ALEXANDER M. DE
SHERBININ – Biographical
Sketch & CV
Work: CIESIN, P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964
USA, Tel. +1-845-365-8988, Fax +1-845-365-8922
Email: adesherbinin -at- ciesin.columbia.edu
Alex
de Sherbinin is a Senior Staff Associate for Research at the Center for
International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), an environmental data and
analysis center within The Earth
Institute at Columbia University specializing in the human aspects of
global environmental change. He serves as deputy manager of the NASA-funded
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), and also serves as
co-Coordinator of the Population-Environment Research Network (PERN), a
global network of 1,800 social and natural scientists researching
population-environment relationships that is sponsored by the International
Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
(IHDP). He is also chair of the CODATA
Global Roads Data Development Task Group. He is a core member of the joint
Yale/Columbia team that produces the Environmental Performance Index (EPI).
Mr.
de Sherbinin is a geographer whose research interests focus on the human
aspects of environmental change at local, national and global scales. He has
written peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and reports addressing population
dynamics and the environment; urban sustainability; climate change
vulnerability and migration; U.S. population policy; consumption-environment
linkages; environment and security; environmental indicators; land-use and
land-cover change; remote sensing applications for environmental treaties;
social science applications of remote sensing; and community-based natural
resource management.
Prior
to joining CIESIN, Mr. de Sherbinin served as a USAID-funded
Population-Environment Fellow with the Social Policy Program of International
Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN, Gland,
Switzerland), and a Population Geographer at the Population Reference Bureau (PRB, Washington, DC). From 1984-1986 he served
as an agricultural extension agent with the U.S. Peace Corps in Mauritania,
West Africa.
He
has profiles on ResearchGate
and LinkedIn,
and blog postings through the Earth Institute’s State of the
Planet blog.
Curriculum Vitae (as of February 2012)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Center for
International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University, Palisades, NY.
Deputy Manager, NASA Socioeconomic Data
and Applications Center, September 2006-present
Senior Staff Associate for Research, October 1999-present.
IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland.
Acting
Head, Social Policy Group, March-November 1998.
Population-Environment Fellow, January 1996-July
1999.
Population Reference Bureau (PRB), Washington, DC.
Population Geographer, International
Programs, October 1991‑December 1995.
Information
Specialist, June 1989-October 1991.
Department of Anthropology, Syracuse
University, Syracuse, NY.
Teaching
Assistant, September 1987‑May 1989.
International Tree Project Clearinghouse, U.N.
Non-Governmental Liaison Service, NYC.
Intern,
May‑July 1987.
Peace Corps, Mauritania, West Africa.
Agricultural
Extension Agent (Irrigated Rice), July
1984‑ September 1986.
EDUCATION
PhD, People, Land & Urban Systems, expected 2013, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and
Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
M.A. Geography, May 1989, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse,
NY.
Included
coursework in economics, demography and anthropology. Thesis on the impact of
migrants’ remittances on economic development in the Sénégal River valley.
B.A. Geography, 1984, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Awards: • Xerox grant (1983) to study
cultural diffusion in southern Mexico.
• Mellon
grant (1983-84) to study climate and forestry in southwest Oregon.
Additional
Training: Graduate courses at Columbia University
in Remote Sensing (Fall 2009), Econometrics (Spring 2005), Topics in Conservation Biology (Spring
2003), and Quantitative Analysis
(Spring 2001); Center for Institutions,
Population and Environmental Change (CIPEC) Summer Institute (May 2001), Indiana University; Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Workshop (July
1998), School of Forestry, University of Edinburgh; Advanced GIS (Spring 1995), Department of Geography, Univ. of
Maryland.
COMPUTER
SKILLS
Applications:
ArcGIS 9.3, ArcView 3.1, ARC/INFO, ENVI, Microsoft Office, and SPSS.
