A prologue to population geography

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Open University. Social Sciences Foundation Course Team (-)
Otros Autores: Zelinsky, Wilbur, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London: Prentice-Hall International, Inc [1970]
Colección:Prentice-Hall foundations of economic geography series
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Conté: The substance and limits of population geography
  • The population geographer looks at homo sapiens
  • Problems in finding and handling data
  • Some preliminary experiments in explanation
  • The impact of economic factors
  • Cultural determinants of population numbers and distribution
  • Interrelations among demographic traits
  • A cultural approach to the regionalization of populations
  • The socioeconomic evolution of mankind
  • Population regions and the larger world
  • The balance of people and resources
  • Population/resource regions
  • A final word.