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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Dyson, Tim, 1949-
Collectivité auteur: Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London ; New York : New York : Zed : Economic & Social Research Council ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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