LANGUAGES
English: native
speaker
French: fluent
Spanish: conversant (Instituto
Cervantes, Spain, Diploma Básico)
AFFILIATIONS
Chair of the CODATA Global Roads Data Development Task Group (2010-2012)
Co-Chair of the CODATA Global Roads Data Development Working Group (2008-2010)
Task Lead, Global Road and Human Settlements Mapping on GEO-Grid, Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Work Plan (2009-2011)
Memberships
World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of IUCN
Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) of IUCN
Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) of IUCN
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Task Force on Earth Observations, International Geosphere and Biophere Programme (2010-present)
Working Group for NSF DataNet Data Conservancy (DC) project, Resilient and Sustainable Cities (2011-present)
Methods & Data Working Group, European Science Foundation, Responses to Environmental and Societal Challenges for our Unstable Earth (RESCUE) (2009-2011)
Expert Group, World Water Assessment Program (2008-2009)
Scientific Committee of the Programme on the Interactions between Population, Development, and Environment (PRIPODE) (2002-2007)
International Editorial Board of MEDIAS-France Network Newsletter (2004-2007)
Scientific Advisory Board of the ESPERE Climate Encyclopedia (2002-2005)
RESEARCH AND PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
PI,
“Where the Rain Falls: Climate and Migration”, 2011-2012, CARE and United
Nations University.
Co-PI,
“2012 Environmental Performance Index”, 2011-2012, Yale University.
PI, “Project
to Estimate Migration Flows By Ecosystem”, 2011, UK Government’s Foresight
Project on Global Environmental Migration.
Co-PI,
“Egypt Environmental Performance Measurement”, 2010-11, UNDP Global
Environmental Facility.
Co-PI,
“Using Satellite Data to Develop Environmental Indicators: An application of
NASA Data Products to Support High Level Decisions for National and International
Environmental Protection”, 2009-2012, NASA Applied Sciences Program.
Co-PI,
“Climate Change and Migration”, 2009, Cooperative for Assistance and Relief
Everywhere (CARE).
PI,
“Roads Data Development in Ethiopia”, 2009, Gates Foundation AGCommons Initiaitve
Quick Wins Project.
PI,
“Roads Data Development in East Africa”, 2008-09,US National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) SERVIR project.
Co-PI,
“Continued Operation of the Earth Observing System Data and information system
(EOSDIS) Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)”, 2008-13, US
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
PI, “Compilation
of Land Degradation Indicators for the Global Environmental Facility KM:Land
Project”, 2007-08, United Nations University International Network on Water,
Environment & Health (UNU-INWEH).
Co-PI, “2008 Environmental Performance Index”, 2007-08, Yale University.
PI, “IUSSP-IHDP Population-Environment Research Network”, 2002-present, multiple sources.
PI, “Urban Population, Poverty and Sustainable Development”, 2003-04, UN Population Fund (UNFPA):
PI,
“Remote Sensing Technologies for Ecosystem Management Treaties” (project with
IBAMA, PROBIDES, and US Fish and Wildlife Service), 2003-05, US Department of
State.
PI, “Project in Support of Ramsar Recommendation 6.3 on Community Involvement in Wetland Management,” multiple sources.
Manager, “Project on Population-Poverty-Environment Linkages,” funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Manager, “Project on Population and National Strategies for Sustainable Development,” 1996-99, funded by UNFPA.
Manager, Project on Water and Population Dynamics, funded by US Agency for International Development (1996-1997).
PUBLICATIONS
Books, Chapters, Edited Volumes and Peer-Reviewed Articles
Wilhelmi, O., A. de Sherbinin, and M. Hayden. (forthcoming). “Exposure to Heat Stress in Urban Environments” In: Crews, K., and B. King (eds.), Ecologies and Politics of Health. Oxon, UK: Routledge.
de Sherbinin, A., M. Castro, F. Gemenne, M.M.
Cernea, S. Adamo, P. M. Fearnside, G. Krieger, S. Lahmani, A. Oliver-Smith, A.
Pankhurst, T. Scudder, B. Singer, Y. Tan, G. Wannier, P. Boncour, C. Ehrhart,
G. Hugo, B. Pandey, G. Shi. 2011. Preparing for Resettlement Associated with
Climate Change. Science, 28 October
2011, Vol. 334: 456-457. Available at
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1208821.
Adamo, S.B., and A. de Sherbinin. 2011. “The Impact of Climate Change on the Spatial Distribution of Populations and Migration.” Chapter in: Proceedings of the Expert Group Meeting on Migration, New York: United Nations Population Division. Available at http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/PopDistribUrbanization/PopulationDistributionUrbanization.pdf.
