?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4882%2F&rft.title=World+Population+Prospects%3A+Analyzing+the+1996+UN+Population+Projections&rft.creator=Heilig%2C+G.K.&rft.description=This+working+paper+analyzes+the+most+recent+population+assessments+and+projections+(the+1996+edition)%2C+conducted+by+the+United+Nations+Population+Division%2C+New+York.+Its+main+objective+is+to+cut+through+the+maze+of+available+data+and+identify+ten+demographic+trends%2C+which+are+most+relevant+for+studying+global+(land-use)+change.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+paper+also+discusses+possibilities+for+improving+the+accuracy+of+population+projections+by+applying+probabilistic+methods+or+a+scenario+approach.+Finally%2C+the+paper+analyzes+factors+that+might+affect+future+trends+in+world+population+growth%2C+such+as+global+food+constraints+or+a+widespread+health+crisis+due+to+AIDS.&rft.publisher=WP-96-146&rft.date=1996-12&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4882%2F1%2FWP-96-146.pdf&rft.identifier=++Heilig%2C+G.K.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1318.html%3E++(1996).++World+Population+Prospects%3A+Analyzing+the+1996+UN+Population+Projections.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-146+++++