Population and demography

This book of peer-reviewed short papers on methodological and applied statistics and demography is the second of four volumes from the 52nd Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS 2024), held in Bari, Italy, on June 17-20, 2024.

This book focuses on the transformation of rural places, peoples, and land endemic to the contemporary manifestations of globalization.

The children born since the end of the postwar baby boom are the first in American history to come primarily from small familiesfamilies of three or fewer children.

Although much research has been conducted on community-level factors related to the risk of dementia in general, less is known about the factors that affect the ability of older adults with dementia to age in place successfully.

How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world historyAre mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality?

This book presents an in-depth discussion within diverse contexts and a range of conceptual and methodological offerings, which interrogate not only issues concerning the migration discourse, but of gender theory and practice as well.

'An urgent manifesto for collective healing.

There is not a single book that gives a systematic description of George Orwells views on language.

This book changes the way we view our everyday human landscapes by taking us on a 22-stop adventure through the heart of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Are you ready for adventure?

Nosso planeta já atingiu a marca de 7,2 bilhões de pessoas, conforme o estudo Perspectivas de População Mundial, divulgado no ano de 2013 pela Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU).

Generation Z auf dem Arbeitsmarkt und als KundInnen – wer sind sie und was wollen sie?

Generation Z auf dem Arbeitsmarkt und als KundInnen – wer sind sie und was wollen sie?

Human population growth has been a topic of speculation and spirited debate since the English economist Thomas Malthus predicted that population will increase faster than the food supply, with catastrophic results.

Human population growth has been a topic of speculation and spirited debate since the English economist Thomas Malthus predicted that population will increase faster than the food supply, with catastrophic results.

Este libro se refiere a aquellos lugares que se crean por coyunturas particulares en periodos cortos de tiempo y, en buena medida, de manera espontánea, en los espacios públicos urbanos a cielo abierto, en los que se manifiestan distintas formas de sociabilidad.

Esta publicación hace parte de un proyecto de investigación iniciado en el año 2010, cuando, como resultado de un convenio suscrito entre la Universidad Industrial de Santander y la Gobernación de Santander, se formuló la Visión Prospectiva de Santander 2030, con enfoque territorial.

Viele Menschen werden sich die Frage gestellt haben, warum es gerade die Europäer waren, die es fertig brachten, die Kenntnis der Naturgesetze auf einen Stand zu führen, die es ermöglichte, durch ihre Nutzung die Menschheit in ein technisches Zeitalter zu führen.

Los centros de las ciudades, en el ámbito mundial, han sido un eje central de las actividades políticas, económicas, socioculturales, etc.

El objetivo principal de esta obra es reconstruirlos procesos migratorios que llevaron a los migrantes de la ex Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas, a residir en Bucaramanga (Colombia).

**A SUNDAY TIMES MUST-READ**'Riveting and vitally important' - Steven Pinker'A gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change' - Anjana Ahuja, New StatesmanEmpty Planet offers a radical, provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political and economic landscape.

In the last forty years anthropologists have made major contributions to understanding the heterogeneity of reproductive trends and processes underlying them.

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Before May 2011 the top demographics experts of the United Nations had suggested that world population would peak at 9.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

This book discusses the historical context, country experience, and best practices that led to eliminating infectious diseases from the WHO's South-East Asia Region, such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, yaws, trachoma, and mother-to-child HIV in the mid-twentieth and twenty-first century.

In the last forty years anthropologists have made major contributions to understanding the heterogeneity of reproductive trends and processes underlying them.

This book discusses the historical context, country experience, and best practices that led to eliminating infectious diseases from the WHO's South-East Asia Region, such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, yaws, trachoma, and mother-to-child HIV in the mid-twentieth and twenty-first century.

A food lover's guide to eating well with diabetes.

Return of the Jew traces the appearance of a new generation of Jews in Poland that followed the fall of the communist regime.

Deutschland wird immer älter.

Im Superwahljahr 2009 ist es besonders interessant zu erfahren, welchen Einfluss sich die Menschen auf die Politik wünschen.

Die demographischen Veränderungen stellen die deutschen Großstädte in den nächsten Jahren vor massive Herausforderungen.

Chance oder Risiko?

Ein kleiner Küstenort – eine Idylle, die trügt.

Die Zahl der Geburten hat sich in Deutschland in den letzten 40 Jahren halbiert.

Wie sieht das Leben der Menschen in den deutschen Städten und Gemeinden heute (schon) aus?

Este documento es el resultado de más de 15 años de investigación y fortalecimiento de capacidades para la planeación participativa con perspectiva poblacional que la Universidad Externado de Colombia ha adelantado con socios nacionales e internacionales como el Fondo de Población de Naciones Unidas, los programas de desarrollo y paz de Meta, Magdalena Medio y Montes de María, y entidades del orden nacional como el Departamento Nacional de Planeación, el Ministerio de Vivienda, Ciudad y Territorio y el Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social.

Im vorliegenden Werk mit dem Titel ›Die Erfindung der Sklaverei‹ entfaltet der Autor eine fesselnde Analyse, die den Ursprung und die Entwicklung der Sklaverei in verschiedenen Gesellschaften kritisch beleuchtet.

"Contra la despoblación.

Welche Perspektiven haben schrumpfende Städte in Europa?

Soziale Ungleichheit, Globalisierung und die demographische Entwicklung - allein diese drei globalen Trends eröffnen Perspektiven für eine Fülle von Themen.

Der demographische Wandel wird viele Lebensbereiche unserer Gesellschaft in den nächsten Jahrzehnten grundsätzlich verändern.