Marcotullio, P., S. Baptista, and A. de Sherbinin. 2011. “Urbanization, poverty reduction and ecosystem integrity”, In: De Clerk, F., J. Ingram, and C. Rumbaitis Del Rio (eds.), Integrating Ecology into Poverty Alleviation and International Development Efforts: A Practical Guide. New York: Springer. Available at http://www.springer.com/environment/environmental+management/book/978-1-4419-0632-8.
Warner, K., T. Afifi, A. de Sherbinin, C. Erhart, S. Adamo, and T. Chai-On. 2011. “Environmental change and forced migration scenarios: methods and findings from the Nile Delta, Sahel and Mekong Delta.” In E. Piguet, A. Pécoud, and A. Guchteneire (eds.), Migration and Climate Change. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press and UNESCO, 464 pp. available at http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6491265/?site_locale=en_GB
Srebotnjak, T., G. Carr, A. de Sherbinin, and C. Rickwood. 2011. “A global Water Quality
Index and hot-deck imputation of missing data” Ecological Indicators, available at 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.023.
de Sherbinin, A., K. Warner, and C. Ehrhart. 2011. “Casualties of Climate Change,” Scientific American, January 2011: 64-71.
Aubrecht, C., M. Stojan-Dolar, A. de Sherbinin, M. Jaiteh, T. Longcore, and C. Elvidge. 2010. “Lighting governance for protected areas and beyond – Identifying the urgent need for sustainable management of artificial light at night”, earthzine, December 20,2010 issue. Available at http://www.earthzine.org/2010/12/20/.
de Sherbinin, A. 2009. “The Biophysical and Geographical Correlates of Child Malnutrition in Africa” Population, Space and Place Vol.15. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.599.
de Sherbiniin, A., A. Rahman, A. Barbieri, J.C. Fotso, and Y. Zhu (eds.). 2009. Urban Population-Environment Dynamics in the Developing World: Case Studies and Lessons Learned. Paris: Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED) (316 pages). Available at http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/workshops.jsp
de Sherbinin, A. 2009. “Introduction”, In: de Sherbinin, A., A. Rahman, A. Barbieri, J.C. Fotso, and Y. Zhu (eds.), Urban Population-Environment Dynamics in the Developing World: Case Studies and Lessons Learned. Paris: CICRED. Available at http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/workshops.jsp
Vörösmarty, C.J., J. Syvitski, J. Day, A. de Sherbinin, L. Giosan and C. Paola. 2009. Battling to save the world’s river deltas. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. March/April 2009. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2968/065002005
Redford, K., M. Levy, E. Sanderson, and A. de Sherbinin. 2008. “What is the role for conservation organizations in poverty alleviation in the world’s wild places?” Oryx Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 516-528.
de Sherbinin, A. 2008. “Is Poverty Highest Near Parks? An Assessment of Infant Mortality Rates Around Protected Areas in Developing Countries.” Oryx. Vol 42, No. 1, pp. 26-35.
de Sherbinin, A., D. Carr, S. Cassels, and L. Jiang. 2007. "Population and Environment." Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 32, Nov 2007, pp. 345-373. Available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792934/?tool=pubmed.
de Sherbinin, A., L. VanWey, K. McSweeney, R. Aggarwal, A. Barbieri, S. Henry, L. Hunter, W. Twine, and R. Walker. 2007. “Household Demographics, Livelihoods and the Environment.” Global Environmental Change, Vol. 18, pp. 38-53.
de Sherbinin, A., A. Schiller, and A. Pulsipher. 2007. “The Vulnerability of Global Cities to Climate Hazards.” Environment & Urbanization, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 39-64.
de Sherbinin, A., and G. Martine. 2007. Urban Population, Development and Environment Dynamics. CICRED Policy Paper No. 3. Paris: Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED). Available at http://www.cicred.org/Eng/Publications/pdf/Policypapers/PP3.pdf
Nelson, A., A. de Sherbinin, F. Pozzi. 2006. “Towards Development of a High Quality Public Domain Global Roads Database.” CODATA Science Journal, Vol. 5, November 2006, pp. 223-265.
