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Description
This full-color text offers a comprehensive introduction to population geography, grounding students in the tools and techniques that are used to describe and understand population concepts. Arguing that an understanding of population is essential to prepare for the future, Newbold provides undergraduates with a thorough grasp of the field.
Key Features:
End-of-chapter Focus boxes weave in substantive discussions of interesting current issues, and Methods, Measures, and Tools boxes illustrate how population geography questions are tackled
Learning objectives at the start of each chapter establish key concepts for learning and end of chapter study questions ensure concepts are retained
End of book Glossary of Terms and Population Website Resources offer additional avenues for student learning
New to this Edition:
Impacts of COVID-19 on mortality, fertility, and mobility patterns
Expansion of non-US examples to highlight key concepts
Recent trends and policy updates
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: World Population
Chapter 2: Population Data
Chapter 3: Population Distribution and Composition
Chapter 4: Fertility
Chapter 5: Mortality
Chapter 6: Internal Migration
Chapter 7: International Migration Flows: Immigrants and Transnational Migrants
Chapter 8: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
Chapter 9: Cities
Chapter 10: Population Policies
Chapter 11: Population Growth: Linking to Economic Development, Resource Scarcity, and Food Security
Conclusion: Doing Population Geography
Product details
| Published | May 14 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 5th |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781538197097 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 33 color lineart; 19 color images; 22 tables |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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