Deborah Balk

Education

Ph.D., Demography, University of California at Berkeley

MPP, Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

AB, International Relations, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Books

Balk, D., Gorokhovich, Y., & Levy, M. (2005). Estimates of Coastal Population Exposed to the 26 December 2004 Tsunami. Prepaired for the Humanitarian Information Unit of the US Department of State.

Balk, D., Brickman, M., Anderson, B., Pozzi, F., Yetman, G., Salvatore, M., Ataman, E., Huddelston, B., & Bloise, M. (2005). Estimates of Future Global Population Distribution to 2015/ Mapping Global Urban And Rural Population Distributions, Environmental and Natural Resources. Rome, United nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

Balk, D. (2004). Mapping Accesss to Maternal Health Care Facilities in Bangladesh. Prepared for the Millinnium Project Task Force 4 on Maternal and Child Mortality// Available at http://www.unmillennium.org.

Balk, D., Faiz, K. K., Rob, U., Chakraborty, J., & Simmons, G. (1988). An Analysis of the Costs and Cost-Effectivness of the Family Planning Heatlh Services Project. Bangladesh, Dhaka: International Centre for Diarrohoeal Disease Research .

Journal Articles

Zoraghein, H., Pinchoff, J., Balk, D., Montgomery, M. R., & Engin, H. (2022). People and infrastructure: multi-scale assessment of coastal and fluvial flood exposure in India. Environmental Research Communications,

Jiang, L., Jones, B. R., Balk, D., & O'Neill, B. (2022). The importance of reclassification to understanding urban growth:  A demographic decomposition of the United States, 1990-2010 . Population, Space and Place, e2562.

(2022). Built Environment as a Risk Factor for Adult Overweight and Obesity: Evidence from a Longitudinal Geospatial Analysis in Indonesia. PLOS Global Public Health,

Balk, D., Tagtachian, D., Jiang, L., Marcotullio, P., Cook, E., Jones, B. R., Mustafa, A., & McPhearson, T. (2022). Frameworks to envision equitable urban futures in a changing climate: a multi-level, multidisciplinary case study of New York City. Frontiers in the Built Environment – Urban Science, 8(949433).

(2022). Built Environment as a Risk Factor for Adult Overweight and Obesity: Evidence from a Longitudinal Geospatial Analysis in Indonesia. PLOS Global Public Health,

(2022). The Urban Century. Population and Development Review, 5-9.

Kyrkjebo, N., Parris, A., Barnes, J., Azaroff, I., Balk, D., Baptista, A., Braneon, C., Calabrese, W., Colon, J., Marcotuillo, P., & Moss, R. (2022). Rapid Research and Assessment on COVID-19 and Climate in New York City. Journal of Extreme Events,

Balk, D., Leyk, S., Montgomery, M., & Engin, H. (2021). Global harmonization of urbanization measures: Proceed with care. Remote Sensing , 13(24). 4973.

Spotswood, E., Benjamen, M., Stoneburner, L., Wheeler, M., Beller, E., Balk, D., McPhearson, T., Kuo, M., & McDonald, R. (2021). Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States. Nature Sustainability , 4. 1092–1098.

McDonald, R., Biswas, T., Sachar, C., Housman, I., Boucher, T., Balk, D., Nowak, D., Spotswood, E., Stanley, C., & Leyk, S. (2021). The tree cover and temperature disparity in US urbanized areas: Quantifying the association with income across 5,723 communities. PLOS One, 16(4). e0249715.

(2021). Rapid Research and Assessment on COVID-19 and Climate in New York City. J. of Extr. Even., 08(02). 2150010.

Balk, D., Leyk, S., & Montgomery, M. (2021). Revitalizing Urban Research: What Is the Future Role of Demographers?. Spatial Demography,

MacManus, K., Balk, D., Engin, H., McGranahan, G., & Inman, R. (2021). Estimating population and urban areas at risk of coastal hazards, 1990–2015. How data choices matter, . Earth Systems Science Data, 13. 5747–5801.

Jones, B., Dunn, G., & Balk, D. (2021). Extreme heat related mortality: Spatial patterns and determinants in the United States, 1979-2011. Spatial Demography, 1-23.

Uhl, J. H., Leyk, S., McShane, C. M., Braswell, A. E., Connor, D. S., & Balk, D. (2021). Fine-grained, spatio-temporal datasets measuring 200 years of land development in the United States. Earth System Science Data, (13). 119-153.

Mills, C., Johnson, G., Huang, T., Balk, D., & Wyka, K. (2020). Use of Small-Area Estimates to Describe County-level Geographic Variation in Prevalence of Extreme Obesity among US Adults. JAMA Network Open, (3). 5:204289.