Curran, S., and A. de Sherbinin. 2004. “Completing the Picture: The Challenges of Bringing ‘Consumption’ into the Population-Environment Equation.” Population and Environment, Vol. 26, No. 2.
de Sherbinin, A., D. Balk, K. Yaeger, M. Jaiteh, F. Pozzi, and C. Giri. 2002. “Social Science Applications of Remote Sensing,” A CIESIN Thematic Guide, Palisades, NY: Center for International Earth Science Information Network of Columbia University.
de Sherbinin, A. 2002. "Land-Use and Land-Cover Change," A CIESIN Thematic Guide, Palisades, NY: Center for International Earth Science Information Network of Columbia University. Available at http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/tg/guide_frame.jsp?g=47
de Sherbinin, A., K. Kline, and A. Raustiala. 2002. "Remote Sensing Data: Valuable Support for Environmental Treaties," Environment, Vol. 44, No. 1, January/February 2002.
de
Sherbinin, A. and G. Claridge. 2000. “Involving Local Communities and
Indigenous People in Wetland Management: A Guide for Decision Makers,
Government Agencies, and NGOs,” in Guidelines
for Establishing and Strengthening Local Communities’ and Indigenous People’s
Participation in the Management of Ramsar and Other Wetlands. Gland,
Switzerland: Ramsar Bureau.
de
Sherbinin, A. 2000. “Population, Development and Human Security: A Micro-level
Perspective,” Aviso: An Information Bulletin on Global Environmental Change
and Human Security, Issue No. 7.
de
Sherbinin, A. 1999. “Two Threats to
Global Security.” in The People and Their
Planet: Searching for Balance, Barbara Baudot and William Moomaw (eds.).
New York: St. Martin’s Press.
de
Sherbinin, A., and M. Freudenberger. 1998. “Migration to Protected Areas and
Buffer Zones: Can We Stem the Tide?”, PARKS,
Vol. 8, No. 1.
de
Sherbinin, A., and V. Dompka (eds.). 1998. Water
and Population Dynamics: Case Studies and Policy Implications, Washington,
DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. Available at http://www.aaas.org/international/ehn/waterpop/contents.htm
Barton,
T., G. Borrini-Feyerabend, A. de
Sherbinin, and P. Warren. 1997. Our
People, Our Resources: Supporting Rural Communities in Participatory Action
Research on Population Dynamics and the Local Environment. Gland,
Switzerland: IUCN (259 pages).
de
Sherbinin, A. 1996. “Human Security and
Fertility: The Case of Haiti,” Journal of
Environment and Development, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 28-45.
de
Sherbinin, A. 1995. “World Population
Growth and U.S. National Security,” Woodrow
Wilson Center’s Environment and Security Report, No. 1, April 1995.
Reports and Proceedings
Emerson, J.W., A. Hsu, M.A. Levy, A. de Sherbinin, V. Mara, D.C. Esty, and M. Jaiteh. 2012. 2012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index. New Haven: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. Available at: http://epi.yale.edu.
Balk, D., G.
Yetman, and A. de Sherbinin. 2010. “Construction of Gridded Population and
Poverty Data Sets from Different Data Sources.” Proceedings
of European Forum for Geostatistics Conference, 5-7 October, 2010 Tallinn,
Estonia. Available at http://www.efgs.info/geostat-project/efgs-conference-2010-e-proceedings/e-proceedings_EFGS_2010_Deliverable_WP4.pdf/view
Aubrecht, C., M. Jaiteh, and A. de Sherbinin. 2010. Global Assessment of Light Pollution Impact on Protected Areas. Working Paper published by CIESIN, Columbia University. Available at http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/documents/light-pollution-Jan2010.pdf
Emerson, J., D.C. Esty, M.A. Levy, C.H. Kim, V. Mara, A. de Sherbinin, and T. Srebotnjak. 2010. 2010 Environmental Performance Index. New Haven: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. Available at http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/epi/
Warner, K., C. Erhart, A. de Sherbinin, S.B. Adamo, T.Chai-Onn. 2009. In search of Shelter: Mapping the effects of climate change on human migration and displacement. Bonn, Germany: United Nations University, CARE, and CIESIN-Columbia University. Available at http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/documents/ClimMigr-rpt-june09.pdf
Levy, M., A. de Sherbinin, V. Mara, A. Fischer,
M. Jaiteh, L. Razafindrazay. 2009. Environmental
Performance Index for Abu Dhabi Emirate. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Global
Environmental Data Initiative.
