Demography at the edge [[electronic resource] ] : remote human populations in developed nations / / edited by Dean Carson ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (371 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.609172/4
• Soggetto topico: Population research - Developed countries; Sparsely populated areas - Developed countries; Demography - Developed countries
• Altri autori: CarsonDean Bradley
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Perspectives on "demography at the edge" / Dean Carson ... [et al.] -- The challenge of enumeration and population estimation in remote areas / Andrew Taylor ... [et al.] -- The forecasting of remote area populations : numbers aren't everything / Andrew Taylor -- International immigration trends and data / Kate Golebiowska, Marko Valenta, Tom Carter -- Indigenous vitals and trends and measurement / Kim Johnstone, Tony Barnes, Paul A Peters -- Bubbles and craters : analysing ageing patterns of remote area populations / Catherine Martel ... [et al.] -- Transnational links at the edge / Marit Aure, Anne Britt Flemmen, Kate Golebiowska -- Indigenous demography : convergence, divergence, or something else? / Andrew Taylor -- The "problem" of indigenous migration in the globalised state / Andrew Taylor ... [et al.] -- Labour migration-what goes around comes around / Prescott C. Ensign, Audrey Giles, Maureen G. Reed -- Fly-in/fly-out resource developments : implication for community and regional development / Sean Markey, Keith Storey, Karen Heisler -- Why the other half leave-gender aspects of northern sparsely populated areas / Rasmus Ole Rasmussen -- Education, remoteness and population dynamics / Bilal Barakat ... [et al.] -- Tourist populations and local capital / Doris Schmallegger ... [et al.] -- The challenge of housing in remote areas / Nick McTurk, Carlos Teixeira -- Weather hazards, place and resilience in the remote norths / Sharon Harwood ... [et al.] -- Population policies at the edge : the demographic ambitions of frontiers / Dean Carson.
• Sommario/riassunto: Addressing the methodological and topical challenges facing remote demographers, this book compares and contrasts the research, methods and models, and policy applications from remote regions in developed nations. The work draws upon four examples: the far north and desert regions of Australia, the northern provinces and territories of Canada, Alaska, and the Arctic north of Scandinavia.
• Titolo autorizzato: Demography at the edge
• ISBN: 1-315-57648-1; 1-317-15289-1; 1-317-15288-3; 1-283-12869-1; 9786613128690; 0-7546-9915-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790051903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International population studies.