S. Vere Pearson

The Growth and Distribution of Population

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1935, this book examines the causes of global rural depopulation, slum housing conditions and city over-crowding.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 840g
• ISBN-13: 9781032553320
• ISBN-10: 1032553324
• Artikelnr.: 69946654

Autorenporträt

S. Vere Pearson was Physician to the Mundesley Santorium.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction 2. Soil Fertility, Climate, Accessibility: Origin of
Villages and Towns 3. Bread to Eat and Space to Live In 4. Developments in
Agriculture 5. Regimes of Property in Asia 6. Law and Custom in Africa: The
Magic Instrument 7. The First Duty of Government 8. The Size of
Agricultural Holdings 9. What Governments Do 10. The Growth of Cities 11.
Water Supplies: Sanitation: Feeding the Earth 12. Health in Town and
Country 13. Rural Depopulation 14. Birth, Death and Marriage Rates: A Study
of the Falling Birth-Rate 15. Love, Procreation, Contraception 16. The
Garden City Idea 17. Town and Country Planning 18. Ground Values and
Property (Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Houston, Boundary Difficulties
near Manchester) 19. Traffic Troubles 20. Housing 21. A Gracious
Disposition 22. Emigration 23. Cooperation for the Commonweal.