60:10028 Beltramino,
Juan C. M. The structure and dynamics of Antarctic
population. ISBN 0-533-10205-7. LC 91-91579. 1993. xvii, 105 pp.
Vantage Press: New York, New York. In Eng.
Using data from a
variety of sources, the author presents an analysis of population
dynamics in the Antarctic region. Chapter 1 examines special
characteristics of the demography and population of Antarctica.
Chapters 2 and 3 look at the reasons for the human presence and the
purposes of human activities there. Chapters 4 and 5 investigate the
evolution of the wintering-over and summer-season populations. Chapter
6 examines natality, nuptiality, and mortality, while Chapter 7 surveys
the characteristics of the Antarctic population in 1990. Chapter 8
concludes with some speculations about future population
trends.
Correspondence: Vantage Press, 516 West 34th
Street, New York, NY 10001. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:10029 Blum,
Alain; Rallu, Jean-Louis. European population. Volume 2:
demographic dynamics. [Demographie Europeenne. Volume 2:
dynamiques demographiques.] Congresses et Colloquia, No. 9, ISBN
2-74200-028-3. 1993. ix, 525 pp. John Libbey Eurotext: Montrouge,
France; Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]: Paris,
France. In Eng; Fre.
This volume was prepared for the European
Population Conference held in Paris, France, October 21-25, 1991. The
conference was sponsored jointly by the European Association for
Population Studies [EAPS], the International Union for the Scientific
Study of Population [IUSSP], and the Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques [INED]. Twenty-two studies by various authors on
demographic trends in Europe, including the former Soviet Union are
included; the papers are in English or French.
Selected items will
be cited in this or subsequent issues of Population Index.
For
Volume 1, published in 1991, see 57:40035.
Correspondence:
John Libbey Eurotext, 6 rue Blanche, 92120 Montrouge, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:10037 Baudchon,
Gerard; Rallu, Jean-Louis. Recent demographic trends in
French overseas territories in the Pacific, 1970-1990. [Evolution
demographique recente dans les T.O.M. du Pacifique 1970-1990.]
Population, Vol. 48, No. 4, Jul-Aug 1993. 885-918 pp. Paris, France. In
Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
The authors review demographic trends
in the French overseas territories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia,
and Wallis and Futuna islands since 1970. "During the 1970s, fertility
among the Oceanians (excluding Wallisians and Futunians) fell rapidly,
then the rate of decline in French Polynesia slowed during the 1980s.
Life expectancy is increasing, although the excess death rate of young
males remains high. The Oceanian populations are young, with a high
rate of increase of around two per cent per year. The structure of the
population is changing as a result of mixed marriage and migration.
The population of the French overseas territories in the Pacific is
projected to reach around 520,000 by 2010."
Correspondence:
J.-L. Rallu, Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du
Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:10038 Blanadet,
Raymond. The Javanese countryside and the problem of
overpopulation based on examples of villages. [Les campagnes
javanaises et le probleme de leur surpeuplement a partir d'exemples
villageois.] Bulletin de l'Association de Geographes Francais, No. 4,
1992. 297-308 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
The
author discusses ways to avoid problems of overpopulation in rural
areas of Java. "Three solutions are taken into consideration: the
reduction of the birth rate,...transmigration and the industrialisation
of the island."
Correspondence: R. Blanadet, Universite de
Nancy II, 25 rue Baron Louis, B.P. 454, 54001 Nancy Cedex, France.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
