Australia's population future: Probabilistic forecasts incorporating expert judgement

Geographical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-275

  Bell, Martin ^a   Wilson, Tom ^a   Charles Edwards, Elin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Expert judgement; Forecasts; Migration; Population projections; Probabilistic

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FORECASTING METHOD; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PROBABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

HARNESS;

EID: 79960836782     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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