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Population, Resources and Development
Riding the Age Waves - Volume 1
Av Shripad Tuljapurkar, Ian Pool m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1098 kr
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In the 21st century, the populations of the world’s nations will display large and long-lived changes in age structure. Many of these began with fertility change and are amplified by declining mortality and by migration within and between nations. Demography will matter in this century not by force …
Population, Resources and Development
Riding the Age Waves - Volume 1
Av Shripad Tuljapurkar, Ian Pool m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
1095 kr
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In the 21st century, the populations of the world’s nations will display large and long-lived changes in age structure. Many of these began with fertility change and are amplified by declining mortality and by migration within and between nations. Demography will matter in this century not by force …
Longer Life and Healthy Aging
Av Yi Zeng, Eileen M. Crimmins m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1098 kr
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A fundamental issue facing the global community is meeting the challenges of population aging and achieving healthy aging to maintain an active older population and reduce the number of disabled people. The focus of this book is on theoretical issues and empirical findings related to trends and …
Allocating Public and Private Resources across Generations
Riding the Age Waves - Volume 2
Av Anne H. Gauthier, C.Y. Cyrus Chu m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1095 kr
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In rapidly industrializing countries, demographic changes continue to have significant effects on the well-being of individuals and families, and as aggregate human and financial capital. These effects may be analyzed in terms of inter-generational transfers of time, money, goods, and services. The …
Allocating Public and Private Resources across Generations
Riding the Age Waves - Volume 2
Av Anne H. Gauthier, C.Y. Cyrus Chu m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
1098 kr
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In rapidly industrializing countries, demographic changes continue to have significant effects on the well-being of individuals and families, and as aggregate human and financial capital. These effects may be analyzed in terms of inter-generational transfers of time, money, goods, and services. The …
Longer Life and Healthy Aging
Av Yi Zeng, Eileen M. Crimmins m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
1098 kr
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A fundamental issue facing the global community is meeting the challenges of population aging and achieving healthy aging to maintain an active older population and reduce the number of disabled people. The focus of this book is on theoretical issues and empirical findings related to trends and …
Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population
Av Jean-Marie Robine, Eileen M. Crimmins m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1095 kr
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Old-age survival has considerably improved in the second half of the twentieth century. Life expectancy in wealthy countries has increased, on average, from 65 years in 1950 to 76 years in 2005. The rise was more spectacular in some countries: the life expectancy for Japanese women rose from 62 …
Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population
Av Jean-Marie Robine, Eileen M. Crimmins m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
1098 kr
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Old-age survival has considerably improved in the second half of the twentieth century. Life expectancy in wealthy countries has increased, on average, from 65 years in 1950 to 76 years in 2005. The rise was more spectacular in some countries: the life expectancy for Japanese women rose from 62 …
Demography of Armed Conflict
Av Helge Brunborg, Ewa Tabeau m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
552 kr
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War and conflict, whether internal or international, remains a pervasive phenomenon affecting most regions of the world and particularly low-income countries. Demographic consequences of war and violence, especially deaths and forced migration, are amongst the gravest costs of war and receive much …
HIV, Resurgent Infections and Population Change in Africa
Av Michel Caraël, Judith Glynn
Inbunden, 2007
1130 kr
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Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income countries. About 30 new …
HIV, Resurgent Infections and Population Change in Africa
Av Michel Caraël, Judith Glynn
Häftad, 2008
1128 kr
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Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income countries. About 30 new …
Kinship and Demographic Behavior in the Past
Av Tommy Bengtsson, Geraldine P. Mineau
Inbunden, 2008
1098 kr
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The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population’s Panel on Historical Demography applies a historical perspective, such as the importance of kinship networks for demographic outcomes later in life, to promote work of contemporary relevance. Connections over time, whether across …
New Approaches to Death in Cities during the Health Transition
Av Diego Ramiro Fariñas, Michel Oris
Inbunden, 2016
569 kr
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This book presents recent efforts and new approaches to improve our understanding of the evolution of health and mortality in urban environments in the long run, looking at transformation and adaptations during the process of rapid population growth. In a world characterized by large and rapidly …
