Im not demographic specialist but I will try a little comment. The view of the author of this post is interesting because sometimes simple calculations allow to point critical point better than very long studies.
Nevertheless, I think that he miss completely the reality of Haiti when he writes in rural areas [there is] very few fields or roads or traces of humanity? Haiti is a country with an incredibly high population density in rural areas, even in the mountains. Its one of the reason of the deforestation. There is no place where you can walk more than a couple of minutes without seeing anybody. This should be taken into account in the calculation. Vincent De : [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen Envoyé : lundi 8 février 2010 12:59 À : OSM-Haiti Objet : [Talk-ht] Missing Millions in haiti ??? I found this at : http://www.pool.org.au/text/peter_ravenscroft/the_elephant_that_is_not_in_th e_room and thought this to be interesting. Any comment from demographic specialists???? Nine million people in Haiti? Pull the other leg, it has a goat tied to it. http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha%C3%AFti About a million people are not getting food and water, by Red Cross estimates, of the 3 million in the Port au Prince and nearby quake-devastated region. But the question is, where are the other 6 million Haitians? They appear to have not one radio station between them, and from Google Earth, there are clearly no other large towns. And, there are very few fields along the rivers. or anywhere. I may have this badly wrong, but it seems possible this is the elephant that is not in the room. Maybe there are 2 million more people, in small cities and towns and in the rural areas. But something like 4 million people seem to be missing. Not since the earthquake. Before it. Maybe they live in Atlantis and have no email or radios. Or relatives in the city. . Gert Gremmen ----------------------------------------------------- Osm Openstreetmap.nl (alias: cetest) P Before printing, think about the environment.
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