Population and demography

This book presents a method for creating a working model of society, using data systems and simulation techniques, that can be used for testing propositions of scientific and policy nature.

In entlegenen, ländlichen Räumen ergeben sich komplexe Problemlagen, die eine interdisziplinäre Erforschung notwendig machen.

This book discusses opportunities and limitations to democratic participation in institutions and organizations across the life course.

The Panel on Research on Future Census Methods was formed to examine alternative designs for the 2010 census and to assist the Census Bureau in planning tests and analyses to help assess and compare the advantages and disadvantages of them.

This book explores how low fertility levels could fundamentally change a country's population and society.

The colonial legacy in the construction of the modern Indian state has left a deep imprint on contemporary Indians' self-identity and self-determination.

Population health is complex and multileveled, encompassing dynamic interactions between cells, societies, and everything in between.

This Brief provides a survey of key political, social, and economic issues affecting the Western Balkans region.

Cet ouvrage propose, à travers une analyse tant spatiale que politique et culturelle, dans une perspective comparative à l’aide de trois terrains asiatiques (Colombo, Kuala Lumpur et Singapour), d’étudier les différents modes et degrés d’intégration des minorités tamoules, tant localement (évaluer leur citadinité), nationalement (évaluer leur citoyenneté) que mondialement (situer leurs transnationalités diasporiques).

What is the distinctive Zoroastrian experience, and what is the common diasporic experience?

This book offers a model for understanding the patterns of meaning that human societies create.

This book explains the psychology theory behind design using plain language.

Austin, Texas, is often depicted as one of the past half century's great urban successstories-a place that has grown enormously through "e;creative class"e; strategies emphasizing tolerance and environmental consciousness.

For a few centuries, the science of demography has been in effect.

For a few centuries, the science of demography has been in effect.

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.

Condensed into a detailed analysis and a selection of continent-wide datasets, this revised edition of World Population & Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century addresses the role of educational attainment in global population trends and models.

Thirty-two years ago Mrs Li and Mr Wu from Zhejiang abandoned their second baby daughter at a marketplace.

People have gathered in public drinking places to drink, relax, socialize, and do business for hundreds of years.

The Committee and the Board on Children, Youth, and Families convened in September a workshop to discuss ways to foster greater collaboration and sharing of information among principal investigators of several longitudinal surveys of children.

Editors Pick for the Conservative Book ClubA roadmap to the future for RepublicansWith each passing election cycle, Republicans face stiffer and stiffer odds for winning elections at all levels.

Cet ouvrage reprend une série de six conférences que Léo Apostel fit, en 1993, dans le cadre de la chaire Francqui, au département SPED de l'UCL.

The aging and migration megatrends and their impact on spatial - regional and local  -  labor market performance is the core theme of this book, and thus together define its scope and focus.

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a popular women's jazz band of the 1940s, has earned a reputation as the 'best all-women's swing band ever to perform.

The Demographics of Empire is a collection of essays examining the multifaceted nature of the colonial science of demography in the last two centuries.

Inspired by seven photographs of WWII refugees in an old album, the author embarked on a quest to uncover the story behind each portrait.

In this volume the dynamic patterns of human density and distribution are examined in relation to the viability of native species and the integrity of their habitats.

Between 1917 and 1923, Ukraine experienced an anti-colonial war for national liberation, foreign invasion, socialist revolution, and civil war simultaneously, resulting in almost unimaginable civilian casualties.

Drawing on the interdisciplinary research projects of scholars from various social science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how African migration to Western countries after the neo-liberal economic reforms of the 1980s transformed West African states and their new transnational populations in Western countries.

The Holocene is unique when compared to earlier geological time in that humans begin to alter and manipulate the natural environment to their own needs.

This book comprehensively reviews the advancements in biotechnological applications for the enhanced production and conservations of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).

This book provides insightful sociological analyses of Japanese demography and families, paying attention not only to national average data, but also to regional variations and community level analyses.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Kind und Gesellschaft" verfügbar.

This compact book examines age friendliness within the framework of age-friendly ecosystems, and from a place-based approach, considering anchor institutions of neighborhoods, campuses and health environments as sites uniquely positioned to catalyze age equity and inclusivity.

This book examines the history behind the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of population policies in the more developed, the less developed, and the least developed countries from 1950 until today, as well as their future prospects.

This book is the 6th volume of the Monograph Series of the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan.

European Problem Areas of Coordinating Research and Development Strategies in Work and Technology Introduction Hans Pomschlegel, Dortmund, Germany 1.

This book examines the history of the political demography of Indonesia.

First published in 1965, this reissue is a report on the Second Rehovoth Conference of August 1963, convened by the then Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, Mr Abba Eban, in order to enable the scientists and political leaders of developing countries to establish meaningful communication on the overall topic of comprehensive planning of agriculture in developing countries.

EDITORS Hans V AN DEN BREKEL * and Fred DEVEN** * NIDI, P.

This book provides the first comprehensive demographic overview of remarriage in Japan.

Economic Policy in a Demographically Divided World containsthe economic analysis of the consequences of demographicchange and the diverging population developments in aninterdependent world economy in particular.

A detailed reconstruction of the peasant society of the Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren.

Archaeology of Populus Monograph in Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes Series.

Applying a trans-disciplinary approach, this book provides a comprehensive, research-based guide to understanding, implementing, and strengthening sustainable community health in diverse international settings.