2 edition of Population forecasting found in the catalog.
Population forecasting
PTRC Summer Meeting (2nd 1974 University of Warwick)
Published
1974
by PTRC (UK) in London
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Series | PTRC/P/90 |
| Contributions | Planning and Transport Research and Computation Company., Seminar on Population Forecasting (1974 : University of Warwick) |
| ID Numbers | |
|---|---|
| Open Library | OL21645960M |
This book describes what was learned as Tetlock set out to improve forecasting accuracy with the Good Judgement Project. Largely in response to colossal US intelligence erro Summarizing 20 years of research on forecasting accuracy conducted from through , Philip Tetlock concluded “the average expert was roughly as accurate as a dart /5. Forecasting is the process of making predictions of the future based on past and present data and most commonly by analysis of trends. A commonplace example might be estimation of some variable of interest at some specified future date. Prediction is a similar, but more general term. Both might refer to formal statistical methods employing time series, cross-sectional or longitudinal data, or.
Book says population will start to drop in roughly 30 years and steadily decline the pair re-examines the forecasting models to conclude that global population will start dropping in about Welcome to Population Analysis for Planners, an online course developed by Dr. Linda Lacey and reviewed for MEASURE Evaluation by Dr. Ilene purpose of this course is to help planners use population information and analysis to develop, evaluate, and revise regional, district, and local development plans.
The book focuses on a special group of participants, the so-called superforecasters, who performed consistently much better than random-guessing, and on how their forecasting success can be explained. The book's bottom line is that rather certain teachable habits of thought than specific personal traits enable superforecasting/5(). Population forecasts try to estimate the rate of population growth. However, unpredictable factors can change fertility rates, mortality rates, or migration rates, which can cause difficulty in forecasting. Certain government policies are making it easier and more socially .
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This book focuses on the methodology and analysis of state and local population projections. It describes the most commonly used data sources and application techniques for four types of projection methods: cohort-component, trend extrapolation, structural models, and microsimulation.
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Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline () by Darrel Bricker and John Ibbitson is a fascinating book that makes the case the global population is likely to peak sooner than UN population predictions suggest and looks at why populations are declining and the what the impact of declining populations Population forecasting book likely to be.4/5().
Ehrlich, told me recently that the book’s main contribution was to make population control “acceptable” as “a topic to debate.” But the book did far more than that. Forecasting in Business and Economics presents a variety of forecasting techniques and problems.
This book discusses the importance of the selection of a relevant information set. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the forecasting techniques that are useful in decision making.
Future trends in population size, age structure, births, and other demographic variables are of interest to a wide range of analysts, including policymakers, scientists, and planners in industry and example, global and national trends in population size are needed to project the future demand for food, water, and energy and the environmental impact of rising consumption of.
The International Journal of Forecasting published a special issue in (Ahlburg and Land); Population and Development Review published a special supplement in (Lutz et al.); and most.
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Global population projections are available from the U.N. Population Division, the World Bank, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). 1 However, some readers may wish to prepare their own projections for particular purposes, perhaps using.
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The Ultimate Resource is a book written by Julian Lincoln Simon challenging the notion that humanity was running out of natural resources. Engineering forecasting consists of estimating the amount of known physical amount of resources, Ehrlich was the author of a popular book, The Population Bomb, which argued that mankind was Author: Julian Simon.
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Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World's Population; Book Book Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World's Population that prevents us humans—with the exception of China with its one child families—from confronting our population problems. This book is a reminder, not so much to read between the lines, as to look over the edge of the Author: Maurice King.
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We hope you'll find the information you're seeking or simply learn more about what we do to help achieve the Department's Mission. ISBN: OCLC Number: Description: vii, pages: illustrations ; 25 cm: Contents: Introduction: the need to rethink approaches to population forecasts / Dennis A.
Ahlberg, Wolfgang Lutz --How accurate are the United Nations world population projections?/ Nico Keilman --Demographic dimensions in forecasting: adding education to age and sex / Wolfgang Lutz. “Frontiers of population forecasting,” in Special Issue of Population and Development Review, Google Scholar MacGregor, D.
() “Decomposition for judgmental forecasting and estimation,” in J. Armstrong (ed.), Principles of Forecasting. A report issued this month by the United Nations Population Fund predicted that the world's population would reach billion by (BMJ ;).
Other recent studies show the world's population growing more slowly and reaching nine billion only in Author: Maurice King.
Accusations that the book lent support to racist attitudes to population control still hurt today, Ehrlich says. “Having been a co-inventor of the sit-in to desegregate restaurants in Lawrence.Book review Full text access Future demographic trends in Europe and North America: What can we assume today?, Wolfgang Lutz (Ed.).
Academic Press, Inc. Get this from a library! Better population forecasting for areas and communities; a guide book for those who make or use population projections. [V B Stanbery].
