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Population and development /

Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment Europe through to the rest of the world. Tim Dyson examines how, while the phenomenon continues to cause unsustainable population growth with serious economic and environmental implicat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dyson, Tim, 1949-
Autor Corporativo: Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : New York : Zed : Economic & Social Research Council ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • About the author; Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Preface; Glossary; PART ONE: Introduction; 1
  • Introduction; 2
  • The demographic transition
  • origins, processes, effects; 3
  • World population and the transition; PART TWO: The processes of the demographic transition; 4
  • The demographic transition
  • facts and theory; 5
  • Urbanization and the transition; PART THREE: The effects of the demographic transition; 6
  • Social effects of the transition; 7
  • Economic and political effects; PART FOUR: Conclusion; 8
  • Conclusions, discussion, the future; Appendix: remarks on data and approach.