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1 online resource (371 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
International Population Studies
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International population studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Part I: Methods, Models and Data; 1 Perspectives on 'Demography at the Edge'; 2 The Challenge of Enumeration and Population Estimation in Remote Areas; 3 The Forecasting of Remote Area Populations: Numbers Aren't Everything; 4 International Immigration Trends and Data; 5 Indigenous Vitals: Trends and Measurement; Part Ii: The Dynamics of Populations at the Edge; 6 Bubbles and Craters: Analysing Ageing Patterns of Remote Area Populations; 7 Transnational Links at the Edge. |
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8 Indigenous Demography: Convergence, Divergence, or Something Else?9 The 'Problem' of Indigenous Migration in the Globalised State; 10 Labour Migration: 'What goes around comes around'; 11 Fly-in/Fly-out Resource Developments: Implications for Community and Regional Development; 12 Why the Other Half Leave: Gender Aspects of Northern Sparsely Populated Areas; 13 Education, Remoteness and Population Dynamics; 14 Tourist Populations and Local Capital; 15 The Challenge of Housing in Remote Areas; 16 Weather Hazards, Place and Resilience in the Remote Norths. |
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17 Population Policies at the Edge: The Demographic Ambitions of FrontiersIndex. |
| Summary |
Addressing the methodological and topical challenges facing remote demographers, this book compares and contrasts the research, methods and models, and policy applications from remote regions in developed nations. The work draws upon four examples: the far north and desert regions of Australia, the northern provinces and territories of Canada, Alaska, and the Arctic north of Scandinavia. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Demography -- Developed countries.
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Demography. |
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Developed countries. |
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Population research -- Developed countries.
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Population research. |
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Sparsely populated areas -- Developed countries.
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Sparsely populated areas. |
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Business.
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Business. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rasmussen, Rasmus Ole.
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Ensign, Prescott.
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Huskey, Lee.
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Taylor, Andrew.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carson, Dean. Demography at the Edge : Remote Human Populations in Developed Nations. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2011 9780754679622 |
| ISBN |
9780754699156 |
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0754699153 |
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