Population and demography

This volume is devoted to the geographical-or spatial-aspects of population research in regional science, spanning spatial demographic methods for population composition and migration to studies of internal and international migration to investigations of the role of population in related fields such as climate change and economic growth.

Designing Public Space for an Ageing Population examines the barriers older people face by being a pedestrian in the built environment and demonstrates how to overcome them.

During the 1980s the news media were filled with reports of soaring unemployment as 'downsizing' and `restructuring' became the new buzzwords.

This narrative history of one of the most far-reaching social movements in the 20th century shows how it defied the law and made the use of contraception an acceptable social practice-and a necessary component of modern healthcare.

Internet gambling is one of the fastest growing forms of gambling.

Throughout its history as a social science, demography has been associated with an exclusively quantitative orientation for studying social problems.

Der Einfluß wirtschaftspolitischer Maßnahmen auf das Zusammenspiel der Größen Wachstum, Umwelt und Bevölkerung wird im neoklassischen Wachstumsmodell untersucht.

Much has been written about the profound impact the post-World War II baby boomers had on American religion.

Over the decades, the lines separating young- middle-aged-, and older adults have blurred, as indicated by a broadening of the appropriate years for making life decisions.

This book examines economic transfers across generations and genders from a European perspective.

The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality-a critically important examination of poverty around the worldIn this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world's great social scientists and a pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality, offers an inspiring analysis of a central question: What is poverty and how much of it is there around the globe?

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

This book provides new theoretic and applied material with focus on quantitative methods and data analysis techniques applied in demography, population studies, health issues and statistics.

Volume 2 provides an overview of specialties within sociology and interdisciplinary studies that is both comprehensive and up to date.

Despite efforts to build the state, profound political order in rural Afghanistan is maintained by self-governing, customary organizations.

Born during the Great Depression and World War Two (1929 1945) an entire generation has slipped between the cracks of history.

Oliver Pamp analyzes the likelihood and extent of pension reforms from a political-economy perspective.

This book presents an evaluation of the impacts of megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis on regional economies and subsequent reconstruction, as well as regional revitalization by the spatial economic model and dynamic macro and regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) models.

This book offers innovative insights on South-South human mobility.

Sehbeeinträchtigungen im Alter zu erfahren, gehört für zunehmend mehr Menschen zu einer herausfordernden Alltagssituation.

This book examines one of the most important demographic changes facing the United States: an overall aging population and the increasing influence of Latinos.

Obwohl die Nutzung von sozialen Medien in der Landschaftsplanungspraxis noch recht neu ist, gewinnen Social-Media-Daten und deren Nutzung im Rahmen der forschenden Landschaftsplanung zunehmend an Bedeutung.

A Companion to Border Studies Taking into consideration all aspects this book has a very important role in the professional literature of border studies.

Seit Jahrzehnten befindet sich die Landwirtschaft in einem Strukturwandel, der mit zahlreichen Entwicklungen einhergeht.

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the most pressing challenges facing Japan today: population decline and ageing.

This book focuses on first-generation graduate students in the US and the graduate or post-baccalaureate programs that house and educate these students.

This book draws on social theories to understand lifestyle migration as a social phenomenon.

Echoing the famous "e;The Limits to Growth"e; report from 1972, this edited volume analyses the changes that the World System has undergone to the present, on the fiftieth anniversary of the original report.

This book is an in-depth study of the ageing problem in China from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Das vorliegende Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie Menschen ihre Renteneintrittsentscheidung treffen.

This book is a timely overview of the various aspects of consumer perception related to food.

In Europa schrumpft die Mittelschicht, was für eine Reihe von EU-Mitgliedsländern bislang kaum untersucht wurde.

Der demografische Wandel zieht tiefgreifende und existenzielle Veränderungen in nahezu allen Lebensbereichen nach sich.

Home Ecophagus by Warren M.

This title takes an in-depth look at the mathematics in the context of voting and electoral systems, with focus on simple ballots, complex elections, fairness, approval voting, ties, fair and unfair voting, and manipulation techniques.

The origins of this book lie in a project of the International Geographical Union Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism.

What is ageing?

This book provides new theoretic and applied material with focus on quantitative methods and data analysis techniques applied in demography, population studies, health issues and statistics.