Demography of Refugee and Forced Migration
Av Graeme Hugo, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
660 kr
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This authoritative and comprehensive edited volume presents current research on how demography can contribute to generating scientific knowledge and evidence concerning refugees and forced migration, developing evidence based policy recommendations on protection for forced migrants and reception of …
New Approaches to Death in Cities during the Health Transition
Av Diego Ramiro Fariñas, Michel Oris
Häftad, 2018
455 kr
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This book presents recent efforts and new approaches to improve our understanding of the evolution of health and mortality in urban environments in the long run, looking at transformation and adaptations during the process of rapid population growth. In a world characterized by large and rapidly …
Kinship and Demographic Behavior in the Past
Av Tommy Bengtsson, Geraldine P. Mineau
Häftad, 2009
1098 kr
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The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population’s Panel on Historical Demography applies a historical perspective, such as the importance of kinship networks for demographic outcomes later in life, to promote work of contemporary relevance. Connections over time, whether across …
Ageing in Advanced Industrial States
Riding the Age Waves - Volume 3
Av Shripad Tuljapurkar, Naohiro Ogawa m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1130 kr
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Population growth slowed across the world in the last decades of the 20th century, changing substantially our view of the future. The 21st century is likely to see the end to world population growth and become the century of population aging, marked by low fertility and ever-increasing life …
Demography of Armed Conflict
Av Helge Brunborg, Ewa Tabeau m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
569 kr
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This book assembles researchers in demography, statistics, political science, sociology, anthropology, history, geography, economics and law to offer fresh insight on the demographic causes and consequences of armed conflict. Cause studies consider migration, ethnicity, population growth and youth …
Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies
Av Myron P Gutmann, Glenn D Deane m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1098 kr
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Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies presents innovative approaches to long-standing questions about the diffusion of population and demographic behavior across space and over time. This collection utilizes newly-available historical data along with spatially and temporally explicit …
Family, the Market or the State?
Intergenerational Support Under Pressure in Ageing Societies
Inbunden, 2012
552 kr
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This book touches upon a few of the major challenges that all modern societies will have to face in the near future: how to set up a resilient pay-as-you-go pension system; whether the current balance between expenses and revenues in social expenditure is viable in the future, and, if not, what …
Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies
Av Myron P Gutmann, Glenn D Deane m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
589 kr
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Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies presents innovative approaches to long-standing questions about the diffusion of population and demographic behavior across space and over time. This collection utilizes newly-available historical data along with spatially and temporally explicit …
Low Fertility and Reproductive Health in East Asia
Av Naohiro Ogawa, Iqbal H. Shah
Inbunden, 2014
1355 kr
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This book provides a unique blend of social and biomedical sciences in the field of low fertility and reproductive health. It offers a significant contribution to understanding the determinants of low fertility mostly in East Asia, including an assessment of the effectiveness of policies that aim …
Low Fertility and Reproductive Health in East Asia
Av Naohiro Ogawa, Iqbal H. Shah
Häftad, 2018
400 kr
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This book provides a unique blend of social and biomedical sciences in the field of low fertility and reproductive health. It offers a significant contribution to understanding the determinants of low fertility mostly in East Asia, including an assessment of the effectiveness of policies that aim …
Family, the Market or the State?
Intergenerational Support Under Pressure in Ageing Societies
Häftad, 2018
389 kr
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This book touches upon a few of the major challenges that all modern societies will have to face in the near future: how to set up a resilient pay-as-you-go pension system; whether the current balance between expenses and revenues in social expenditure is viable in the future, and, if not, what …
Ageing in Advanced Industrial States
Riding the Age Waves - Volume 3
Av Shripad Tuljapurkar, Naohiro Ogawa m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
625 kr
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Population growth slowed across the world in the last decades of the 20th century, changing substantially our view of the future. The 21st century is likely to see the end to world population growth and become the century of population aging, marked by low fertility and ever-increasing life …