Uhl, J. H., Ehrlich, D., Balk, D., & Sliuzas, r. (2020). Measuring and understanding global human settlements patterns and processes: innovation, progress and application, Introduction to Special Issues of Patterns and processes of Global Human Settlement Development and Dynamics. International Journal of Digital Earth, 13(1). 2-8.

Pinchoff, J., Mills, C. W., & Balk, D. (2020). Urbanization and health: the effects of the built environment on chronic disease risk factors among women in Tanzania. PLOSOne, 15(11L e0241810).

Liu, Z., & Balk, D. (2020). Urbanisation and Differential Vulnerability to Coastal Flooding among Migrants and non-Migrants in Bangladesh. Population, Space and Place, 26(7: p.e2334).

Jones, B., Balk, D., & Leyk, S. (2020). Urban Change in the United States, 1990-2010: A Spatial Assessment of Administrative Reclassification. Sustainability, 12(4, 1649).

Balk, D., & Grace, K. (2019). Investigating demographic processes sensed and demographic data. Population and Environment, 41. 71-73.

Sanderson, E. W., Moy, J., Rose, C., Fisher, K., Jones, B., Balk, D., Clyne, P., Miquelle, D., & Walston, J. (2019). Implications of the shared socioeconomic pathways for tiger (Panthera tigris) conservation. Biological Conservation, 231(2019). 1-23.

Jones, B., Riosmena, F., Simon, D. H., & Balk, D. (2019). Estimating Internal Migration in Contemporary Mexico and its Relevance in Gridded Population Distributions. Data , 4(2). 50.

Leyk, S., Gaughan, A. E., Adamo, S. B., de Sherbinin, A., Balk, D., Freire, S., Rose, A., Stevens, F. R., Blankespoor, B., Frye, C., Comenetz, J., Sorichetta, A., MacManus, K., Pistolesi, L., Levy, M., Tatem, A. J., & Pesaresi, M. (2019). The spatial allocation of population: A review of large-scale gridded population data products and their fitness for use. Earth System Science Data , 11. 1385-1409.

Balk, D., Montgomery, M., Engin, H., Major, E., Lin, N., & Jones, B. (2019). Urbanization in India: Population and Urban Classification Grids for 2011. Data , 4(1). 35.

Dunn, G., Johnson, G., Sembajwe, G. N., & Balk, D. (2019). Spatially varying relationships between risk factors and child diarrhea in West Africa, 2008-2013. Mathematical Population Studies,

Leyk, S., Balk, D., Jones, B., Montgomery, M., & Engin, H. (2019). “Heterogeneity and Change in Urban Population and Structure in the United States, 1990-2010. Scientific Data, (6). 321-335.

Uhl, J. H., Zoraghein, H., Leyk, S., Balk, D., Corbane, C., Syrris, V., & Florczyk, A. J. (2018). Exposing the urban continuum: Implications and cross-comparison from an interdisciplinary perspective. International Journal of Digital Earth,

(2018). Understanding Urbanization: A study of census and satellite-derived urban classes in the United States, 1990-2010. PLOS One,

Balk, D., Leyk, S., Jones, B., Montgomery, M., & Clark, A. (2018). Understanding Urbanization: A study of census and satellite-derived urban classes in the United States, 1990-2010. PLOSOne,

Balk, D., Nghiem, S. V., Jones, B., Liu, Z., & Dunn, G. (2018). Up and out: A multifaceted approach to characterizing urbanization in Greater Saigon, 2000–2009. Landscape and Urban Planning,

Leyk, S., Uhl, J. H., Balk, D., & Jones, B. (2018). Assessing the Accuracy of Multi-Temporal Built-Up Land Layers across Rural-Urban Trajectories in the United States. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 204. 898-917.

Dev, A., & Balk, D. (2015). Urbanization, Women and Weight Gain: Evidence from India, 1998-2006. Spatial Demography, 3(1). 1-25.

Solecki, W., Seto, K. C., Balk, D., Bigio, A., Boone, C. G., Creutzig, F., Fragkias, M., Romero-Lankao, P., Lwasa, S., Marcotullio, P., & Zwickel, T. (2015). A Conceptual Framework for an Urban Area Typology to Integrate Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Urban Climate, 14. 116-137.

Balk, D., & Montgomery, M. (2015). Guest Editorial: Spatializing Demography for the Urban Future. 59-62.

