Population : an introduction to concepts and issues /

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Author / Creator: Weeks, John Robert, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:Sixth edition.
Imprint: Belmont : Wadsworth Pub. Co., [1996]
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Retention:Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Demographic Perspective
  • 1. Introduction to Demography
  • 2. Global Population Trends
  • 3. Demographic Perspectives
  • 4. Demographic Data
  • Part II. Population Processes
  • 5. The Mortality Transition
  • 6. The Fertility Transition
  • 7. The Migration Transition
  • Part III. Population Structure and Characteristics
  • 8. The Age Transition
  • 9. Population Aging
  • 10. The Family and Household Transition
  • 11. The Urban Transition
  • Part IV. Using the Demographic Perspective
  • 12. Population and the Environment
  • 13. Coping With Demographic Change