Geodemography

The ongoing decline of Europe’s population, the explosion of Africa’s, major changes in migratory flows, significant variations in fertility levels across different countries and ethnic groups and the dizzying growth of large metropolises have all appeared over the last hundred years. They alter and sometimes disrupt relations between societies, states and regions of the world and influence political choices, with variable and often unpredictable force and speed. Past and current crises, such as the difficulties faced by governments seeking to control immigration and to manage tensions between religious and ethnic communities, now appear as the inevitable consequence of these demographic changes.    Geodemography – an innovative perspective that brings together geography, demography and politics – can help us to understand these trends. Geodemography is the study of how population dynamics influence societies, states, regions and affect the relations between them, over time and throughout the world. Using a broad repertoire of exemplary cases drawn from recent world history, this book demonstrates that geodemography is an invaluable tool for gaining a deeper appreciation of the changing relations between societies and states and the great challenges we face today.     Written by one of the world’s leading demographers, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars in geography, demography, politics and sociology and to anyone concerned with the social and political implications of population changeThe ongoing decline of Europe’s population, the explosion of Africa’s, major changes in migratory flows, significant variations in fertility levels across different countries and ethnic groups and the dizzying growth of large metropolises have all appeared over the last hundred years. They alter and sometimes disrupt relations between societies, states and regions of the world and influence political choices, with variable and often unpredictable force and speed. Past and current crises, such as the difficulties faced by governments seeking to control immigration and to manage tensions between religious and ethnic communities, now appear as the inevitable consequence of these demographic changes.    Geodemography – an innovative perspective that brings together geography, demography and politics – can help us to understand these trends. Geodemography is the study of how population dynamics influence societies, states, regions and affect the relations between them, over time and throughout the world. Using a broad repertoire of exemplary cases...