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Population and Societyby Dudley L. Poston; Leon F. Bouvier
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 61.00Population and Society is ideal for undergraduate, as well as graduate, students taking their first course in demography. more...
Settlementby Peter Read
Aboriginal Studies Press 2000; US$ 31.00This book encompasses the whole history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing. more...
Population and Developmentby Tim Dyson
Zed Books 2010; US$ 29.95Population 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 implications, its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth, helped to liberate women from the domestic domain, and contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy. more...
Unified Growth Theoryby Oded Galor
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 59.50For most of the vast span of human history, economic growth was all but nonexistent. Then, about two centuries ago, some nations began to emerge from this epoch of economic stagnation, experiencing sustained economic growth that led to significant increases in standards of living and profoundly altered the level and distribution of wealth, population, education, and health across the globe. The question ever since has been--why? This is the first book to put forward a unified theory of economic growth that accounts for the entire growth process, from the dawn of civilization to today. Oded Galor, who founded the field of unified growth theory, identifies the historical and prehistorical forces behind the differential transition timing from... more...
Dick Smith's Population Crisisby Dick Smith
Allen & Unwin 2011; US$ 14.54Dick Smith takes on the hot topic of our times, arguing that Australian and global population growth carries enormous risks, dangers that none of our political parties is prepared to address. more...
7 Billionby National Geographic
National Geographic Society 2011; US$ 3.99Sometime in late October 2011, the 7 billionth citizen of planet Earth will be born. To mark the event, National Geographic magazine commissioned seven articles that explore the fascinating issues—including demographics, food security, climate change, fertility trends, managing biodiversity—surrounding this topic, which are collected for the first time in this special ebook. Environment editor Robert Kunzig starts by sketching out a natural history of population. The issues associated with population growth seem endless: poverty, food and water supply, world health, climate change, deforestation, fertility rates, and more. In additional chapters Elizabeth Kolbert explores a new era—the “Anthropocene,”... more...
History of Settlement in Irelandby Terry Barry
Routledge 1999; US$ 125.00This book aims to provide a stimulating overview of the settlement history of Ireland from prehistory to modern times. The contributors analyze issues such as settlement change and distribution within the environment. more...
Future of Low Birth-Rate Populationsby Lincoln H. Day
Routledge 1995; US$ 59.95Lincoln Day assesses the demographic situation, the likely policy alternatives, the significance of future changes in fertility and mortality rates and analyses the likely losses and gains attendant upon an ageing, dwindling people. more...
Geography of Contemporary Chinaby Terry Cannon; Alan Jenkins
Routledge 1990; US$ 67.95The 1989 student massacre reaffirmed the position of the Chinese government. This book provides an introduction to modern China and a survey of the last decade of administrative, geopolitical, demographic and economic development. more...
Urban and Regional Change in Southern Africaby David W. Smith
Routledge 1992; US$ 220.00Why is Southern Africa more volatile than other developing regions? This book sets urban change in South Africa within its regional context, contrasting the impact that urbanization and political change has had in particular states. more...