McDonald, R. I., Weber, K., Padowski, J., Flörke, M., Schneider, C., Green, P., Gleeson, T., Eckman, S., Lehner, B., Balk, D., Boucher, T., Grill, G., & Montgomery, M. (2014). Water on an urban planet: urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure. Global Environmental Change, Vol. 27. 96–105.

(2013). What is Urban? Comparing a Satellite View with Demographic & Health Surveys. Population and Development Review , 39(3). 413-439.

(2012). Mapping populations at risk: Improving spatial demographic data for infectious disease modeling and metric derivation. 10(8).

(2011). Spatial Scaling of Stable Night Lights. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 115. 269-280.

(2011). Urban growth, climate change, and freshwater availability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 3(21). 1-6.

(2009). Observations of Urban and Suburban Environments with Global Satellite Scatterometer Data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing , 64(2009). 367-380.

(2008). Urban Population Distribution and the Rising Risks of Climate Change. United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Population Distribution, Urbanization, Internal Migration and Development,

(2008). Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Nature, 451.

(2008). A Summary of the Risks of Climate Change and Urban Settlement in Low Elevation Coastal Zones. The New Global Frontier: Cities, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century,

(2008). Infant Mortality Rates: Towards a Spatial View. Population, Space and Place, 14(3).

(2007). "The rising tide: assessing the risks of climate change and human settlements in low elevation coastal zones". Environment and Urbanization, 19(1). pp. 17-37.

(2007). "Tsunami Mortality Estimates and Vulnerability Mapping in Aceh, Indonesia". American Journal of Public Health, 97(S1). pp. S146-S151.

(2006). "Setting the stage for equity-sensitive monitoring of the maternal and child health MDGs". Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84(7). pp. 519-527.

(2006). Low coastal zone settlements. (59).

(2006). "Determining Global Population Distribution: Methods, Appliacations and Data". Advances in Parasitology/ Academic Press, 62. pp. 119-156.

(2005). "Confidentiality and Spatially Explicit Data: Concerns and Challenges". Proceedngs of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(43). pp.15337-15342.

(2005). "Child Hunger in the Developing World: An Analyisis of Environmental and Social Correlates". Food Policy , 30. pp.5-6 and pp.584-611.

(2004). "A Spatial Analysis of Childhood Mortality in West Africa". Population, Space and Place, 10. pp.175-216.

(2004). "A Demographic Paradox: Causes and Consequences of Female Genital Cutting Mortality in Northeastern Africa". Advances in Gender Research, 8. pp.199-249.

(2001). "A guide to global population projections". Demographic Research, 48(8). pp.203-288.

(2001). "Projecting World Population Futures". Population bulletin , 56(3). pp.1-40.

(1997). "Awareness and Knowledge of AIDS among Indian Women". Health Transition Review, 7(Supplement). pp.421-465.

(1997). "Awareness and Knowledge of AIDS among Indian Women". Health Transition Review, 7(Supplement). pp.421-465.

(1997). "Defying Gender Norms in Rural Bangladesh: A Social Demographic Analysis". Population Studies, 51(2). pp.153-172.

(1997). "Awareness and Knowledge of AIDS among Indian Women". Health Transition Review, 7(Supplement). pp.421-465.

(1994). "Individual and Community Aspects of Women's Status and Fertility in Rural Bangladesh". Population Studies, 48(1). pp.21-45.

(1991). "A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Family Planning Programs in Rural Bangladesh: Evidence from Matlab". Studies in Family Planning , 22(2). pp.83-101.

McGranahan, G., Balk, D., Colenbrander, S., Engin, H., & MacManus, K. Is rapid urbanisation of deltas undermining adaptation to climate change long term?  A global review of population and built-up area in risk-prone coastal areas. In Progress.

Book Chapters

Reckien, D., Lwasa, S., Satterthwaite, D., Mcevoy, D., Creutzig, F., Montgomery, M., Balk, D., Khan, I., Fernandez, B., Brown, D., Osorio, J. C., Tovar-Restrepo, M., de Sherbinin, A., Feringa, W., Sverdlik, A., Porio, E., Nair, A., McCormick, S., & Bautista, E. (2018). Equity, Environmental Justice, and Urban Climate Change. In Schensul, D. (Ed.), Climate Change and Cities in C. Rosenzweig et al Cambridge, UK. Cambridge University Press.

Montgomery, M., & Balk, D. (2018). The Urbanization of Low- and Middle-Income Asia. In Hayes, A., & Zhao, Z. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Asian Demography (pp. 285-309).

Montgomery, M., Balk, D., Liu, Z., Agarwal, S., Jones, E., & Adamo, S. (2015). Urban Migration of Adolescent Girls: Quantitative Results from Developing Countries. In White, M. (Ed.), International Handbook of Migration and Population Distribution NY. Springer International Publishing.