Esty, D., M. Levy,
C. Kim, A. de Sherbinin, T.
Srebotnjak, and V. Mara. 2008. 2008
Environmental Performance Index. New Haven: Yale Center for Environmental
Law & Policy, and Palisades NY: Center for International Earth Science
Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. Available at http://epi.yale.edu/
Leary, N., J.
Adejuwon, J. W. Bailey, V. Barros, M. Caffera, S. Chinvanno, C. Conde, A., De
Comarmond, A. de Sherbinin, T.
Downing, H. Eakin, A. Nyong, M. Opondo, B. Osman, R. Payet, F. Pulhin, J.
ulhin, J. Ratnasiri, E. Sanjak, G. von Maltitz, M. Wehbe, Y. Yin, and G.
Ziervogel. 2006. For Whom the Bell Tolls:
Vulnerabilities in a Changing Climate. AIACC Working Paper No. 21.
Washington, DC: START, 2006.
Esty, D., M. Levy,
T. Srebotnjak, A. de Sherbinin, C.
Kim, and B. Anderson. 2006. Pilot 2006
Environmental Performance Index. New Haven: Yale Center for Environmental
Law & Policy, and Palisades NY: Center for International Earth Science
Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. (349 pages) Available at http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/epi/2006archive.html
de
Sherbinin, A. 2005. Remote Sensing in
Support of Ecosystem Management Treaties and Transboundary Conservation.
Palisades, NY: CIESIN at Columbia University. (98 pages) Available at http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/rs-treaties/RS&EMTreaties_Nov05_screen.pdf
Esty, D., M. Levy,
T. Srebotnjak, A. de Sherbinin.
2005. 2005 Environmental Sustainability
Index. New Haven: Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, and
Palisades NY: Center for International Earth Science Information Network
(CIESIN), Columbia University. (408 pages) Available at http://www.yale.edu/esi/
de
Sherbinin, A., R.S. Chen. 2005. Global
Spatial Data and Information: Development, Dissemination and Use. Report of
a Workshop held 21-23 September, 2004, at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Palisades, NY. Palisades, NY: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center,
CIESIN, Columbia University. (42 pages) Available at http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/GSDworkshop/
de
Sherbinin, A. 2001. Remote Sensing and Environmental Treaties: Building More
Effective Linkages. Report of a workshop held at the Woodrow Wilson
International Center, Washington, DC, December 4-5, 2000. New York: CIESIN at
Columbia University.
Dabholkar,
U., A. de Sherbinin and V. Ponniah
(eds.). 1999. Report of the International
Workshop on Population-Poverty-Environment Linkages: Key Results and Policy
Actions. IUCN Headquarters, September 23-25, 1998. Gland, Switzerland:
UNFPA, UNEP and IUCN.
de
Sherbinin, A. 1996. Water and Population
Dynamics: Local Approaches to a Global Challenge. Report on a collaborative
initiative and workshop at IUCN’s World Conservation Congress, Montreal,
Canada. Washington, DC: IUCN and Population Reference Bureau, August 1997.
de Sherbinin, A. 1993. “Population and Consumption Issues for Environmentalists,” a literature search and bibliography prepared by the Population Reference Bureau for the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Global Stewardship Initiative.
Short Articles
De
Sherbinin, A. 2011. “Eleazar Wheelock:
The Man and Legacy”. Self published
biography of the founder of Dartmouth College.
de
Sherbinin, A., D. Hogan. 2011. “Box 3.1 Climate Proofing Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil”, in Chapter 3 of Rosenzweig et
al. (eds), Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the
Urban Climate Change Research Network. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
de
Sherbinin, A. 2007. “The New ENTRI Conference of Party (COP) Decision Search
Tool” IISD MEA Bulletin, 20 December
2007.
de
Sherbinin, A., R.S. Chen, M. Levy. 2007. “What Does Climate Change Mean for the
Hazards Community?” Natural Hazards
Observer, July 2007, pp. 11-13.
de
Sherbinin, A. 2006. Encyclopedia entries for “Consumption,” “Population
Dynamics,” and “Urbanization” in: Our
Earth's Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change,
Helmut Geist (ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
de
Sherbinin, A. 2004. “Population and Environment Change: Fitting the Data to the
Analysis,” IHDP Update, Issue 1, available at
http://www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de/html/publications/publications.html
de
Sherbinin, A. 2002. “Bytes of Note: Remote Sensing in Byte-sized Morsels,” Environment, Vol. 44, No. 1,
January/February 2002.
de
Sherbinin, A. 2000. “Bytes of Note: Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture,” Environment, Vol. 42, No. 2, March 2000.
