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Highway 61 Revisited Revisited in 2024: Bob Dylan, Geography, and the Blues Watching the superb and sublimely acted recent film A Complete Unknown has inspired me to revisit...
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Watching the superb and sublimely acted recent film A Complete Unknown has inspired me to revisit the songs of Bob Dylan. In doing so, I have once again been impressed with his geographical vision, marked by effective invocations of place. His frequent use of place names in...
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New Demography Video: Pro-Natalism vs. Anti-Natalism The second GeoCurrents YouTube video has been posted, which examines the current debate between...
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The second GeoCurrents YouTube video has been posted, which examines the current debate between anti-natalists, who think that the world is severely overpopulated and therefore want to reduce birthrates, and pro-natalist, who are concerned about plunging fertility and therefore...
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New GeoCurrents Lecture Series on Global Demography I have posted the first of an estimated 16 illustrated lectures on global population on the...
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I have posted the first of an estimated 16 illustrated lectures on global population on the GeoCurrents YouTube channel. These lectures are derived from a class that I am currently teaching in Stanford University’s Continuing Studies Program (adult education) called “Population...
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Declining Human Fertility and Urbanization in the United States A recent GeoCurrents post on Utah’s declining birth rate included maps of the Total Fertility Rate...
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A recent GeoCurrents post on Utah’s declining birth rate included maps of the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of the U.S. by state in 2008 and 2022. Comparing the state-by-state data from these two years yields a map of total fertility change during this period (posted below). As this...
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The New York Times Maps Trump as Having Defeated Biden in 2024 I have long been a fan of the political cartography of the New York Times and have often used its...
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I have long been a fan of the political cartography of the New York Times and have often used its maps in my courses and blog posts. But this year I am not so impressed. Consider, for example, the map detail that I have posted below, taken from a full-page cartographic exercise...
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Utah’s Declining Fertility Rate and the Changing Mormon Church On the U.S. Total Fertility Rate (TFR) map of 2008, Utah clearly stands out. At the time, the...
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On the U.S. Total Fertility Rate (TFR) map of 2008, Utah clearly stands out. At the time, the state’s TFR was 2.60, well above the national average of 2.08. Utah’s relatively high birth rate has usually been linked to the demographic dominance of members of the Church of Jesus...
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Mapping China’s Debated Fertility Figures According to the United Nations Population Fund, China’s 2024 Total Fertility Rate (TFR: the...
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According to the United Nations Population Fund, China’s 2024 Total Fertility Rate (TFR: the expected number of children per woman) was 1.2. Among sovereign states, only Singapore and South Korea are ranked below China (at 1.1 and 0.9 respectively). Some sources, however, contend...
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Regional Demographic Convergence in India as the Country Slips Below the Replacement Rate Most demographers agree that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of India has dropped below the...
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Most demographers agree that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of India has dropped below the replacement rate of 2.1 to 2.2 children per woman. The United Nations Population Fund places it at 2.0 for 2024, while Database Earth puts it at 1.94. As the graph from the latter...
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Recent Trends in Domestic Migration in the United States A recent article in Newgeography by demographer Wendell Cox analyzes net domestic migration from one...
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A recent article in Newgeography by demographer Wendell Cox analyzes net domestic migration from one state to another from July 2020 to July 2024. Aptly titled “United States Moves South,” the article includes an intriguing data table outlining the current trends. In this short...
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The Cook Islands: Seeking Independence and Sovereignty, Or Already Independent and Sovereign? In late December 2024, the government of the Cook Islands, an autonomous Polynesian polity in “free...
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In late December 2024, the government of the Cook Islands, an autonomous Polynesian polity in “free association” with New Zealand, announced plans to introduce its own national passports and citizenship. Currently, Cook Islanders are citizens of New Zealand while being considered...
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The Forests of Northern Somalia? Somalia (including Somaliland) is widely known as an arid and drought-plagued land. Climate maps...
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Somalia (including Somaliland) is widely known as an arid and drought-plagued land. Climate maps depict most of the country as having a hot and dry desert climate (“BWh” in the Köppen classification system). Much of southern Somalia, as well as a portion of the far northwest...