Week1 Introduction and Course Objectives

Part 1 Introduction and Course Objectives
This course covers the fundamental concepts of population geography, current research topics and some empirical studies on population issues in Asia-Pacific region. Students will learn to examine the complex population change with demographic indexes, and learn how to apply geographic information system (GIS) behind analyzing important current issues in the field of population geography.
Part2 Background Survey of each Student
1.Background Coursework:
2.Computer Experiences
3.Please briefly describe what your thesis/project/internship is about?
4.What do you hope/expect to get from this class?
Part3 What we learned so far?  Discussion of the world population growth.
The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years -- and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology (you'll see).

Asia's rise -- how and when
Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global economic growth since 1858 and predicts the exact date that India and China will outstrip the US.