Chavarría,
E., A. de Sherbinin and C. Valdés.
1999. “Wetland Conservation in Southern Sonora: Communities Unite,” World Conservation, No. 2.
de
Sherbinin, A. 1999. “Geographic Information Systems for Conservation and
Development,” Population-Environment
Fellows Newsletter, University of Michigan PEFP, Winter 1999.
de
Sherbinin, A. 1998. “Water and Population Dynamics: The Urgent Need for
Action,” The Inter-American Parliamentary
Group on Population and Development Bulletin, Vol. 17, No. 1, January 1998.
de
Sherbinin, A. 1996. “A Decade of
Population and Environment at IUCN,” Population-Environment
Fellows News, Vol. 4, No. 3, December 1996.
More
than 20 articles in Population Today,
the Population Reference Bureau's demographic news monthly, 1989-1995.
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
de Sherbinin, A. Investing in Data. Eye on Earth Summit, 12-15
December 2011, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
de Sherbinin, A. Spatial Data Integration and Data Gaps for
Climate Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation, ICARUS II, University of Michigan, 5-7 May 2011, Ann Arbor, MI.
de Sherbinin, A. Assessing Displacement and Resettlement due
to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Projects, IAIA Symposium on Climate Change and Impact Assessment, 15-16
November 2010, Washington, DC.
de Sherbinin, A. Construction of Global Socioeconomic Data
Sets and Applications of gridded
socioeconomic data sets for elucidating human-environment interactions, European Forum for Geostatistics Annual Meeting,
5-7 October 2010, Tallinn, Estonia.
de Sherbinin, A, and
R. Chen. Hazard Risk Assessment for
Future Climate Impacts, Understanding
Risk Conference, World Bank, 2-3 June 2010, Washington, DC.
de Sherbinin, A. The
Effects of Climate Change on Displacement and Migration, Conference on Environmental Change and Its
Impact on Human Society, Institut des hautes études internationales et du
développement, 9 October 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
de Sherbinin, A. Humans
Altering the Water Cycle, GTN-Hydrology
Meeting, 7-8 July 2009, New York, NY
de Sherbinin, A. Electronic
Environmental Governance, United
Nations University International Institute for Science and Technology Workshop
on E-Governance, 22 May 2009, Macau
de Sherbinin, A. Use of
SeaWiFS data in human-environment research and for indicator development, Presentation to the Ocean Color Research
Team meeting, 6 May 2009, New York, NY
Castro, M., A. de
Sherbinin, and S. Vajjhala. Population
Displacements Associated with Environmentally Significant Infrastructure
Projects. 2009 IHDP Open Meeting, 27-30 April 2009, Bonn, Germany
de Sherbinin, A. Global Assessment of Vulnerability to
Climate Change, Public Affairs
Conference: Sustainable Actions for a Sustainable Future, 21-24 April 2009,
Missouri State University, Missouri
de Sherbinin, A. Socioeconomic
data for climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation assessment, 3rd NCAR Community Workshop on GIS in
Weather, Climate and Impacts, 27-29 October 2008, Boulder, Colorado
de Sherbinin, A. Are
conflicts between biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction inevitable?
