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Top 10 Posts for July 2012
›Kate Diamond’s look at Mongolia’s nexus of climate, development, and extractive industry issues ran away with the top spot last month (measured by unique pageviews) and was joined by a host of newcomers. We updated you on Afghanistan’s mineral potential and continuing maternal health issues; reviewed CAP’s climate-migration report, CCAPS’s climate-conflict mapping tool, and David Bonnardeaux’s treatise on integrated development in Africa; and examined some of USAID’s recent open data initiatives and what they might signal for the agency moving forward.
1. In Mongolia, Climate Change and Mining Boom Threaten National Identity
2. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
3. Eye On: Visualizing Complex Vulnerability in Africa: The CCAPS Climate-Conflict Mapping Tool
4. Center for American Progress Takes on Climate Change, Migration, and Why They Matter to U.S. National Security
5. Eye On: New USGS Report and Maps Highlight Afghanistan’s Mineral Potential, But Obstacles Remain
6. Book Review: ‘World Population Policies’ Offers Sweeping Overview of a Complex Field
7. Dot-Mom: ‘Motherland Afghanistan’ Shows Maternal Mortality Not Just A Health Issue
8. Open Data Initiatives at USAID Reflect Move Towards Collaboration, Enabling Efforts
9. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation Series Launches at the Wilson Center
10. Beat on the Ground: Linking Water, Sanitation, and Biodiversity Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa -
Top 10 Posts for June 2012
›With the focus on sustainable development last month, Rio+20 coverage and related-population, health, and environment stories crept into the top posts (measured by unique pageviews). Carl Haub of Population Reference Bureau made a surprise appearance too with his update on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest demographic and health survey coming in at number three. To read ECSP’s full coverage of the 20th anniversary of the UN Earth Summit, see a full line-up of posts from Sandeep Bathala and our partners here.
1. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
2. The Year Ahead in Political Demography: Top Issues to Watch
3. Republic of Congo Demographic and Health Survey Shows High Maternal Health, But No Fertility Decline
4. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation Series Launches at the Wilson Center
5. Reading Radar: USAID’s New Global Health Framework and Delivering Equity in Health Interventions
6. Guest Contributor Tim Hanstad: Poor Land Tenure: A Key Component to Why Nations Fail
7. Pop at Rio+20: Getting Women’s Rights on the Agenda
8. Bringing Environment and Climate to the 2012 Population Association of America Annual Meeting
9. On the Beat: Sex and Sustainability on the Road to Rio+20
10. PHE and Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Stronger Together -
Top 10 Posts for May 2012
›Laurie Mazur, Elizabeth Leahy Madsen, Tim Hanstad, and Musimbi Kanyoro topped the list last month. Integrated looks at development and security issues were popular in general, with looks at hotspots like Nigeria, Uganda, Yemen, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and India, and topics like land and water security all represented in the top 10.
1. Taming Hunger in Ethiopia: The Role of Population Dynamics
2. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
3. Yemen: Revisiting Demography After the Arab Spring
4. Guest Contributor Tim Hanstad: Poor Land Tenure: A Key Component to Why Nations Fail
5. Guest Contributor Musimbi Kanyoro: Women’s Rights and Voices Belong at Rio+20
6. The Global Water Security Assessment and U.S. National Security Implications
7. Uganda’s Demographic and Health Challenges Put Into Perspective With Newfound Oil Discoveries
8. Nabeela Ali on How PAIMAN Is Improving Maternal Health in Pakistan
9. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation Series Launches at the Wilson Center
10. Nigeria Beyond the Headlines: Demography and Health [Part One] -
Top 10 Posts for April 2012
›Interest in the environment and conflict nexus is high: Posts on the Journal of Peace Research’s climate and conflict special issue; special profiles on India’s and Uganda’s environment, development, and security challenges; and March’s global water intelligence assessment all made the top 10 last month (measured by unique pageviews). The remaining newcomers hit on demography and gender issues, with a guest contribution on Rio+20 from the President of the Global Fund for Women, Musimbi Kanyoro, and a re-examination of Yemen’s prospects after the Arab Spring by Elizabeth Leahy Madsen.
1. Global Water Security Calls for U.S. Leadership, Says Intelligence Assessment
2. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
3. Responses to JPR Climate and Conflict Special Issue: François Gemenne (Sciences Po)
4. Guest Contributor Nils Petter Gleditsch: Much Ado About Conflict? Climate’s Links to Violence Reexamined
5. Uganda’s Demographic and Health Challenges Put Into Perspective With Newfound Oil Discoveries
6. Responses to JPR Climate and Conflict Special Issue: Solomon Hsiang (Princeton University) and Todd G. Smith (University of Texas, Austin)
7. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
8. Yemen: Revisiting Demography After the Arab Spring
9. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation Series Launches at the Wilson Center
10. Guest Contributor Musimbi Kanyoro: Women’s Rights and Voices Belong at Rio+20 -
Top 10 Posts for March 2012
›With World Water Day, a new water initiative from the State Department, and the release of a U.S. intelligence assessment on global water security, several water posts were propelled into the top 10 last month. Joining them were contributions from Elizabeth Leahy Madsen on the demographic dividend, Kathleen Mogelgaard on future food security and population dynamics, Laurie Mazur on biodiversity and demography, and Kavita Ramdas on empowering women.
1. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
2. Kavita Ramdas: Why Educating Girls Is Not Enough
3. Food Security in a Climate-Altered Future
4. More People, Less Biodiversity? The Complex Connections Between Population Dynamics and Species Loss
5. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
6. Reaching Out to Environmentalists About Population Growth and Family Planning
7. The Missing Links in the Demographic Dividend
8. Global Water Security Calls for U.S. Leadership, Says Intelligence Assessment
9. In Rush for Land, Is it All About Water?
10. Water and Population: Limits to Growth? -
Top 10 Posts for February 2012
›Great guest contributions and a couple of book previews helped fill out the top 10 last month, from Laurie Mazur on water and limits to growth, Pamela Griffin on the Ramsar Convention, and Elizabeth Leahy Madsen’s comprehensive look at Afghanistan’s first demographic and health survey to Jack Goldstone’s Political Demography and Marc Sommers’ Stuck.
1. Water and Population: Limits to Growth?
2. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
3. Guest Contributor Pamela Griffin: The Ramsar Convention: A New Window for Environmental Diplomacy?
4. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
5. UNEP Maps Conflict, Migration, Environmental Vulnerability in the Sahel
6. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation Series Launches at the Wilson Center
7. Afghanistan’s First Demographic and Health Survey Reveals Surprises (Part One)
8. Stuck: Rwandan Youth and the Struggle for Adulthood (Book Preview)
9. Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics (Book Launch)
10. Peter Gleick: Population Dynamics Key to Sustainable Water Solutions -
Top 10 Posts for January 2012
›The event summary from December’s meeting on new climate-conflict research took the top place last month and was joined by several other new comers: Marc Bellemare’s post about his food prices research, new Sahel vulnerability maps from UNEP, a summary of the water security plenary from NSCE 2012, and new reports on youth demographics from UNICEF and the U.S. Institute of Peace.
1. New Research on Climate and Conflict Links Shows Challenges for the Field
2. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
3. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation Series Launches at the Wilson Center
4. Guest Contributor Marc F. Bellemare: Do High Food Prices Cause Social Unrest?
5. In the Rush for Land, Is it All About the Water?
6. UNEP Maps Conflict, Migration, Environmental Vulnerability in the Sahel
7. Peter Gleick: Population Dynamics Key to Sustainable Water Solutions
8. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
9. Move Beyond “Water Wars” to Fulfill Water’s Peacebuilding Potential, Says NCSE Panel
10. Three New Reports Highlight Ongoing Significance of Youth Demographics in Global Trends -
Top 10 Posts for 2011
›2011 was a momentous year for environment-population-security connections. Youth demographics came into the media spotlight with popular uprisings across the Middle East, we reached seven billion people on Earth, and there was new awareness about the importance of natural resource management in a more connected-than-ever world. Here are the most popular stories of 2011 on New Security Beat, measured by unique pageviews:
1. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
Tunisia’s “Jasmine Revolution” kicked-off the Arab Spring, but what are the country’s chances at achieving democracy? Demographer Richard Cincotta compares historical data on the relationship between age structure and democratic governments to find out.
2. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation Series Launches at the Wilson Center
Captain Wayne Porter (USN) and Colonel Mark Mykleby (USMC) argued the United States needs a new national strategic narrative and presented their vision at the Wilson Center, saying that America needs to move away from a model of containment, deterrence, and control towards a “strategy of sustainability.”
3. Quantifying the Integration of Population, Health, and Environment in Development: When the Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
An article in Environmental Conservation broke new ground by presenting rigorous research that shows working across development sectors produces synergies not obtainable by any one of the disciplines alone.
4. How Did We Arrive at 7 Billion – and Where Do We Go From Here?
Demographer Elizabeth Leahy Madsen explained how world population reached seven billion this year, its significance, and where our demographic path might take us from here.
5. In the Rush for Land, Is it All About the Water?
With staple food prices shooting up and food security projected to worsen in the decades ahead, it is little wonder that countries are looking abroad to secure future resources. But the question arises: Are these “land grabs” really about the food – or, more accurately, are they “water grabs”?
6. Jon Foley: How to Feed Nine Billion and Keep the Planet Too
ECSP reports on Jon Foley’s presentation about the challenges to global food security as well as a strategy for overcoming them at South by Southwest’s inaugural eco conference.
7. Peter Gleick: Population Dynamics Key to Sustainable Water Solutions
Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute explains in an interview with ECSP what role population dynamics play in his assessment of “peak water.”
8. Guest Contributor Jim Duncan: Redrawing the Map of the World’s International River Basins
Following on his presentation at the Wilson Center, water expert Jim Duncan outlined updates made to the Transboundary Freshwater Spatial Database, including the addition of 13 new basins covering 501,000 km2 and an estimated 13.8 million inhabitants.
9. Ten Billion: UN Updates Population Projections
The UN released an update to its biannual estimates for world population, extending projections for the first time to the end of the century. The results show that growth is likely to continue longer and total numbers will be higher than previously thought.
10. PRB’s Population Data Sheet 2011: The Demographic Divide
ECSP examined the Population Reference Bureau’s latest data sheet which shows an unprecedentedly stark divide between demographic trends in rich and poor countries.
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Image Credit: Adapted from “Viva the Tunisian Revolution,” courtesy of flickr user freestylee (Michael Thompson).
