Population Geography: Tools and Issues - Hardcover

Newbold, K. Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1442220988 ISBN 13: 9781442220980

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013

Synopsis

This compact and accessible text provides a comprehensive, issue-oriented introduction to population geography. After grounding students in the fundamentals, K. Bruce Newbold then explains the tools and techniques commonly used to describe and understand population concepts using real-world issues and events. Drawing on both US and international cases, he explores such pressing concerns as HIV/AIDS, international migration, fertility, mortality, resource scarcity, and conflict. Every chapter includes methods and focus sections, as well as study questions, to provide a more in-depth discussion of the ideas and concepts developed in the book. In addition, a wide array of maps, tables, and figures illustrates and enhances the cases. Newbold highlights the geographical perspective―with its ability to provide powerful insights and bridge disparate issues―by emphasizing the role of space and place, location, regional differences, and diffusion. Arguing that an understanding of population is essential to prepare for the future, this cogent text will provide upper-division undergraduates with a thorough grasp of the field.

About this title

About the Author

K. Bruce Newbold is professor in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442220988
• ISBN 13: 9781442220980
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 340