Evidence from two global-scale analyses, Poverty and Conservation Learning Group Workshop, October 2008,
Bonn, Germany
de Sherbinin, A. Designing A Data Commons for Sustainability
Science: Lessons Learned from a World Data Center, International Workshop on Open Access to Scientific Literature and
other Digital Scientific Information Resources in Central America and the
Caribbean, 3-4 September 2008, Havana, Cuba
de Sherbinin, A., and
K. Iwao. The ICSU CODATA Roads
Development Working Group: Working Towards an Up-to-Date Publically Available
Global Roads Data Set, Global
Mapping Forum, 5-7 June 2008, Tokyo, Japan.
de Sherbinin, A. Integration of Poverty and Remote Sensing
Data. Expert Group Meeting on Slum
Identification Using Geo-Information Technology, 21-23 May 2008, Enschede,
Netherlands.
de Sherbinin, A. Are conflicts between biodiversity and
poverty reduction inevitable? Evidence from two global-scale analyses. Biodiversity for Poverty Reduction Day, 9th
Conference of Particies of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 24 May
2008, Bonn, Germany.
de Sherbinin, A. Stocktaking on Socioeconomic Information and
Approaches: Regional Scale and Ways
and Means to Improve Availability, Accessibility, and Effectiveness of
Information: Gaps & Needs - An Information Provider Perspective. UNFCCC Expert Meeting on Socioeconomic
Information under the Nairobi Work Programme, 10-12 March 2008, Port of
Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
de Sherbinin, A. Urban Poverty Mapping: Data and Methods.
PRIPODE
Workshop on Urban Population, Development and Environment Dynamics, 11-13 June 2007, Nairobi, Kenya.
de
Sherbinin, A., and G. Martine. Urban Population, Development and Environment Dynamics: Situating
PRIPODE Research in the Larger literature. International Colloquium on Population-Development-Environment in the
South, 21-23 March 2007, Paris, France.
de Sherbinin, A. Environmental Sustainability &
Performance: Linkages to Governance. 4th
IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Worldwide Colloquium, 18 October, Pace
University Law School, White Plains, NY.
de
Sherbinin, A. Environmental Status and
Trends in East Asia: Lessons from the
2005 ESI & 2006 EPI. UNESCAP
Second Green Growth Policy Dialogue, 23-25 May 2006, Beijing, China.
de
Sherbinin, A. The Geographical and
Biophysical Determinants of Hunger in Africa. 6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Research Community, 9-13 October 2005, Bonn, Germany.
de
Sherbinin, A., I. Porzecanski, and J. Tolisano. The Application of Remote Sensing in Support of Ecosystem Management
Treaties and in Tranboundary Contexts. 2005
Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, 14-18 July 2005,
Brasilia, Brazil.
de
Sherbinin, A., D. Balk, R. Chen, M. Levy and A. Storeygard. The Geographical and Biophysical Correlates
of Hunger and Infant Mortality: Lessons from CIESIN’s Poverty Mapping
Activities. 2004 Annual Meeting of
the American Geophysical Union, December 14, 2004, San Francisco, CA.
de
Sherbinin, A., A. Storeygard, R. Chen, and P. Sanchez. Identifying and Analyzing Hunger Hotspots
in Africa, 2004 Annual Meeting of the Association of American
Geographers, Philadelphia, PA, March 16, 2004.
de
Sherbinin, A. The Role of Sustainability Indicators as a Tool for Assessing
Territorial Environmental Competitiveness, International Forum for Rural
Development, Brasilia, Brazil, November 4-6, 2003.
de
Sherbinin, A. Frontiers in the Application of Sub-National Data in
Population, Development and Environment Research, 2003 Open Meeting of
the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community,
Montréal, Québec, October 16-18, 2003.
de
Sherbinin, A. and D. Balk, Analyzing the Determinants of Sustainable
Development and Climate Vulnerability Using the PLACE Data Set, Annual
Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, LA, March
5, 2003.
de
Sherbinin, A. and C. Giri, Remote Sensing in Support of Multilateral
Environmental Agreements: What Have We Learned from Pilot Applications?, 2001
Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research
Community, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 6-8, 2001.
Schiller,
A., and A. de Sherbinin, W. Hsieh, and A. Pulsipher, The Vulnerability of
Global Cities to Climate Hazards, 2001 Open Meeting of the Human
Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, October 6-8, 2001.
de
Sherbinin, A., and M. Levy,The Geography of National Level Environmental
Sustainability Indicators, 2001 Annual Meeting of the Association of
American Geographers, New York, NY, March 2, 2001.
