Regional studies are defined as international, national, and subnational, but not global.
Major, book-length, regional analyses and studies centering on the structure of population and on the components and rates of growth in the modern period.
62:30021 Coleman, David. Europe's
population in the 1990s. ISBN 0-19-828896-4. LC 95-23844. 1996.
xxxvi, 346 pp. Oxford University Press: New York, New York/Oxford,
England. In Eng.
"This book describes and analyses key aspects
of Europe's population at a time of great ferment in European political
and social change, when more attention than ever has been focused not
just upon individual states but upon developments embracing many
European countries....The international comparisons in demographic
behaviour presented in this book provide important indicators of the
extent to which convergence in social behaviour is, or is not, already
proceeding in contemporary Europe....A conference on Europe's
Population in the 1990s was held at the London School of Economics in
April 1993 under the aegis of the British Society for Population
Studies, in order to review...demographic developments in Europe. This
book presents revised and updated versions of the papers presented
there, together with two papers specially written for this book in
order to make the coverage of topics more complete."
Selected
items will be cited in this or subsequent issues of Population
Index.
Correspondence: Oxford University Press, Walton
Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, England. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:30022 Compton, Paul.
Demographic review, Northern Ireland 1995. Research Monograph,
No. 1, ISBN 1-897614-18-7. Mar 1995. [xvi], 250 pp. Northern Ireland
Economic Council: Belfast, Northern Ireland. In Eng.
This report
analyzes recent demographic trends in Northern Ireland. "The
report has three main objectives....A major objective is...to highlight
the similarities and contrasts with Great Britain and the Republic of
Ireland, as well as to place the Province within the wider European
dimension. Demographic processes cannot be properly understood outside
their socioeconomic, cultural and political contexts and a second
objective of the study has been to venture beyond the presentation of
basic demographic facts and to interpret recent trends through the
mechanisms that drive the Province's demographic system....The third
objective of the report is...to examine the more important connections
that exist between specific features of the Province's demography and
the local economy." There are chapters on population size and
distribution; population characteristics, including age, sex, and
language; fertility; mortality and morbidity; migration; migrant
characteristics; marriage, divorce, and cohabitation; religion;
economic activity and employment; and
projections.
Correspondence: Northern Ireland Economic
Development Office, Northern Ireland Economic Council, Bulloch House, 2
Linenhall Street, Belfast BT2 8BA, Northern Ireland. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30023 Gowariker, Vasant. The
inevitable billion plus: exploration of interconnectivities and action
possibilities. ISBN 81-237-0632-4. 1993. 320 pp. National Book
Trust: New Delhi, India. In Eng.
This is a collection of essays on
population growth and sustainable development in India, based on the
1991 census. The importance of making use of science and technology to
meet the needs of people in all regions of the country is emphasized.
Essays concern family planning and the national population program;
population policy; technology of reproductive control; environmental
issues; natural resources; health and nutrition; urbanization;
literacy; regional development; women and development; and
housing.
Correspondence: National Book Trust, A5 Green
Park, New Delhi 110 016, India. Location: Syracuse University
Library, Syracuse, NY.
62:30024 Józwiak, Janina.
Selected aspects of demographic transition in Europe. Polish
Population Review, No. 7, 1995. 145 pp. Polish Demographic Society:
Warsaw, Poland. In Eng.
"This special volume of the Polish
Population Review contains selected papers of two seminars that were
held in Pisa (Italy), March 1994, and Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), May
1994....The seminar in Pisa discussed questions of demographic
transition [in Europe] in the social and economic context. Four papers
of this seminar are included in the volume....The remaining five papers
present results of the seminar in Louvain-la-Neuve which covered
problems of health, mortality and social security [in
Europe]."
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent
issues of Population Index.
Correspondence: Polish
Demographic Society, Al. Niepodleglosci 164, Room 3, 02-554 Warsaw,
Poland. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30025 Peck, Dennis L.; Hollingsworth, J.
Selwyn. Demographic and structural change: the effects of
the 1980s on American society. Contributions in Sociology, No.
