Global Population in Transition

• Main Authors: Martins, Jo. M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Guo, Fei (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Swanson, David A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Demography.; Population.; Sociology.; Social policy.; Population Economics.; Sociology, general.; Social Policy.

This book deals with macro and micro aspects of population change and their inter-face with socio-economic factors and impact. It examines theoretical notions and pursues their empirical manifestations and uses multidisciplinary approaches to population change and diversity. It investigates the orga...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Population: survival and growth
• 2: Population: notions, theories and policies
• 3: Fitness challenge: too many or too few
• 4: Survival and longevity
• 5: Migration: changing flows and views
• 6: Urbanization: a way of living
• 7: Ageing transformation
• 8: Gender dilemma: difference and equality
• 9: Deviance: social change and control
• 10: Population and socio-economic prospects
• 11: Population and the environment
• 12: The future and its challenges. .