Peer-reviewed journals: 

Here are some examples of publications. Have you used GPW in your published work? If so, please send us your full citation, and on-line references, if available, so that we may include your work on this page.

Chan, L.S., Chen, Y., Chen, Q., Chen, L., Liu, J., Dong.,W. and H. Shaw. 1998. "Assessment of global seismic loss based on macroeconomic indicators," Natural Hazards, 17(3): 269-283.

Chen, Q.F., Chen, Y., and L. Chen. 1997. "Quick and approximate estimation of earthquake loss based on macroscopic index of exposure and population distribution," Natural Hazards, 15(2-3): 217-229.

Chen, Q.F., Chen, Y., Chen, L., Liu, J., and M.F. Li. 1999. "Estimation of earthquake losses by using macroeconomic approach," Chinese Science Bulletin, 44(3): 199-

Cincotta, R. P., J. Wisnewski, and R. Engelman. 2000. "Human population in the biodiversity hotspots," Nature 404 (27 April 2000): 990-992.

Cohen, Joel and Christopher Small. 1998. "Hypsographic Demography: The Distribution of Human Population by Altitude," Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, 95(24):14009-14.

Elvidge, C.D., Baugh, K.E., Dietz, J.B., Bland, T., Sutton, P.C., Kroehl, H.W. 1999, "Radiance calibration of DMSP-OLS low-light imaging data of Human settlements," Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 68, pp. 77-88.

Hall, Robert and Charles I. Jones. 1999. "Why Do Some Countries Produce So Much More Output Per Worker Than Others?" Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114(1): 83-116.

Reid, Robin S., Russell Kruska, Uwe Deichmann, Philip Thornton, and Stephen Leak. 2000. "Human Population Growth and the Extinction of the Tsetse Fly," Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 77: 227-236.

Small, Christopher, Vivian Gornitz and Joel Cohen. 2000. "Coastal Hazards and the Global Distribution of Human Population," Environmental Geosciences, In Press.

Snow, R.W. M. Craig, U. Deichmann, and K. Marsh. 1999. "Estimating mortality, morbidity and disability due to malaria among Africa’s non-pregnant population," Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 77(8): 624-640.

Sutton, P., D. Roberts, C. Elvidge, and H. Meij. 1997. "A comparison of nighttime satellite imagery and population density for the continental United States," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 63(11):1303-13.

Tobler, W, Uwe Deichmann, Jon Gottsegen and Kelly Maloy. 1997. "World Population in a Grid of Spherical Quadrilaterals," International Journal of Population Geography, 3:203-225.

Other publications:

Cincotta, Richard and Robert Engleman, 2000. Nature’s Place: Human Population and the Future of Biological Diversity, Washington, DC: Population Action International.

Cohen, J.E., C. Small, A. Mellinger, J. Gallup, and J. Sachs. 1997. Estimates of coastal populations (Letter). Science 278(5341): 1211-12.

Gallup, John Luke and Jeffrey Sachs with Andrew Mellinger. 1999. "Geography and Economic Development, CAER Discussion Papers No. 39," Harvard Institute for International Development, March. (http://www.hiid.harvard.edu/projects/caer/papers/paper39/paper39.pdf)

Gallup, John Luke and Jeffrey Sachs. 1999. "Malaria, Climate and Poverty" CAER Discussion Papers No. 48, Harvard Institute for International Development, July. (http://www.hiid.harvard.edu/projects/caer/papers/paper48/paper48.pdf)

New York Times, 1999. "Year of 6 Billion People, Living Dangerously," New York Times, October 7, 1999. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/circuits/articles/07geek.html

Small. Christopher and Cohen, Joel. 1999. "Continental Physiography, Climate and the Global Distribution of Human Population" Proceedings of the International Symposium on Digital Earth, Beijing, China, November. http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~small/PDF/ISDE_SmallCohen.pdf

UNDP Office to Combat Desertification and Drought. 1997. Aridity Zones and Dryland Populations: An Assessment of Population Levels in the World's Drylands. New York: United Nations Development Programme.

World Resources Institute, United Nations Environment Programme, "United Nations Development Programme, and the World Bank. 1998," World Resources 1998-99, New York: Oxford University Press. (see map, p. 221)

Collier, Paul and Anke Hoeffler, 2000. "Greed and Grievance in Civil War," World Bank Policy Research Group Working Paper #2355. Washington, DC: World Bank, May 2000.