59:30033 De Abreu,
Joao F.; Gaspar, Manuel Da C. Mozambique: some aspects of
the spatial distribution of the population (1940/80). Boletim de
Geografia Teoretica, Vol. 20, No. 39, 1990. 65-87 pp. Rio Claro,
Brazil. In Eng.
The authors analyze changes in population
distribution by province in Mozambique from 1940 to 1980 using
decennial census data. Although the available data are largely
insufficient, they are adequate enough to identify major regional
differences in population density and levels of economic development by
province.
Correspondence: J. F. De Abreu, Universidade
Federal de Minas Gerais, Ave. Antonio Carlos 6627, Campus Pampulha
31270, CP 1621, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Location: New York
Public Library, New York, NY.
59:30034 Guingnido
Gaye, K. Julien. Urban growth, migration, and population
in Benin. [Croissance urbaine, migrations et population au Benin.]
Les Etudes du CEPED, No. 5, ISBN 2-87762-040-9. Dec 1992. 114 pp.
Centre Francais sur la Population et le Developpement [CEPED]: Paris,
France; Union pour l'Etude de la Population Africaine [UEPA]: Dakar,
Senegal. In Fre.
This is the first study to be published from a
project jointly funded by the International Development Research Centre
in Ottawa, Canada, and the Ford Foundation to promote research on
population in Africa. The primary purpose of the present volume is to
analyze the causes and consequences of urban population growth in
Benin, concentrating on the city of Cotonou. Data are mainly from the
1979 census and a 1988 survey on migration to Cotonou. The study
includes chapters on the urban system in Benin and on the
characteristics of rural-urban migration.
Correspondence:
Centre Francais sur la Population et le Developpement, 15 rue de
l'Ecole de Medecine, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:30035 Pourtier,
Roland. The urban explosion. [L'explosion urbaine.]
Afrique Contemporaine, No. 164, Oct-Dec 1992. 153-67 pp. Paris, France.
In Fre.
A review of urbanization trends in Africa is presented.
The author notes that despite the problems that have arisen in Africa's
cities and captured the attention of the media, urban areas have
succeeded in absorbing an unprecedented increase in the continent's
population.
Correspondence: R. Pourtier, Universite de
Paris I, 12 place du Pantheon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
59:30036 Rakowski,
Witold; Poniatowska-Jaksch, Malgorzata. Spatial and
socio-demographic characteristics of permanent migrants in towns of
medium size, illustrated by the example of Mlawa. [Prawidlowosci
przestrzenne i demograficzno-spoleczne stalych przemieszczen ludnosci
miast sredniej wielkosci na przykladzie Mlawy.] Biuletyn IGS, Vol. 33,
No. 4, 1990. 89-172, 226, 231 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol. with sum. in
Eng; Rus.
The spatial distribution and socioeconomic
characteristics of migrants in the city of Mlawa, Poland, are examined
for the period 1976-1987. Consideration is given to changes in the
proportion of migrants from rural and urban areas, sex and age
distribution, and educational and socioeconomic
status.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:30037 Stojanovic,
Branislav. Changes in the level of urbanization of major
European cities. [Promene stepena koncentracije u velikim
evropskim gradovima.] Stanovnistvo, Vol. 24, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1991.
89-99 pp. Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In Scr. with sum. in Eng.
The
author examines urbanization levels in major European cities over the
period 1910-1985. It is found that "the number of cities with over
100,000 inhabitants tripled (to 459) by 1985 comprising one third of
the European population while the number of cities with over one
million inhabitants rose [from 5 in 1910] to
32."
Correspondence: B. Stojanovic, Srpske Akademije Nauka
i Umetnosti, Geografski Institut Jovan Cvijic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:30038 Shay, C.
Thomas; Beattie, Angela. Rural population change in
Crete. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 24, No. 1,
Summer 1993. 99-119 pp. Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Eng.
Trends in
rural population change and rural-urban migration on the Greek island
of Crete over the course of the twentieth century are analyzed using
data from 42 communes in the western Mesara
valley.
Correspondence: C. T. Shay, University of Manitoba,
Department of Anthropology, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SH).