114, ISBN 0-313-28744-9. LC 95-37332. 1996. xxvii, 219 pp. Greenwood
Press: Westport, Connecticut. In Eng.
This collection of essays
focuses "primarily on demographic change in the United States
during the 1980s....The purpose of this edited volume is served by the
various assessments of political, economic, technological, and
population change that occurred during the 1980s. The authors also
consider the patterns that are predicted to emerge during the course of
this final decade of the twentieth century. The content provided herein
is intended to provide an assessment upon which community analysts and
other planners may develop a more comprehensive understanding of future
growth and development of the American society."
Selected items
will be cited in this or subsequent issues of Population
Index.
Correspondence: Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West,
Westport, CT 06881. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
62:30026 Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk. Institut
Sotsial'no-Ekonomicheskikh Problem Narodonaseleniya (Moscow,
Russia). Russia--1993. The socio-demographic situation: an
analytical contribution. [Rossiya--1993.
Sotsial'no-demograficheskaya situatsiya: analiticheskii doklad.] LC
95-193582. 1994. 147 pp. Moscow, Russia. In Rus. with sum. in Eng.
This is a general analysis of recent demographic trends in Russia,
based on official data collected in 1992 and 1993. The focus is on the
impact that economic and political changes in the country have had on
the demographic situation. "The problem of natural and migration
changes is considered as well as the problem of [the] labour market,
employment and unemployment, of standards of living and social
differentiation, [and] of qualitative characteristics of population.
Separate chapters are devoted to [the] position of different
socio-demographic groups..., to [the] problem of incomes, consumption
and social infrastructure. Some assessments of future prospects have
been given."
Correspondence: Rossiiskaya Akademiya
Nauk, Institut Sotsial'no Ekonomicheskikh Problem Narodonaseleniya, ul.
Krasikova 27, 117218 Moscow, Russia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:30027 Universidad de la Rebública.
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Programa de Población
(Montevideo, Uruguay); Uruguay. Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto.
Cooperación Técnica (Montevideo, Uruguay). A
demographic atlas of Uruguay: socio-demographic and basic needs
indicators, Uruguay 1985. [Atlas demográfico del Uruguay:
indicadores sociodemográficos y de carencias básicas,
Uruguay 1985.] ISBN 9974-49-045-6. 1995. 247 pp. Editorial Fin de
Siglo: Montevideo, Uruguay. In Spa.
A selection of socioeconomic
and demographic data is presented for Uruguay in the form of maps. The
data exclude the capital Montevideo. Part 1 contains the
socio-demographic data and has sections on population trends, including
population growth and migration; population characteristics, such as
density and age and sex distribution; marriages, families, and
households; fertility; infant mortality; economic activity; and
education. Part 2 provides data on basic needs, including poverty,
overcrowding, and illiteracy.
Correspondence: Editorial Fin
de Siglo, Eduardo Acevedo 1624, Montevideo, Uruguay. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
Regional studies that are fewer than 100 pages in length and that focus on the structure of population and on the components and rates of growth in the modern period.
62:30028 Ahlburg, Dennis A.
Demographic and social change in the island nations of the
Pacific. Asia-Pacific Population Research Reports, No. 7, Feb
1996. 26 pp. East-West Center, Program on Population [POP]: Honolulu,
Hawaii. In Eng.
The author reviews demographic trends in the
Pacific Island nations, with a focus on the impact of population growth
on the region's development efforts. "Although urbanization levels
are generally low, in several countries population growth has led to
high levels of population density, which may be placing stress on the
land and other resources....Projected declines in fertility, mortality,
and migration will slow the region's rates of population growth over
the next 35 years. Nevertheless, all countries of the Pacific will
experience substantial population increases, and growth rates will
remain high in several Melanesian and Micronesian countries.
Accommodating the additional numbers of people will pose major
challenges to their governments and
societies."
