GEOG 4732 / 5732:
POPULATION GEOGRAPHY
LINKS TO POPULATION RESOURCES ON THE WEB

POPULATION:  An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, Seventh Edition by John R. Weeks

Demography on the Web:  Using the Internet for Student Exercises *

UNITED NATIONS WEBSITES:

United Nations Infonation
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
       UN:  Catalogue of Population Division Publications, Databases and Software 1999
       UN:  International Migration Policies 1995
       UN:  World Contraceptive Use 1998
       UN:  World Fertility Patterns 1997
       UN:  World Population 1998
       UN:  World Population Trends

U.S. GOVERNMENT WEBSITES:

Central Intelligence Agency
       CIA:  Country Profiles
FedStats
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
National Atlas of the United States
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
       Publications and Information Products (NCHS)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
       NIA:  Demographic Data on Aging
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Census Bureau
       U.S. Census Bureau:  International Data Base (IDB)
       U.S. Census Bureau:  Statistical Abstract of the United States
       U.S. Census Bureau:  World Population Information
Social Security Administration
       Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs

U.S. STATE WEBSITES:

Colorado: Demography Section

OTHER NATIONS' WEBSITES:

Statistics Canada

ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSING ON POPULATION ISSUES:

6 Billion Human Beings:  An Exhibit from the Musée de l'Homme
Alan Guttmacher Institute
AmeriStat
Carrying Capacity Network
Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
Center for Immigration Studies
Contraceptive Choices
Development Gateway (World Bank)
Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America (DASA)
Family Care International (FCI)
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
International Planned Parenthood Federation
KZPG Overpopulation News Network
Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research (University of Albany)
Measure Communication
Numbers USA
Overpopulation
Pathfinder International
Population Action International (PAI)
Population Communications International (PCI)
Population Council
Population Institute
Population Media Center
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
PopNet
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
Negative Population Growth
UNAIDS
U.S. Committee for Refugees
World Bank
World Health Organization (WHO)
       WHO:  Statistical Information System
       WHO:  Epidemiological Fact Sheets by Country
World Overpopulation Awareness
Zero Population Growth (ZPG)

ENVIRONMENTAL SITES:

Committee for the National Institute for the Environment (CNIE)
Earth Times
Environmental Change and Security Project
National Wildlife Federation (NWF)
       NWF:  Population Program
World Resources Institute (WRI)
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

CURRENT NEWS:

BBC
CNN
New York Times
Rocky Mountain News
The Daily Camera

ACADEMIC JOURNALS:

Journal Storage (JSTOR)
Population Index

ON-LINE BOOKS:

Preparing for an Aging World: The Case for Cross-National Research (National Academy Press)

ON-LINE JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES:

American Demographics
Demographic Research
Population Reports (The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health)

DATA SOURCES:

American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau)
EconData.Net
GeoStat:  Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA):  The Global Demography Project
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
National Geographic Map Machine
Statistical Resources on the Web: Demographics and Housing (University of Michigan)

ASSOCIATIONS:

Association of American Geographers:  Population Specialty Group
Population Association of America

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS:

Population Program (University of Colorado at Boulder)

GETTING STARTED ON THE WEB,  INFORMATION AND TIPS:

Search Engine Watch
SquareOne Technology

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