Do you know of any good resources providing data on how industrialization, urban expansion and / or hunting affects wildlife populations and ecosystems in the United States? Also interested in how conservation efforts do or do not produce a stabilizing effect.
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posted by jnnla
on Nov 14, 2012 -
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Besides Central Americans, what are other countries that have major first-generation diaspora communities in the United States?
India? Armenia? Cambodia? Other Asian countries? Just wild guesses here.
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posted by metajc
on May 16, 2012 -
13 answers
Calling geographers: has anyone applied the idea of topological prominence to population density?
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posted by miyabo
on Apr 27, 2012 -
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I can recall a text-book case of introducing a species (deer) into a new environment, where a lack of natural predators caused a population boom, followed by local extinction. I remember most of the details but I can't find the actual cite. Please help!
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posted by ianso
on Jan 20, 2012 -
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Where can I find interesting papers, discussions, blog posts, etc. about the disparity between benefits to personal health and population health when it comes to medical interventions and the ethical implications therein?
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posted by greatgefilte
on Nov 22, 2011 -
2 answers
I'm looking for photos on the web or books showing international cities evolving over the last 10, 20, or 50 years, particularly in the developing world: Mumbai, Dhaka, Guangzhou, et al.
posted by sswiller
on Sep 29, 2011 -
5 answers
Who is the artist/photographer whose work deals with issues of resources, population, human consumption, etc.?
For example, I remember a giant photo/collage that looks like lots of colored boxes from far off, and then up close it is revealed to be made up of freight containers that represent the amount of some type of goods used by the US in a certain period of time, or something like that.
posted by chr1sb0y
on May 31, 2011 -
4 answers
I need a list of all American cities (incorporated places) with populations in between 80,000 and 100,000 people according to the 2000 census. Help?
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posted by quodlibet
on Mar 21, 2011 -
2 answers
Are there any websites/services out there where I can enter health/medical data about myself (height, weight, short medical history, etc) and statistical information from the general population would come up? (ie 30% of the people with your BMI and ethnicity have XYZ disease)
posted by JiffyQ
on Mar 3, 2011 -
3 answers
What is the lowest median age of any human population group? How low can it go? Is there a theoretical lower limit?
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posted by Corvid
on Feb 12, 2011 -
19 answers
I'm looking for resources that clearly spell out the advantages and disadvantages of being born during a 'demographic trough' (when the birthrate of a generation is lower than the birthrate before and after that period). US-centered materials are preferred but any data points concerning other developed nations info is good, too.
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posted by quadog
on Jan 21, 2011 -
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I'd like to query geographical and population-based data. "$city <> 200,000" and so on and so forth.
What is this called and where can I find data like this? Willing to spend some money if necessary.
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posted by unixrat
on Jan 19, 2011 -
8 answers
This is for a research project. I am looking for information on visitors to republican and democratic national conventions in 2008. 1. What share of *out of town travelers* to minn and Denver were male? 2. What share were married of those male travelers? 3. If not that convention, then can this info be collected for any other major political convention? And source this if possible.
posted by scunning
on Dec 24, 2010 -
1 answer
If a species is nearing extinction, what is the minimum population needed to give it a reasonable chance of survival, in terms of genetic diversity?
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posted by adamrice
on Feb 16, 2010 -
14 answers
Please provide me with an *effective*, and statistically sound, table/chart listing suggested sample size guidance for associated population size
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posted by thankyoumuchly
on Jan 14, 2010 -
11 answers
Where can I find estimates of Europe's population size, as far back in time as possible?
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posted by Coventry
on Aug 1, 2009 -
8 answers
How does statistical analysis differ when analyzing the entire population rather than a sample?
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posted by jedicus
on May 22, 2009 -
9 answers
Are global birth and death rates roughly consistent over the course of a day/month/year? (Are there are any clear patterns of daily or seasonal spikes?)
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posted by kalapierson
on Apr 30, 2009 -
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paper filter: I'm doing a paper on information technology's effect on population growth/migration. Where do I start?!
