K. Bruce Newbold

Population Geography (eBook, PDF)

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• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This full-color text offers a comprehensive introduction to population geography, grounding students in the tools and techniques that are used to describe and understand population concepts. Arguing that an understanding of population is essential to prepare for the future, Newbold provides undergraduates with a thorough grasp of the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881850074
• Artikelnr.: 74841309

Autorenporträt

K. Bruce Newbold is a Professor of Geography at McMaster University, where he also received his PhD. He previously taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and has held guest scholar positions at the University of California San Diego and Glasgow University. As a population geographer, his research interests include internal migration, immigration and population health. With nearly 200 refereed journal articles or book chapters published, he has received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the National Science Foundation, the Health Effects Institute, and the Social Science Research Council.

Inhaltsangabe

Population Geography: An Introduction
Chapter 1 World Population
Chapter 2 Population Data
Chapter 3 Population Distribution and Composition
Chapter 4 Fertility
Chapter 5 Mortality
Chapter 6 Internal Migration
Chapter 7 International Migration Flows: Immigrants and Transnational
Migrants
Chapter 8 Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
Chapter 9 Cities
Chapter 10 Population Policies
Chapter 11 Population Growth: Linking to Economic Development, Resource
Scarcity, and Food Security
Conclusion: Doing Population Geography