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International handbook of migration and population distribution /
This Handbook offers a comprehensive collection of essays that cover essential features of geographical mobility, from internal migration, to international migration, to urbanization, to the adaptation of migrants in their destinations. Part I of the collection introduces the range of theoretical pe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht ; New York :
Springer Science+Business Media,
[2016]
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| Colección: | International handbooks of population ;
Volume 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This Handbook offers a comprehensive collection of essays that cover essential features of geographical mobility, from internal migration, to international migration, to urbanization, to the adaptation of migrants in their destinations. Part I of the collection introduces the range of theoretical perspectives offered by several social science disciplines, while also examining the crucial relationship between internal and international migration.℗ℓ Part II takes up methods, ranging from how migration data are best collected to contemporary techniques for analyzing such data.℗ℓ Part III of the handbook contains summaries of present trends across all world regions.℗ℓ Part IV rounds out the volume with several contributions assessing pressing issues in contemporary policy areas.℗ℓ The volumeℓ́ℓs editor Michael J. White has spent a career studying the pattern and process of internal and international migration, urbanization, and population distribution in a wide variety of settings, from developing societies to advanced economies.℗ℓ In this Handbook he brings together contributors from all parts of the world, gathering in this one volume both geographical and substantive expertise of the first rank.℗ℓ The Handbook will be a key reference source for established scholars, as well as an invaluable high-level introduction to the most relevant topics in the field for emerging scholars. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789401772822 9401772827 9401772819 9789401772815 |
| ISSN: | 2215-1877 ; |