Routledge handbook of Asian demography / edited by Zhongwei Zhao and Adrian C. Hayes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayes, Adrian C., editor.

Zhao, Zhongwei (Professor), editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demography--Asia.

Demography.

Population.

Asia--Population.

Asia.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 172 pages)

Other Title:

Handbook of Asian demography

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Home to close to 60 per cent of the world's population, Asia is the largest and by far the most populous continent. It is also extremely diverse, physically and culturally. Asian countries and regions have their own distinctive histories, cultural traditions, religious beliefs and political systems, and they have often pursued different routes to development. Asian populations also present a striking array of demographic characteristics and stages of demographic transition. This handbook is the first to provide a comprehensive study of population change across the whole of Asia. Comprising 28 chapters by more than 40 international experts this handbook examines demographic transitions on the continent, their considerable variations, their causes and consequences, and their relationships with a wide range of social, economic, political and cultural processes. Major topics covered include: population studies and sources of demographic data; historical demography; family planning and fertility decline; sex preferences; mortality changes; causes of death; HIV/AIDS; population distribution and migration; urbanization; marriage and family; human capital and labour force; population ageing; demographic dividends; political demography; population and environment; and Asia's demographic future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Asia's major demographic data sources / Daniel Goodkind

The development of population research institutions in Asia / Peter McDonald

Asian historical demography / Cameron Campbell and Satomi Kurosu

Fertility decline / Stuart Gietel-Basten

Family planning : policies and programmes / Adrian C. Hayes

Family planning : contraceptive use and abortion / Yan Che and Baochang Gu

Reproductive health and maternal mortality / Terence H. Hull and Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi

Son preference, sex ratios and "missing girls" in Asia / Monica Das Gupta, Doo-Sub Kim, Shuzhuo Li and Rohini Prabha Pande

Child mortality / Danzhen You, Lucia Hug and Kenneth Hill

Changes in old age mortality since 1950 / Danan Gu [and six others]

Age patterns and sex differentials in mortality / Yan Yu and Zhongwei Zhao

Trends in causes of death and burden of diseases / Colin D. Mathers

HIV/AIDS in Asia / Binod Nepal

Population distribution / Christophe Z. Guilmoto and Sébastien Oliveau

The urbanization of low- and middle-income Asia / Mark R. Montgomery and Deborah Balk

Asia's international migration / Graeme Hugo

Forced and refugee migration in Asia / Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Ellen Percy Kraly

Changing marriage patterns in Asia / Gavin W. Jones

Family and household composition in Asia / Albert Esteve and Chia Liu

Asia's demographic transition : variations and major determinants / Minja Kim Choe

Human capital formation in Asia 1970-2010 / Samir KC and Wolfgang Lutz

The process of population ageing and its challenges / Heather Booth

Demographic dividends / Tomoko Kinugasa

Population and environment in Asia / Adrian C. Hayes

Population, the state and security in Asia / Geoffrey McNicoll

The demographic future of Asia / Wolfgang Lutz and Samir KC.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Goodkind, Daniel. Asia's major demographic data sources.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781315148458

9781351373432

OCLC:

1017098775

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.