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Population geography /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Pergamon Press,
[1972]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Commonwealth and international library.
Pergamon Oxford geographies. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Population Geography; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; CHAPTER I. WHAT IS POPULATION GEOGRAPHY?; Man in Geography; Population Geography and Demography; Eastern and Western Views of Population Geography; Human Populations; References; CHAPTER II. TYPES AND PROBLEMS OF DATA; Quality of Data; Types of Population Data; The Census; Vital Registration; Sample Surveys; Migration Records; Other Sources of Data; Areal Units; References; CHAPTER III. WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION; Diversity of Distribution.
- Influences upon Population DistributionContinentality and Insularity; Vertical Distribution of Population; Population and Relief; The Influence of Climate; Population and Soils; Biotic Factors; Disease and Hunger; The Attraction of Mineral and Energy Resources; Population Distribution and Economic Activities; Historical and Social Influences; References; CHAPTER IV. MEASURES OF POPULATION DENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION; Areal Distributions; Population Density; Man/Land Use Densities; Economic Density of Population; Persons per Room; Central Tendency of Population Distributions.
- Measures of Dispersion of PopulationPopulation Potential; Measures of Population Concentration; Measures of Population Spacing; Measures of Spatial Association; References; CHAPTER V. URBAN AND RURAL POPULATIONS; Urban-Rural Classification; Built-up Areas; Urban-Rural Ratios; Urbanization; Frequency Distribution of Towns by Size; The Rank-Size Rule and Urban Hierarchy; Large Cities; Urban Population Densities; Rural Population Categories; Rural Population Patterns; References; CHAPTER VI. PATTERNS OF POPULATION COMPOSITION; Population Composition; 1� AGE-STRUCTURE; Age-groups; Age-indices.
- Age-pyramidsAgeing of Population; Differential Age-structure; 2. SEX-COMPOSITION; Patterns of Sex-ratios; The Preponderance of Male Births; Different Mortality of the Sexes; Migrations and Sex-ratios; 3. MARITAL STATUS; The Single Population; Marriage; Widowhood; Divorce; 4. FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS; The Forms and Sizes of Families; The Classification of Households; Patterns of Households; 5. ECONOMIC COMPOSITION; Active Population; Unemployment; Industrial Composition; Occupational Composition; Industrial Status and Social Structure; Socio-economic Groups; 6. NATIONALITY.
- Nation and NationalityLegal Nationality; The Distribution of Foreigners; 7. LANGUAGE; Types of Data; Language Families; The Spread of Language; Languages and Nations; 8. RELIGION; Inadequacy of Data; The Distribution of Religions; Divisions and Dynamism; 9. ETHNIC COMPOSITION; References; CHAPTER VII. PATTERNS OF FERTILITY; Fluctuations in Fertility; Indices of Fertility; World Patterns of Fertility; Fertility Trends; Differential FertiUty; CHAPTER VIII. PATTERNS OF MORTALITY; Characteristics of Mortality; Indices of Mortality; World Patterns of Mortality; Mortality Trends.