Population geography

Abstract

"This is the last of three reports discussing major avenues of progress in the alleviation of population geography's poor reputation. The first examined the route of policy-relevant research, the second considered the importance of sound scholarship and, as promised, this report will explore the part that can be played by improved communication and dissemination of our work...."

Later-Life Migration in the United States: A Review of Recent Research

“…Surprisingly, most reviews of the migration literature provide relatively poor coverage of later-life migration. For example, the long-standing essay series in Progress in Human Geography tends to focus on international migration, labor force migration, and the effects of population redistribution in developing countries (Findlay 1993(Findlay , 1992(Findlay , 1991Nash 1996Nash , 1994aNash , 1994bOgden 2000Ogden , 1999Ogden , 1998. Of those essays published in the series since 1990, only Ogden (1999) includes more than a few sentences on migration in later life.…”

América Latina: Territórios, Fronteiras E Identidades

“…Alan Nash (1996) consideró importante difundir las investigaciones relacionadas con la historia de la población y la geografía, mientras que en el sudeste asiático se destacaron los análisis de Charles Hirschman (1994) realizados sobre el crecimiento de la población y su relación con los cultivos de arroz en la periferia, en general en los continentes de Asia y África la frontera se estudió a través de la distribución de la población y la conformación de los Estados Nacionales, mientras que los procesos de urbanización en América latina generaron cambios sociales, culturales y ambientales que justificaron nuevas investigaciones en las zonas de frontera.…”