?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%2F4928%2F&rft.title=Improving+Population+Assumptions+in+Greenhouse+Emissions+Models&rft.creator=Wexler%2C+L.&rft.description=It+is+no+surprise+that+population+plays+an+important+role+in+long-term+models+of+greenhouse+gas+emissions+and+global+climate+change.+Population+represents+both+a+primary+scale+factor+for+the+size+of+the+human+economy+and+the+fundamental+unit+at+which+societal+welfare+is+measured.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+paper+surveys+the+population+assumptions+in+several+important+models+of+global+warming+in+the+1990s%2C+including+energy+models%2C+integrated+emissions+models%2C+and+economic+policy+models.+Choice+of+population+inputs%2C+the+role+of+population+variables+in+model+equations%2C+sensitivity+analyses%2C+and+consideration+of+population+policy+are+all+described.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+paper+finds+room+for+improvement+in+the+following+areas%3A+choice+and+provision+of+population+projections%2C+consistent+treatment+of+age+structure+and+urbanization%2C+specification+of+relationship+between+per+capita+income+and+population%2C+and+the+consideration+of+population+policy+in+economic+policy+models.+It+is+suggested+that+improvement+in+these+areas+would+be+greatly+aided+by+interdisciplinary+cooperation%2C+especially+between+demographers%2C+economists%2C+and+energy+modelers.&rft.publisher=WP-96-099&rft.date=1996-08&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4928%2F1%2FWP-96-099.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wexler%2C+L.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1659.html%3E++(1996).++Improving+Population+Assumptions+in+Greenhouse+Emissions+Models.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-099+++++