A study of the methods used to analyse fertility and mortality, this book explores population dynamics and population projections and examines the fundamental principles behind most demographic methods.
Recoge: Principales conceptos; Procedimientos en diseños y estimaciones; Tópicos utilizados en la metodología.
Textbook on the economic geography of Bangladesh - covers past economic development, agriculture, forests, energy sources, manufacturing, transport and trade, population, development potential, etc. Bibliography pp. 231 to 239, maps, and statistical tables.
"For much of its history, human population growth increased at a glacial pace. The demographic rate only soared about 200 years ago, climaxing in the period 1950-2000. In that 50-year span, the population grew more than it had in the previous 5000 years. Though these raw numbers…
This report addresses 9 often debated questions centered on the relationships between population growth and economic development. Specifically, it is asked whether slower population growth will: 1) increase the growth rate of per capita income through increasing per capita avail…
Hard-to-survey populations
Surveys are used extensively in psychology, sociology and business, as well as many other areas, but they are becoming increasingly difficult to conduct. Some segments of the population are hard to sample, some are hard to find, others are hard to persuade to participate in surv…
Mongolia: politics, economics and society
General study, politics, economy and society, Mongolia - geographical aspects, historical background, political developments, the political system, social structure, ethnic groups, population trends, the economic system, agricultural sector, religious freedom, educational policy…
"Human Demography and Disease offers an interdisciplinary and integrated perspective on the relationship between historical populations and the dynamics of epidemiological processes. It brings the techniques of time-series analysis and computer matrix modelling to historical dem…
"Human Demography and Disease offers an interdisciplinary and integrated perspective on the relationship between historical populations and the dynamics of epidemiological processes. It brings the techniques of time-series analysis and computer matrix modelling to historical dem…