Demography & GIS in CED Policy & Planning (3ýcredits)ýDemography & Geographic Information Systems (DGIS)ýtarget secondary analyses of large data sets inýCED planning and policy development. DGIS supportsýcommunity needs assessments, development planning,ýpolicy analysis, research and evaluation.ýDemography topics include: Population analysisý(growth, mortality, fertility, age structure,ýmigration, settlement, density, forecastingýtechniques); population Issuesý(causes/consequences of population change,ýassessing population needs); economic demographyý(economic consequences of demographic change inýdeveloping/developed countries); population & CEDý(poverty, inequality, stratification, mobility).ýGIS topics include: Research Techniques (dataýcapture, index creation, analysis, presentation);ýCED mapping (analytical exercises using Census andýLabor Statistics data to create maps blendingýlayers of information with cartographicýboundaries).