Population and demography

This book shows an updated overview of research about human geography topics like urban growth/urban challenges, transportation, landscape, land cover, geospatial analysis, regional planning/local development, cultural geography, tourism, and so on.

This book discusses a broad range of vital issues in public health, encompassing health facilities, the healthcare system, disease and epidemiological transition of disease, spatio-temporal change of health facilities, disease patterns, and the complex reciprocal relationship between human health and the environment.

For the first time available in English, Licia do Prado Valladaress classic anthropological study of Brazils vast, densely populated urban living environments reveals how the idea of the favela became an internationally establishedand even attractive and exoticrepresentation of poverty.

This handbook presents a timely and comprehensive overview of theory, data, methods and research findings that connect human population dynamics and environmental context.

This volume explores the family formation and life course of Polish people in Ireland, who make up the largest immigrant group in Ireland.

This book reflects the reality of most taxpayers.

This book gathers peer-review contributions to the 5th International Workshop on Gerontechnology, IWoG 2022, held on November 17-18, 2022, in Evora, Portugal, and in Caceres, Spain.

How will the world's largest population approach its inequality challenges?

This book provides a basic understanding and concise overview of the nature of population health, the factors that make a new paradigm necessary, and the attributes associated with this unique approach to community health improvement.

Folgen des demographischen Wandels und die Belastung der Familien durch die strukturellen Rücksichtslosigkeiten der gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse sind lange vernachlässigte Herausforderungen, die im kommenden Jahrzehnt die politische Agenda in der Bundesrepublik mitbestimmen werden.

Les grandes questions que posent la géographie et la démographie aujourd’hui : l’homme et la ville à travers les enjeux de la croissance et de la mondialisation.

This book provides a fresh analysis of the demography, health and well-being of a major African city.

The revised fourth edition of Migration Theory continues to offer a one-stop synthesis of contemporary thought on migration.

This book tells the story of what happens when the "e;adventure"e; of living in Spain turns complicated due to the emergence of care needs derived from loss of autonomy.

This book focuses on the dynamic process of aging and on interventions to support the development of older and integrated societies, from a multidisciplinary point of view.

This book discusses the links between population growth, migration and the transport system in China.

This book is the first work to comprehensively investigate the enclaves of non-Japanese residents in Japan.

The History of Social Change in America provides readers with a compelling portrait of American society and how it has changed over the years.

Historically, the social aspects of language use have been considered the domain of social psychology, while the underlying psycholinguistic mechanisms have been the purview of cognitive psychology.

The emergence of the Hispanic population in the United States and the incre- ing pro?

Recent debates on migration have demonstrated the important role of concepts in academic and political discourse.

Written by established and emerging leaders in a broad array of disciplines, this two-volume set provides undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, professionals, and policymakers with an overview of the field of aging that examines the social landscape as well as key changes, challenges, and solutions.

Das Buch befasst sich mit der Rolle von Medien in einem politischen Ausnahmezustand.

There are two prevailing myths about Japanese society: first, that it has a successful elderly welfare system and second, that it has a successful criminal justice system.

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Dieses Buch untersucht die Existenz und Bedeutung von reinen Verteilungskonflikten in Marktwirtschaften, die nicht durch Kartellierung oder staatliche Umverteilungspolitik verursacht sind.

The Who, What, and Where of America is designed to provide a sampling of key demographic information.

State Profiles 2021: The Population and Economy of Each U.

Japan's Household Registration System (koseki seido) is an extremely powerful state instrument, and is socially entrenched with a long history of population governance, social control and the maintenance of social order.

This book examines the processes for social integration and social cohesion among young people, drawing on data collected from the International Self-Report Delinquency (ISRD) study, which covered 35 studies.

The rural Midwest is undergoing fundamental changes with increased competition from foreign agriculture; employment shifts from higher-paying manufacturing to lower-paying service industries; the displacement of local small town business by large discount stores and shopping malls; overall population declines that threaten the viability of schools, hospitals, and other public institutions, along with an influx of minority groups that has led to strife in some communities.

Over the past two decades, the epidemic of HIV/AIDS has challenged the public health community to fundamentally rethink the framework for preventing infectious diseases.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Under the weight of apparently growing consumer affluence, globalisation and post-modern social theory, many have proclaimed the declining significance of social class and place to young people's lives - and for social science.

Why do Mexicans migrate to the United States?

Productive Ageing is the involvement of older adults in society through employment, volunteering, caregiving, education and skill building.

The transition to twenty-first century post-industrial capitalism from the 'welfare' industrial capitalism of the twentieth century, has affected the ways in which class is lived in terms of relational inequality and the factors that structure identity.

The natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the citys identity.