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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826473503321

Titolo

Forced migration & mortality / / Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, Committee on Population ; Holly E. Reed and Charles B. Keely, editors ; Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-17108-3

0-309-50266-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 145 p. : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

ReedHolly

KeelyCharles B

Disciplina

304.6/4

Soggetti

Refugees - Mortality

Forced migration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Chiefly papers presented at a workshop organized by the Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, held in Nov. 1999 in Washington, D.C.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Understanding Mortality Patterns in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies -- APPENDIX: FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNCERTAINTY: MORTALITY IN AFGHANISTAN, BOSNIA, NORTH KOREA, RWANDA, AND SIERRA LEONE -- 2 The Evolution of Mortality Among Rwandan Refugees in Zaire Between 1994 and 1997 -- 3 Famine, Mortality, and Migration: A Study of North Korean Migrants in China -- 4 Methods of Determining Mortality in the Mass Displacement and Return of Emergency-Affected Populations in Kosovo, 1998-1999 -- 5 The Demographic Analysis of Mortality Crises: The Case of Cambodia, 1970-1979 -- 6 Reflections -- Index.