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Demography at the Edge

Dean Carson, Lee Huskey, Prescott Ensign, Rasmus Ole Rasmussen

2011,2016,2015

Overview

Addressing the methodological and topical challenges facing demographers working in remote regions, this book compares and contrasts the research, methods and models, and policy applications from peripheral regions in developed nations. With the emphasis on human populations as dynamic, adaptive, evolving systems, it explores how populations respond in different ways to changing environmental, cultural and economic conditions and how effectively they manage these change processes. Theoretical understandings and policy issues arising from demographic modelling are tackled including: competition for skilled workers; urbanisation and ruralisation; population ageing; the impacts of climate change; the life outcomes of Indigenous peoples; globalisation and international migration. Based on a strong theoretical framework around issues of heterogeneity, generational change, temporariness and the relative strength of internal and external ties, Demography at the Edge provides a common set of approaches and issues that benefit both researchers and practitioners.

• Publisher: Routledge,Taylor and Francis,Ashgate,Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: 1800-1900 / 1971-2009 / Anthropology - Soc Sci / Biologische Daten / Comparative analysis / Cultural change / Cultural Geography / Demography / Demography -- Developed countries / Developed countries / Economic conditions / Environmental change / Indigenous populations / Klima / Lebensstandard / Methodology / Migration / Population / Population Geography / Population research / Population research -- Developed countries / Regional Geography - Human Geography / Research methods / Schwarze Menschen / Soziale Ungleichheit / Sparsely populated areas / Sparsely populated areas -- Developed countries / USA / Weiße
• ISBN: 9781138267992, 0754679624, 1138267996, 9780754679622, 9781472452467, 1472452461