Demography

Demography has always mattered in conflict, but with conflict increasingly of an inter-ethnic nature, with sharper demographic differences between ethnic groups and with the spread of democracy, numbers count in conflict now more than ever. This book...

A quarter of a century ago, Heather Joshi edited a landmark volume (sponsored by the British Society for Population Studies and the Centre for Economic Policy Research) entitled The Changing Population of Britain. In 2014-15, to mark the 25th anniversary...

A Stanford University Press classic.Book InformationISBN 9780804712323Author Susan B. HanleyFormat HardbackPage Count 380Imprint Stanford University PressPublisher Stanford University Press

This open access book provides worldwide examples demonstrating the importance of the interplay between demography and disasters in regions and spatially. It marks an advance in practical and theoretical insights for understanding the role of demography...

Intergenerational mobility is an important measure of well-being that underlies a fundamental value: that anyone should be able to succeed economically based on their own merits, regardless of their circumstances. This has been a value held by many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorLouis R. Harlan is the author of Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856-1901. Raymond W. Smock is the 1979 recipient of the Philip M. Hamer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorLouis R. Harlan is the author of Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856-1901. Raymond W. Smock is the 1979 recipient of the Philip M. Hamer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorLouis R. Harlan is a member of the history faculty at the University of Maryland and is the author of a highly acclaimed two-volume biography of Booker T...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorLouis R. Harlan is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland and is the author of a highly acclaimed two-volume biography of Booker T...

Vividly told and richly illustrated with more than 160 photographs, The Jews of Chicago is the fascinating story of the cultural, religious, fraternal, economic, and everyday life of Chicago's Jews. This edition of Irving Cutler's definitive historical...

Representing one-fourth of the population, German-Americans constitute the largest ethnic element, according to the U.S. Census, with well over 60 million people claiming German heritage. In twenty-six states, they comprise at least 20 percent of the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871692368Author Ansley J. CoaleFormat HardbackPage Count 277Imprint American Philosophical Society PressPublisher American Philosophical Society Press

An eye-opening exploration of humanity's unprecedented path to global depopulation and why it's in everyone's interests to prevent it.'Stunning ... essential reading' DANIEL H. PINK, author of DriveIf we continue as we are, the world's population will...

The core aim of this book is to determine how anthropology and demography can be used in conjunction in the field of population and development. The boundaries of demography are not as clearly defined or as stable as one might think, especially in view...

Across the EU, populations are shrinking and ageing. An increasing burden is being placed on a smaller working population to generate the taxes required for pensions and care costs. Welfare states are weakening in many countries and across Europe,...

This book provides an overview of the health of developing nations in the early twenty-first century. The basic assumption is that the health of a population is not independent of broader demographic trends, and does follow the health transition model...

This book focuses on the methodology and analysis of state and local population projections. It describes the most commonly used data sources and application techniques for four types of projection methods: cohort-component, trend extrapolation,...

This book provides an overview of the health of developing nations in the early twenty-first century. The basic assumption is that the health of a population is not independent of broader demographic trends, and does follow the health transition model...

The core aim of this book is to determine how anthropology and demography can be used in conjunction in the field of population and development. The boundaries of demography are not as clearly defined or as stable as one might think, especially in view...

Although the human population growth rate of the world has been declining since peaking in the early 1960s, the populations of individual countries are changing at different rates. Population dynamics at national level are partly determined by levels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788185040066Author M. K. JainFormat HardbackPage Count 257Imprint Bookwell PublicationsPublisher Bookwell Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788170187325Author P. KrishnanFormat HardbackPage Count 568Imprint BR Publishing CorporationPublisher BR Publishing CorporationDimensions(mm) 220mm * 145mm...

Regional mortality differences are one dimension of health inequalities, but its trends and determinants in Germany are widely unknown. This book examines and illustrates patterns of regional mortality in Germany-with focus on small-area...

This book examines the long term consequences of improvements in life expectancy in the mid 20th century which are partly responsible for the growth of the elderly population in the developing world. Rapid demographic changes in child and infant...

Military recruitment will become more difficult in times of demographic aging. The question arises whether demographic change will constrain the capacity of aging states like Germany to conduct foreign policy and pursue their national security interests...

This book explores the process of decision-making around having children in a sample of 115 men, women and couples for whom family formation was a recent past, current or imminent future issue. The discussion is initially focused on the extent to which...

Across the EU, populations are shrinking and ageing. An increasing burden is being placed on a smaller working population to generate the taxes required for pensions and care costs. Welfare states are weakening in many countries and across Europe,...

The book explores interlinkages between women's employment and fertility at both a macro- and a micro-level in EU member states, Norway and Switzerland. Similarly as many other studies on the topic, it refers to the cross-country variation in the...

International migration is becoming an increasingly important element of contemporary demographic dynamics and yet, due to its high volatility, it remains the most unpredictable element of population change. In Europe, population forecasting is...

The book explores interlinkages between women's employment and fertility at both a macro- and a micro-level in EU member states, Norway and Switzerland. Similarly as many other studies on the topic, it refers to the cross-country variation in the...

Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies presents innovative approaches to long-standing questions about the diffusion of population and demographic behavior across space and over time. This collection utilizes newly-available historical data...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700169673Author Austrian Academy of Sciences PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780716527237Author Brian GurrinFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Irish Academic Press LtdPublisher Irish Academic Press Ltd

Rural people and communities continue to play important social, economic and environmental roles at a time in which societies are rapidly urbanizing, and the identities of local places are increasingly subsumed by flows of people, information and...

This book combines the disciplines of applied demography and public health by describing how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues. Besides addressing the impact of aging on health and health-related expenditure,...

Most people value to have children still highly. But what is the optimal moment to have the first? The decision on having children or not and if yes on the timing of the first is one of the most difficult ones to make, also because it more or less...

This book combines the disciplines of applied demography and public health by describing how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues. Besides addressing the impact of aging on health and health-related expenditure,...

This book is a practical guide on how to design, create and validate a spatial microsimulation model. These models are becoming more popular as academics and policy makers recognise the value of place in research and policy making. Recent spatial...

Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies presents innovative approaches to long-standing questions about the diffusion of population and demographic behavior across space and over time. This collection utilizes newly-available historical data...