Belief 3 (2008): Lawrence Krauss

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  7. A New Look at Population Bombs and Bulges

    http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/a-fresh-look-at-population-bombs-and-bulges/

    "…a variety of experts discuss the path past 7 billion people. One voice is that of Mara Hvistendahl, the Asia correspondent for the journal’s news staff and author of “Unnatural Selection,” a potent and revealing book about selective abortion and related issues. In this case, she discusses her piece on the potential benefits and perils of “youth bulges” like those underlying the turmoil in many Arab countries this year.?

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  8. Guardian Focus podcast: Population growth | World news | guardian.co.uk

    Soon the world’s population will reach 7 billion. But do more people necessarily mean more problems?

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2011/jul/27/focus-podcast-population-growth

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  9. Human population growth the transcending problem of our times - Science Show - 7 May 2011

    Roger Short recalls a life-changing moment.

    http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2011/3210005.htm

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  10. The Earth’s carrying capacity - Science Show - 30 April 2011

    It took until about 1825 for the population to reach 1 billion. The most recent billion was added in just under 13 years. Another 2 billion is anticipated by 2050. Most of these will be added in the poorest parts of the world. Speakers at the 2011 American Association of the Advancement of Science meeting in Washington DC offer perspectives on the carrying capacity of the Earth. The Royal Society in London is also looking at population and will describe the range of consequences if certain routes are taken. John Sulston says the inputs to current methods of food production are unsustainable. He says education is the key to reducing population growth.

    http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2011/3203724.htm

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