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posted by dunderwood
on Mar 17, 2009 -
4 answers
Population Filter: I have a problem that's been bugging me for a while. Looking at the qualities I tend to be attracted to, can you help me figure out the ballpark number of potential matches?
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posted by Phalene
on Feb 16, 2009 -
19 answers
Why do many American and Canadian towns list population numbers as you enter them, e.g. Welcome to Anytown, Population: 3,414
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posted by Happy Dave
on Oct 1, 2008 -
19 answers
I recently read the startling result that, in a recent New York Times poll, 8% of white respondents and 17% of black respondents said that the U.S. population was more than 50% black. This got me wondering what the corresponding numbers are for other ethnic group -- but for the life of me I couldn't find any data. What percent of the U.S. population does the median American think is Hispanic? Asian? Jewish? Muslim? Foreign-born? Interesting examples from other countries also welcome, of course.
posted by escabeche
on Jul 26, 2008 -
7 answers
Any recommendations for published research on dealing gracefully with population decline?
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posted by trig
on May 7, 2008 -
3 answers
I'm trying to figure out what percentage of people born in 1890 were still alive in 1920 and then 1950 and so on, until we can say for certain that every person born in 1890 is 100 percent definitely dead. I've looked at the 1890 and 1920 census, but they don't have mortality tables.
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posted by melodykramer
on Apr 22, 2008 -
12 answers
What's the easiest way of generating a map similar to
this? I have several state-level data series I want to display on maps of India.
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posted by matthewr
on Mar 23, 2008 -
6 answers
How many college students are there in NYC? Any good sources/cites to back the statistic up would be great too!
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posted by pithy comment
on Feb 14, 2008 -
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Does anyone know of a serious attempt to calculate the maximum potential global population (human)?
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posted by bluedogg27
on Nov 13, 2007 -
14 answers
I'm looking for a tool (preferably free) that will provide population data for the area within a defined radius of a point on a map.
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posted by brain_drain
on May 21, 2007 -
11 answers
Is it possible to find out the census of Bosnian immigrants (or the Bosnian Population in US) in the USA, for each individual state? If so, how can I go about doing that task?
I am working on a Bosnian/American statistics maps and I am in a need of state census reports for each state. I don't know if this is hard to obtain, but some helpful leads would be great.
Thanks in advance!
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posted by cheero
on May 16, 2007 -
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Given today's global population sample, at what age are you older than the majority of people on earth?
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posted by milarepa
on Dec 14, 2006 -
10 answers
Is there a study outlining the reasons that childbirth rates tend to be higher for lower income people not just in the US but worldwide?
Beyond religious reasons - and above and beyond farming reasons (presumably even in the US when farming was a bigger part of the workforce, more kids meant more "free" workers to tend and pick crops) ... is it some immortality gene driving that? Is it as banal as having nothing better to do?
posted by jbelkin
on Nov 16, 2006 -
26 answers
I am looking for sources that give the weight of the earth, volume of all the oceans, total acreage on the planet, total current population and guestimated total weight of said population.
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posted by goalyeehah
on Aug 21, 2006 -
11 answers
Where can I find a world or US map where the size of each country/state reflects its population?
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posted by hermitosis
on Dec 9, 2005 -
5 answers
When did the population of the US (or its preceding colonies) surpass that of the UK? Any links to this sort of historo-demographic information for the layman (ie, in easy to digest form)?
posted by dash_slot-
on Oct 20, 2005 -
7 answers
So I was watching Wong Kar Wai's _Fallen Angels_ last night and Laurie Anderson's song _Speak My Language_ came on. The refrain was 'now that the living outnumber the dead' and got me thinking, my question:
Has the living population of the earth ever outnumbered the number of all those who have come before us and died? Does it now? This seems a reasonable event to occur at some point given exponential growth, I just haven't been able to figure out when such a thing has/would happen(ed). Thanks!
posted by prettyboyfloyd
on May 9, 2005 -
10 answers
