Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Annotated Bibliography

William Ogilvie
English 102
Prof. Sonia Apgar Begert

Annotated Bibliography

United Nations. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs. "World Population to 2300." 2004. United Nations. RPT. 18 Oct. 2015.
This document was written by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations. It looks at information over the last century leading up to today, making educated predictions on various milestones in our future. Initially it talks about population estimates, age demographics, and growth rates, but it delves into other aspects soon after. This work will be useful in that it tells the forecast for the future population. Much of the content goes very in depth about individual countries and regions, even discussing social and political issues I will be able to compare and contrast this information with other sources that discuss the current status of the world. I have not fully reviewed the document, however looking at the table of contents shows that there is a wealth of pertinent information.

Adamson, David M., et al. How Americans View World Population Issues: A Survey of Public Opinion. Santa Monica: RAND, n.d. Web Document. 29 Oct 2015.
This report contains data about the American view on population. The point of this research is to measure the average opinion on what popular opinion is. It also explores popular civil issues such as abortion, family planning, and birth control. The authors are a part of the RAND Corporation, which specializes in world issues and data collection.

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook. n.d. Electronic Text. 18 10 2015.
The Central Intelligence Agency hosts this database on their main website. The world factbook has data on every country on the planet, with data ranging from export, to agriculture, or even military.

Barrientos, Miguel. index mundi: Country Comparison - Population Growth - Top 100. 1 January 2014. Chart. 18 10 2015.
Index mundi sources data from the Central Intelligence Agency’s “World Factbook” and act as a focus. Their specialty is that they take date and make relevant comparisons, charts, and other various visualizations.

Beareau, U.S. Census. International Programs. n.d. Electronic Text. 20 Oct 2015.
The latest US census data comes from 2010, with the next one occurring in 2020. Its surveys contain data about the current American population and its demographics.

Charles J. Vörösmarty, Pamela Green, Joseph Salisbury, Richard B. Lammers. "Global Water Resources: Vulnerability from a Climate Change and Population Growth." 2000. Web document. 2 Nov 2015.
This report is about water and its outlook into the future. It was found on the Science AAAS website and was published in 2000. The report has consideration of population, and climate change as catalysts for changes in global water quality. It covers topics such as fresh drinking water, ocean ph levels, and the shrinking ice caps to name a few.

Cohen, Joel E. "Human Population: The Next Half Century." 2003. Web Document. 2 Nov 2015.
This document covers projected population growth throughout the world. This was written by Joel E. Cohen and is featured on the Science AAAS website. It looks at social issues, religion, the environment, and migration to predict future growth(or lack of).

Facts about Hunger and Poverty. n.d. Website. 28 Oct 2015.
The Hunger Project is a non-profit organization that is committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. They have a vast array of employees around the globe that keeps tabs on the current status of various regions. They have a knowledge center that contains information regarding hunger, poverty, environment, and social issues.

Friends of the Earth Europe. "Overconsumption? Our use of the world's natural resources." 2009. Web document. 22 Oct 2015.
The research for this document was conducted by the “Sustainable Europe Research Institute” and was published in 2000. This document establishes the importance of our natural resources and how we must work to conserve them. Europe is the focus of this research, lots of facts about European consumption are shown. It shows statistics such as how much they extract and use versus thirty years earlier. People in rich countries use 10-times more than those in the poorest of countries. It also explores plans for reaching a sustainable future.

Jennifer B. Hughes, Gretchen C. Daily, Paul R. Ehrlich. "Population Diversity: Its Extent and Extinction." 1997. Web document. 2015 2 Nov.



Jie Zong, Jeanne Batalova. Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States. 26 Feb 2015. Web Document. 2 Nov 2015.
The “Migration Policy Institute” specializes in migration research. On their website they have a statistics page about “Immigrants and Immigration in the United States” which covers almost any topic you can imagine. It contains information on demographics, annual flows, illegal immigrants, health insurance, linguistics, and so on.

Learner, Anneberg. Human Population Dynamics - World Population growth through history. n.d. Electronic Text. 20 Oct 2015.
This web page was published by the “Annenberg Learner Foundation” which is an educational website that contains resources for mathematics, history, English, the arts, and so on. This page covers the history of human population in the world. It shows growth rates, and also total population per year. It also considers factors such as urbanization, and decreasing fertility rates.

Nasa. Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet. n.d. Web document. 2 Nov 2015.
This page on NASA’s website is about global climate change. It hosts a multitude of live data about various issues that contribute to climate change. Looking at the page regarding carbon dioxide, they have many visuals that show the build-up of emissions in a historical context. They cover many more aspects such as causes, effects, and how they conduct this research.

Nations, United. "Global Issues - Population." n.d. United Nations. Electronic Text. 20 Oct 2015.
Published by the “United Nations”, this page takes a hard look at the growing world population. It describes how an increasing population can worsen the current issues we currently face, especially problems like hunger. The UN even has its own division that analyzes population trends called the “UN Population Division”. This division looks at all countries and not only collects data, but makes predictions on how that country will develop.

Population Research Institute. POP101: A primer on the future of planet Earth. Population Research Institute. 2010-2015. Electronic Text/Video. 18 10 2015.
This website is hosted by the “Population Research Institute”, and its goal is to disprove myths about overpopulation. They primarily use videos to make their point. Their playlist covers what the numbers mean, poverty, food, and children.


Roser, Max. World Population Growth. 2015. Electronic Text. 20 Oct 2015.
“Our World in Data” takes a look at global population, health, food, resources, energy, education, conflicts, and many more topics. The page that I found looks at data regarding world population since 10,000 BC. It is estimated that 108 billion people have lived on this planet. It has many interactive charts and images such as the world map that shows population density if you put your mouse cursor on a specific area.

Washington State University. "Consumption by the United States." 2008. Web Document. 1 Nov 2015.
Published by Washington State University, this brief document talks about typical American consumption. It poses interesting comparisons, such as how one American consumes the same amount of energy as a certain quantity of people from another country. It goes through other facts about unintended births, food consumption, and waste generation.

World Energy Council. World Energy Resources. London, 2013. Web Document. 1 Nov 2015.
“World Energy Resources” published by the “World Energy Council” is a report on the current status of the various sources of energy. They draw comparisons of our current and past usage of our main resources, and explore why we use less or more. This research is published every three years and is presented at the World Energy Congress, with the next meeting being held in 2016.

World Health Organization. The top 10 causes of death. May 2014. Web Document. 29 Oct 2015.
This document is published by the “World Health Organization” and it is about the top ten causes of death in the world. It shows that heart disease and stroke are the top two greatest causes, with the others sitting far below. Besides some very detailed charts and graphs, they have a large Q&A section that hits a lot points about the circumstances of death.
York, Suzanne. Overpopulation: Environmental and Social problems. 2009-2014. Electronic Text. 19 10 2015.

“Overpopulation: Environmental and Social problems” from the “Institute for Population studies” is a one of many pages that explores the dangers of a growing population. It looks at air quality, water shortages, oil, food, and other various issues. It also looks at the ramifications of a larger populace as far as personal freedoms and restrictions, animal extinction, and overcrowding.

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