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Population- For the use of the word population in statistics, see statistical population.
In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area.
Populations are studied in a wide variety of ways and disciplines. In population dynamics, size, age and sex structure, mortality, reproductive behaviour, and growth of a population are studied. Demography is the study of human population dynamics. Other aspects are studied in sociology, economics, and geography. Plant and animal populations are studied in biology, in particular in that branch of ecology known as population biology, and in population genetics. In biology, a population denotes a breeding group whose members breed mostly or solely among themselves, usually as a result of physical isolation, although biologically they could breed with any members of the species.
Population density is a measure of the number of people or organisms per unit of area. Variants may express the population per unit of habitable, inhabited, productive (or potentially productive), or cultivated area. A particular geographic area of land is said to have a carrying capacity, representing the maximum population which it can support. Some observers of human societies believe that the concept of carrying capacity also applies to human population, and that unchecked population growth can result in a "Malthusian catastrophe". Others dispute this view.
Population may also mean the process of populating a geographic area, as by procreation or immigration.
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Youdraw
Aimed at doodlers worldwide, this offers a unique chance to contribute your portrait to a special exhibit that will show 6 billion drawings of the world's people together for the first time ever.
http://www.youdraw.com
Beyond Malthus: 16 Dimensions of the Population Problem
Description of book published by the WorldWatch Institute.
http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/paper/143.html
What is the population myth?
Anarchist point of view: The idea that population growth is the key cause of ecological problems is extremely commonplace. It is, however, a gross distortion of the truth. Capitalism is the main cause of both overpopulation and the ecological crisis.
http://flag.blackened.net/intanark/faq/secE6.html
Population, Poverty and Environment
Four documents from a 1998 FAO workshop that addressed the questions of how to enhance the contribution of population programmes to poverty alleviation and the promotion of sustainable development.
http://www.fao.org/sd/WPdirect/Wpre0085.htm
National Audubon Society Population and Habitat Program
Supports voluntary family planning as a key element in conserving and restoring natural ecosystems.
http://www.audubonpopulation.org
Probability Unknown
Promoting dialogue concerning population and its effects.
http://www.pofx.org
Population Organizations: Finder's Guide
1997 compilation -- this is a text list, not a list of links
gopher://gopher.ssc.wisc.edu:70/00/cdegopher/addazlis
PopInfo.org
Discusses population issues, impacts and solutions.
http://www.popinfo.org/
AmeriStat
Instant summaries in graphics and text of the demographic characteristics of the U.S. population. From Population Reference Bureau, non-profit organization for objective research.
http://www.ameristat.org/
The Population Council
Organization seeking to improve the wellbeing and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world, and to help achieve a humane, equitable and sustainable balance between people and resources.
http://www.popcouncil.org/
Carrying Capacity Network
An activist network concerned with national revitalization, population stabilization, immigration reduction, sustainable economic activity, and resource conservation.
http://www.carryingcapacity.org/
Population Association of America
PAA is a non-profit, scientific, professional organization established to promote the improvement, advancement and progress of the human race through research of problems related to human population.
http://www.popassoc.org/
Extreme Measures
The site requests feedback from ordinary people as well as experts in this area on a voluntary sterilization approach (research for a novel).
http://www.telcomplus.net/clsace9
Journal of Population Research
Peer-reviewed international journal which publishes papers on population-related issues.
http://demography.anu.edu.au/jpr/jpr.html
International Population Stabilization and Reproductive Health Act (S. 1029)
Congressional testimony by Sheldon Richman of the Cato Institute. Argues that there is no population problem.
http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-ps720.html
Laissez-Faire in Population: The Least Bad Solution
Economist David Friedman argues that there is no justification in economic theory for the widely believed notion that the results of allowing parents freely to decide how many children they have must, in the long run, be catastrophic under any tolerable social institutions.
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Laissez-Faire_In_Popn/L_F_in_Population.html
PopPlanet
Resource center on population and the environment, maintained by the National Council for Science and the Environment.
http://popplanet.org/PopPlanet/
Catholic Encyclopedia: Theories of Population
A Roman Catholic view of the theories of Malthus and others, written in 1910.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12276a.htm
Population and Health InfoShare
A library of electronic documents created by partner organizations working in reproductive and child health, HIV/AIDS, and population.
http://www.phishare.org/
Completing the Fertility Transition
Report of an expert meeting of the UN Population Division which warns of a serious reduction of the global population.
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/completingfertility/completingfertility.htm
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