"An excellent primer on population geography: ideal for the classroom and accessible to even a novice lay audience. Virtually all challenges facing our world today have a demographic component, and Newbold’s book provides the conceptual, analytical, and topical foundation necessary for engaging with these issues. For instructors seeking a text that integrates theory and current demographic issues with research tools and methods, this book has it all.”

Rachel Franklin, Brown University

Regardless of their research interests, most social scientists, geographers, and planners at some time in their careers must include population as a variable that must be addressed. For those with little or no formal training in demography. Newbold’s book, although a textbook, is an excellent handbook to consult.

Journal of Urban Affairs

“Newbold skillfully presents important population research themes at different spatial scales in a way that is both clear and balanced. The Focus sections and the Methods, Measures, and Tools sections encourage students to engage with the material by reflecting on real-world issues and case studies in an in-depth manner. Full of expanded international examples and new figures, this updated edition will be an invaluable text for undergraduate students.”

Carlos Teixeira, University of British Columbia

This fine book stands out amid the many texts available on the population question. Newbold takes us on a tour through the familiar landscape of population geography and, with great clarity, makes the subject more diverse, complex, and interesting, and thus more important.

Emily Skop, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Globalization is changing the way in which populations are studied. Bruce Newbold's timely book teaches how geographic principles and techniques are used to measure and understand the changing nature of populations around the world. The chapters are cutting-edge, and the in-depth focus and methods and measures at the end of each chapter make this a very interesting and all-inclusive textbook for graduate and undergraduate students. It's also a great resource for cross-disciplinary researchers and professionals who want to understand and apply population geography in their work today.

Sue C. Grady, Michigan State University

Brilliantly done. Bruce Newbold combines a comprehensive knowledge of population geography with insights gained from his own work to write a book that presents important population issues at multiple spatial scales in a way that encourages students to seriously engage the material. Just as important as the concepts are the series of exercises designed to teach students some of the methods of population geography and how they can be used to tackle vital issues. This text will save me countless hours of work while providing my students with one of the best introductions to the field. I can’t wait to start using it.

Matthew Shumway, Brigham Young University