Population and development /

Show other versions (1)

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dyson, Tim, 1949-
Corporate Author: Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : New York : Zed : Economic & Social Research Council ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
Population > Economic aspects.
Population > Economic aspects > History.
Economic development > Social aspects.
Population > Aspect économique.
Population > Aspect économique > Histoire.
Development studies.
Human geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
Southern Hemisphere > Population > Economic aspects.
Hémisphère sud > Population > Aspect économique.
Southern Hemisphere.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

Similar Items