Correspondence: East-West Center, Program
on Population, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30029 Avdeev, Alexandre; Monnier,
Alain. Population developments in Russia, 1959-1994:
population tables. [Mouvement de la population de la Russie
1959-1994: tableaux démographiques.] Donées Statistiques,
No. 1, 1996. 88 pp. Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques
[INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
This document attempts to provide
basic population statistics for Russia for the period 1959-1994. Much
of this information has not previously been made public. The data,
which are presented for each year, concern total population, marriages,
births, divorces, and deaths. All the data are provided by age, sex,
and rural or urban residence. The authors cite the major demographic
indicators calculated from these data. In addition to the data supplied
in the published tables, more detailed information is included on a
floppy disc written in Microsoft WORD.
Correspondence:
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 27 rue du
Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:30030 Catasús Cervera, Sonia
I. The population of Cuba: main characteristics and
demographic trends. [La population de Cuba: principales
caractéristiques et tendances démographiques.] Les
Dossiers du CEPED, No. 39, ISBN 2-87762-086-7. Apr 1996. 35 pp. Centre
Français sur la Population et le Développement [CEPED]:
Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
This study describes the
main characteristics of the demographic transition that has occurred in
Cuba over the course of the twentieth century. It analyzes trends in
mortality and fertility and describes factors affecting fertility such
as contraception, abortion, and nuptiality. The author also discusses
the participation of women in the development process, the role of
population policy, and future population perspectives.
Translated
from the Spanish by Claudia Cosio and Maria E. Cosio-Zavala.
Correspondence: Centre Français sur la Population
et le Développement, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75270
Paris Cedex 06, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
62:30031 Dorbritz, Jürgen; Gärtner,
Karla. 1995 report on the demographic situation in
Germany. [Bericht 1995 über die demographische Lage in
Deutschland.] Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft, Vol.
20, No. 4, 1995. 339-448 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger. with sum. in
Eng; Fre.
Demographic trends in Germany up to 1994 are examined.
Aspects considered include population size, spatial distribution,
foreigners in the country, nuptiality, fertility, divorce, abortions,
ethnic Germans moving to Germany, internal migration, living
arrangements, mortality, life expectancy, and causes of
death.
Correspondence: J. Dorbritz, Bundesinstitut für
Bevölkerungsforschung, Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 6, Postfach 5528,
65180 Wiesbaden, Germany. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:30032 Dumont,
Gérard-François. The population of French
regions: decreasing or emphasizing differences? [Les populations
des régions françaises: atténuation ou
accentuation des différences?] Espace, Populations,
Sociétés, No. 1, 1996. 37-43 pp. Villeneuve d'Ascq,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"In the population of France
appear great general trends, [such] as aging, increase of the lifespan,
[and] periurbanisation. However, according to the regions, evolutions
are different. Thus, densities show an increase [in] regional
divergences. On the other hand, the spreading of...low [fertility] and
a failing birth-rate entail a lowering of the divergences between
regional demographic behaviours. But the regional migratory systems
appear much diversified and have...important consequences on the
distribution by ages of the populations of the
regions."
Correspondence: G.-F. Dumont,
Université de Paris-Sorbonne, UFR de Géographie, 191 rue
Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:30033 Foschiatti de Dell'Orto, Ana
M. Studies on the population of northeastern
Argentina. [Estudios sobre la población del nordeste
argentino.] Cuadernos del GREDES, No. 17, Aug 1993. 49 pp. Universidad
Nacional de Salta, Grupo de Estudios Socio-Demográficos: Salta,
Argentina. In Spa. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
"In this paper the
author deals with the variables that explain the population growth and
its spatial distribution within the [northeastern region of
Argentina]....During the last 30 years [there] has been...a process of
demographic regression. Adding [to] the general economic situation,
this phenomenon leads to the [exodus] of the inhabitants that is
affecting the population structure."
Correspondence:
Universidad Nacional de Salta, Mendoza No. 2, 4400 Salta,
Argentina. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30034 Friganovic, Mladen A.; Zivic,
Drazen. Regional differences and problems of population
development in Croatia, 1948-1991. [Regionalne razlicitosti i
problemi kretanja stanovnistva Hrvatske 1948-1991.] Geografski Glasnik,
No. 56, 1994. 33-51 pp. Zagreb, Croatia. In Scr. with sum. in Eng.
