An Introduction to Concepts and Issues
Any class in Population/Demography is a lot more interesting when you are using this book. POPULATION does more than give you information; it also shows you how to put it into practice. From the debates over how to manage population growth in some countries, and aging populations in others, to the issues of how amazingly different the world is when people are living in urban areas with considerable control over their own mortality and fertility, POPULATION helps you understand how the world really works and how population dynamics relate to socio-economic transitions and sustainable development. You'll find compelling writing, intriguing essays and built-in study aids that help you review and prepare for tests -- while also equipping you for the rest of your life on this planet.
Omschrijving
Any class in Population/Demography is a lot more interesting when you are using this book. POPULATION does more than give you information; it also shows you how to put it into practice. From the debates over how to manage population growth in some countries, and aging populations in others, to the issues of how amazingly different the world is when people are living in urban areas with considerable control over their own mortality and fertility, POPULATION helps you understand how the world really works and how population dynamics relate to socio-economic transitions and sustainable development. You'll find compelling writing, intriguing essays and built-in study aids that help you review and prepare for tests -- while also equipping you for the rest of your life on this planet.
Productspecificaties
- Auteur: John Weeks (San Diego State University)
- Uitgever: Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
- Verschijningsdatum: 2020-01-01
- Aantal pagina's: 608
- ISBN: 9780357360576
- Thema: Population and demography
- BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Over de auteur
John R. Weeks is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and director of the International Population Center at San Diego State University. He is also Clinical Professor of Global Public Health at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, a Senior Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology and a research associate of the Broom Center for Demography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He holds a doctorate in Demography from the University of California, Berkeley, from which he also received a bachelor's degree in Sociology and a master's degree in Demography. After spending the first two decades of his career in Sociology (including seven years as department chair at San Diego State University), he moved into Geography. An author and co-author of numerous books, Dr. Weeks has published more than 140 papers and chapters in peer-reviewed…