Balk, D., Montgomery, M., & McGranahan, G. (2014). Coastal Demography: Distribution, Composition, and Dynamics. In Bowen, et al, R. (Ed.), Oceans and Human Health: Implications for Society and Well-Being (pp. 49-70). New York, NY. Wiley Blackwell.

Nghiem, S., Sorichetta, A., Elvidge, C., Small, C., Balk, D., Deichmann, U., & Neumann, G. (2014). Urban Environments, Beijing Case Study. In Njoku, E. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing (pp. 869-878). New York, NY. Springer Reference.

McGranahan, G., Balk, D., Martine, G., & Tacoli, C. (2013). Fair and Effective Responses to Urbanization and Climate Change: Tapping Synergies and Avoiding Exclusionary Policies. In Martine, G., & Schnesul, D. (Eds.), The Demography of Adaptation to Climate Change (pp. 24-40).

Balk, D. (2013). Harnessing Census Data for Environment and Climate Change Analysis. In Martine, G., & Schnesul, D. (Eds.), The Demography of Adaptation to Climate Change (pp. 74-95). New York, London and Mexico City: UNFPA, IIED, and El Colegio de Mexico.

Montgomery, M. R., & Balk, D. (2011). The Urban Transition in Developing Countries: Demography Meets Geography. In Birch, E., & Wachter, S. (Eds.), Philadelphia, PA,United States. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Balk, D., Montgomery, M. R., McGranahan, G., Kim, D., Mara, V., Todd, M., Buettner, T., & Dorelien, A. (2009). Mapping Urban Settlements and the Risks of Climate Change in Africa, Asia, and South America.. In Martine, G., Guzman, J. M., McGranahan, G., Schensul, D. I., & Tacoli, C. (Eds.), Population Dynamics and Climate Change (pp. 80-103). New York, NY. United Nations Population Fund and International Institute for the Environment and Development.

Balk, D. (2009). More than a name: Why is Global Urban Population Mapping a GRUMPy proposition?. In Gamba, P., & Herold, M. (Eds.), Global Mapping of Human Settlement: Experiences, Data Sets, and Prospects (pp. 145-161). Taylor and Francis.

Balk, D., Montgomery, M. R., McGranahan, G., & Todd, M. (2009). Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change: Linking Satellite and Other Spatial Data with Population Data. In Martine, G., Guzman, J., McGranahan, G., Schensul, D., & Tacoli, C. (Eds.), Population Dynamics and Climate Change (pp. 206-217). New York, NY. United Nations Population Fund and International Institute for the Environment and Development.

Balk, D., Wirth, M., Delamonica, E., Storeygard, A., Sacks, E., & Minujin, A. (2006). Multidimensional disparities in maternal and child health: Measuring a basline, Monitoring the future. In Minujin, A., & Delamonica, E. (Eds.), New York, Ny/ New School University. Human Rights and Social Policies for Children and women: The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Practice.

(2005). Analytical Approaches for Assessing Ecosystem Condition and Human Well-Being. Chicago: Island Press. Chapter 3 in Conditions and Trends Assessment of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

(2005). Urban Systems. Chicago: Island Press. Chapter 22 in Conditions and Trends Assessment of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

Balk, D. (2000). To Marry and Bear Children? The Demographic Consequences of Female Circumcision in the Sudan. In Shell-Duncan, B., & Hernlund, Y. (Eds.), Female 'Circumcision' in Africa: Culture, Controversy and Change (pp. 55-71). Lynne Reinner Publishers.

Presentations

Jones, B., Balk, D., & Leyk, S. (2017, April 30). A Spatial Method for Estimating Rural-Urban Population Reclassification. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. : Population Association of America.

Balk, D., Brite, J., Dev, A., & Heiland, F. (2016, March 23). Health in Context: Urbanization, Weight Gain, and future Health in Indonesia. SPA Faculty Seminar Series. New York

Balk, D., Brite, J., Dev, A., & Heiland, F. (2015, May 1). Health in Context: Urbanization, Weight Gain, and future Health in Indonesia. PAA Conference. San Diego

Balk, D., Brite, J., Dev, A., & Heiland, F. (2015, May 1). Health in Context: Urbanization, Weight Gain, and future Health in Indonesia. PAA Conference. San Diego

Other Scholarly Works

Reviews

Balk, D. (2001,September 1). Studies in Family Planning.

Balk, D., & Goldscheider, C. (1993,March 1). Contemporary Sociology.

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