The authors analyze changes in population size and density in
Croatia from 1948 to 1991. "Since the end of World War II the
population growth rate has been in a permanent decline in Croatia due
to occasional intense emigration, but also due to decrease in the
number of newborn and increased number of deaths (ageing of the
population in spite of higher living standards). This has been
happening all over Croatia, which displays great differences in
population density....Polarization is significant also in migration of
the population in urban and rural
settlement...."
Correspondence: M. A. Friganovic,
Croatian Geographic Society, Marulicev trg 19, 41000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Location: University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, MI.
62:30035 Goldstein, Alice. The
many facets of change and their interrelations, 1950-1990. In:
China: the many facets of demographic change, edited by Alice Goldstein
and Wang Feng. 1996. 3-19 pp. Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado/Oxford,
England. In Eng.
"In order to provide the setting for the
chapters which follow, we seek here to provide an outline of the
changes, delineate the major trends in the demographic variables, and
suggest the broad economic and political developments as they relate to
population change [in China]. As such we do not attempt to provide an
in-depth assessment of the transitions; details are provided by the
various chapters and in other studies. Rather, we will present a
framework within which the more detailed analyses can be
assessed."
Correspondence: A. Goldstein, Brown
University, Population Studies and Training Center, Box 1916,
Providence, RI 02912. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
62:30036 Kerr, Don; Ram, Bali.
Population trends in Canada. [La dynamique de la population au
Canada.] Focus on Canada, Pub. Order No. 96-305F. ISBN 0-13-150848-2.
1994. 63 pp. Statistics Canada: Ottawa, Canada; Prentice Hall Canada:
Scarborough, Canada. In Fre.
This report describes recent
population trends in Canada. It uses census data, including data from
the census of 1991. There are chapters on population growth and spatial
distribution, age distribution, sex distribution, and marital
status.
Correspondence: Prentice Hall Canada, 1870
Birchmount Road, Scarborough, Ontario M1P 2J7, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30037 Ordorica Mellado, Manuel.
Reconciling population censuses with birth, death, and migration
statistics through an expolinomial function. [Conciliación
de la población de los censos y las estadísticas de
nacimientos, defunciones y migración a través de una
función expolinomial.] Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos,
Vol. 9, No. 3, Sep-Dec 1994. 509-19, 783 pp. Mexico City, Mexico. In
Spa. with sum. in Eng.
"This study seeks to build a
mathematical function, which has been named expolinomial, to describe
total population dynamics in Mexico between 1940 and 1990. It also aims
to carry out an analysis to reconcile data from population censuses
with birth, death, and migratory data."
Correspondence:
M. Ordorica Mellado, El Colegio de México, Centro de
Estudios Demográficos y de Desarrollo Urbano, Camino al Ajusco
20, 10740 Mexico City, DF, Mexico. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:30038 Potrykowska, Alina.
Socio-demographic transformations in Poland. [Transformations
socio-démographiques en Pologne.] Espace, Populations,
Sociétés, No. 1, 1996. 137-44 pp. Villeneuve d'Ascq,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"The process of transition
from a centrally planned to a market economy, started in 1989 in
Poland, has generated many problems. A deep economic recession, a
degradation of life conditions and a high rate of unemployment,
consequences of this change, have deeply marked the evolution of
Poland's demographic situation: declining life expectancy, decreasing
fertility rate, slowing down of internal migrations and reinforcement
of emigration to foreign countries, growing rate of unemployment
particularly of women and young people, degradation of families, life
conditions, etc."
Correspondence: A. Potrykowska,
Académie Polonaise de Sciences, Institut de Géographie et
d'Aménagement du Territoire, 30 Krakowski Przedmiecie, 00-927
Warsaw, Poland. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30039 Sun, Huaiyang; Wu, Chao.
A comparative study of demographic changes in China and India.
Chinese Journal of Population Science, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1995. 277-85 pp.
New York, New York. In Eng.
"This study is an analysis of the
differences between the demographic changes in [China and India] in
different periods of time and the impact of these changes upon their
population development."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
