Population geography

Abstract

In the first of my three reports (Ogden, 1998) I promised both to provide reviews that emphasized the vitality, relevance and interest of geographical studies of population (whether written by geographers or not and whether the geographers themselves would choose to be known as population geographers) and to take a critical line on some of the perceived or real deficiencies in the field. The years 1997 and early 1998, with which this review is principally concerned, have provided a good crop in support of both aims. Four themes suggest themselves this year: I begin with some more general, book-length contributions, covering broad international or national studies, including those that take a comparative or historical perspective; secondly, the interrelations between demographic change and the broader study of households, gender and sexuality; thirdly, some examples of continued methodological stirrings; and finally some notable work in that most geographical of demographic issues, migration, particularly aspects related to public policy.

Géographie de la population : parcours d’une branche de la géographie

“…Ainsi, il y a le bilan des années 1990 que livre Ogden (1999) 4-celles intéressées aux aspects géographiques des enjeux démographiques, comme les impacts géographiques de politiques démographiques.…”

Relationships between Economics, Welfare, Social Network Factors, and Net Migration in the United States

“…With regards to studies of internal migration, most researchers have concentrated on the cumulative evidence of the macro level data of the geographic distribution and migration of residents within a region (Hall, Ogden, and Hill, 1999; Jarvis, 1999). On the other hand, studies of international migration have stressed the status of immigrants as well as the exploration and discussion of their experiences (Ogden, 1998, 1999, 2000; Yeoh and Khoo, 1998; Boyle, Halfacree and Robinson, 1998). Though both these types of literature offer different focuses and explanations of the factors that influence migration, they all reach the same conclusion: migration decisions are typically rational.…”

Turning transnational: notes on the theorisation of international migration

“…Accounts of international migration occupy various positions within transnational scholarship (Beaverstock, 1994;Guarnizo, 1997;Ogden, 1999Ogden, , 2000Willis and Yeoh, 2000). Glick Schiller et al (1992) and Basch et al (1994) provided the earliest treatment by focusing directly on the process of transnational migration (transmigration) and its agents.…”