Levy, M., A. de Sherbinin, J. Cherry and F. Pozzi, Practical
Challenges in Creating Integrated National-Level Environmental Data Sets:
Lessons Learned from the Environmental Sustainability Index, poster
presented at The Second National
Conference on Scientific and Technical Data, National Academy of Science,
Washington, DC, March 13-14, 2000.
de Sherbinin, A., Population
and the Environment: Lessons from Integrated Action, 1997 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental
Change Research Community, Laxenburg, Austria, June 12-14, 1997.
de Sherbinin, A., Human
Security and Fertility: The Case of Haiti, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Chicago, IL, March 18, 1995.
Gelbard, A., A. de Sherbinin and L. Ashford, What I Hear When You Say Population, National Council for International Health
(NCIH) Conference, Washington, DC, June 29, 1994.
de Sherbinin, A., Population
Issues of Concern to the Foreign Policy Community, Third Conference of the International Consortium for the Study of
Environmental Security, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts
University, June 4, 1994, and Annual Meeting of the Association of
American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, April 2, 1994.
de Sherbinin, A., The
Environmental Implications of U.S. Population Trends, From Rio to the Capitols Conference, Louisville, KY, May 25-28,
1993.
de Sherbinin, A. (panel organizer and chair), Human Rights and Refugee Issues: How Can
Geographers Contribute?, Annual
Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Atlanta, GA, April
7-10, 1993.
de Sherbinin, A., Human
Rights and Development in Africa: A Geographic Perspective, Annual Meeting of the Association of
American Geographers, Atlanta, GA, April 7-10, 1993.
de
Sherbinin, A., Mauritanian Refugees:
Casualties of Rural Development?, Annual
Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Diego, CA, April
18-22, 1992.
WORKSHOPS
ORGANIZED
Lead organizer: Bellagio
Conference on Preparing for Population Displacement and Resettlement Associated
with Large Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Projects, Bellagio,
Italy, 2-6 November 2010.
Organizer: Methods of
Data Integration: A SEDAC User Workshop, Population Studies Unit (NEPO), State
University of Campinas, Brazil, 15-17 September 2008.
Organizer: Global
Roads Data Workshop, Palisades, NY, 1-3 October 2007.
Scientific Coordinator: PRIPODE
Workshop on Urban Population, Development and Environment Dynamics,
Nairobi, Kenya, 11-13 June 2007.
Organizer and trainer: Spatial
Analysis for Human Dimensions Research. Workshop co-organized with and held
at ZEF, University of Bonn, in conjunction with the 6th Open Meeting of the
Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community. Bonn,
Germany, 7-9 October 2005.
Organizer: Population, The Urban Poor, and Sustainable
Development. Workshop held at Columbia University and co-organized by
CIESIN and the UN Population Fund. New York, NY, June 2-3, 2005.
Organizer: Global Spatial Data and Information:
Development, Dissemination and Use, Workshop held at the Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory and co-organized by CIESIN, FAO, UNEP, WHO and CGIAR.
Palisades, NY, September 21-23, 2004.
Organizer: Remote Sensing and Environmental Treaties:
Building More Effective Linkages, Woodrow Wilson International Center,
co-organized by CIESIN, IUCN, MEDIAS-France and the Woodrow Wilson Center,
Washington, DC, December 4-5, 2000.
Co-organizer and rapporteur: Indigenous People’s and Local Communities’ Participation in Wetland
Management, Global Biodiversity
Forum-13, San José, Costa Rica, 7-9 May 1999.
Co-organizer and facilitator: Strategies for the Wise Use of Wetlands, Second International Conference on Wetlands and Development, Dakar,
Senegal, November 10-14, 1998.
Organizer and presenter: Population-Poverty-Environment
Linkages: An Overview, International
Workshop on Population-Poverty-Environment Linkages, co-organized by IUCN,
UNFPA and UNEP, Gland, Switzerland, September 23-25, 1998.
Co-organizer and chair: Participatory
Wetlands Management: Case Studies from Asia, International Workshop on Ramsar Site Management Involving Local
Communities, Kushiro, Japan, March 2-4, 1998.
Organizer: Water and Population Dynamics: Lessons Learned
from Local Case Studies, IUCN World
Conservation Congress, Montréal, Canada, October 13-23, 1996.
Organizer and chair: Mapping
and Geographic Information Systems for Planning and Communication, IUCN World Conservation Congress,
Montréal, Canada, October 13-23, 1996.