What is population geography?
World population density and distribution. Urban and rural populations. Patterns of population composition : Age-structure. Marital Status. Families and Households. Economic Composition. Nationality. Language. Religion. Ethnic Composition. Patterns of fertility. Patterns of mortality. Migrations : Internal Migrations. International Migrations. Population growth.
John Innes Clarke
Atlases, Books, E-books
Mapping Census 2010 by Call Number: YRL Reference Reading Room: G1201.E25 P43 2012ISBN: 9781589483194Date: 2012-07-02Mapping Census 2010: The Geography of American Change is an atlas of the American people: who we are, and where we are. Using the latest census data and geographic information system (GIS) technology, this atlas examines how our unique population is moving and changing. These large, full-color maps illustrate population density, age, and racial and ethnic composition with clarity.
The Social Atlas of Europe by Call Number: G1797.21.E6 B35 2014ISBN: 9781447313533Date: 2014It is the first atlas to map Europe from the perspective of human geography rather than simply a political one.
World Atlas of Sustainable Development by Call Number: SRLF HC79.E5 S237 2005ISBN: 1843311666Date: 2005It is a unique and valuable tool for individuals interested in development, whether they work in businesses, administration, local authorities, associations or education. The wide-range of material is presented in 30 fully updated information sheets and 40 full-colour maps.
The Atlas of Urban Expansion by Call Number: YRL Reference Reading Room: G1028 .A85 2012ISBN: 9781558442436Date: 2012It is a comprehensive guide to the past and future characteristics of metropolitan growth.
New Faces in New Places. The changing geography of American immigration by Call Number: JV6465 .N484 2008ISBN: 9780871545862Date: 2008Beginning in the 1990s, immigrants to the United States increasingly bypassed traditional gateway cites such as Los Angeles and New York to settle in smaller towns and cities throughout the nation.
Shrinking Cities by Call Number: HT371 .S466 2013ISBN: 9780415804851Date: 2013The shrinking city phenomenon is a multidimensional process that affects cities, parts of cities or metropolitan areas around the world that have experienced dramatic decline in their economic and social bases.
- Immigration and Population by Stephanie A. Bohon, Meghan E. ConleyCall number: JV6225 .B6487 2015
Date: 2015
Immigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries. This clear and perceptive text discusses how immigration impacts population size, composition, and distribution. - Race, Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America by John W. Frazier, Eugene L. Tettey-Fio, and Norah F. HenryCall Number: E184.A1 R284 2011
Date: 2011
This text strives to illustrate the historic forces that created long-lasting patterns and the persistence of racial/ethnic issues in the United States while also revealing societal and landscape changes in contemporary America that reflect the policy decisions and other cultural dimensions of a changing nation.
Migration in World History by Call Number: HB1951 .M28 2013ISBN: 9780415516785Date: 2012This fully revised and updated second edition of Migration in World History traces the connections among regions brought about by the movement of people, diseases, crops, technology and ideas.
China's New Urbanization by Call Number: HT384.C6ISBN: 9783662494486Date: 2016-02-25This book answers the call for New Urbanization, and proposes national spatial layout plan for the urbanization of the 770 major cities in China.
International Migration by ISBN: 0199269009Date: 2004This study offers a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of global patterns of international migration and the policies employed to manage the flows.
Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity by ISBN: 9783319200941Date: 2015This book examines the question of collecting and disseminating data on ethnicity and race in order to describe characteristics of ethnic and racial groups, identify factors of social and economic integration and implement policies to redress discrimination.
- Population Trends Along the Coastal United States : 1980-2008 by Kristen M. CrossettDate:2004
This book provides coastal population data, trends, and projections, and is intended to help provide insight as to where coastal population has occurred in the past few decades. - Youth on the Move: European Youth and Geographical Mobility by David CairnsDate:2010
This book explores important aspects of geographical mobility among contemporary European youth.The contributors discuss a number of significant issues , including migration in work and study, and consider the meaning of various forms of mobility.
Managing Population Decline in Europe's Urban and Rural Areas by ISBN: 9783319124124Date: 2014This book explores the challenges population decline presents for Europe's urban and rural areas.
- The Population MapCall Number: G3201.E24 2005 O3
- The Crowded Coast: Population Trends, 1970-2000Call Number: G3701.E2 2000 .U55
- EuropeCall Number: G5700 2005 .N38
- The New States of Central AsiaCall Number: G7406 8.5M USDS 1993
Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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A multidisciplinary database that indexes over 10,000 publications, with the complete text of over 5,500 periodicals, including a mix of peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and newspapers. - Reference Universe This link opens in a new window
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A good place to start, but note that it is an index to over 15 million articles in 11,000 subject encyclopedias and handbooks, both print and online and does not provide full-text articles. Instead, it will connect you to our catalog so you know where to find the appropriate encyclopedia, dictionary or other reference work. You will be linked to UCLA's holdings for any entries you find. - OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
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Online library of e-books, e-periodicals, and interactive statistical databases produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Full-text news (including broadcast transcripts), business, legal, and reference information. Useful for finding full-text of current performing arts and media industry news in major newspapers. Includes biographical information from Who's Who titles. Formerly LexisNexis Academic.
- CEICdata: Global Database This link opens in a new window
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Global economic data, including normalized GDP, CPI, imports, exports, retail sales, and interest rates. Optional registration allows personalization, but "guest access" (plus authentication) provides access to UCLA's subscription, which consists of these two modules: the Global Database and the High Frequency Database. - LandScan Global Archive This link opens in a new window
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Allows quick and easy assessment, estimation, and visualization of populations-at-risk. Demographic (age, race, sex) and socioeconomic characteristics are integrated with population data to allow integration with risk and impact assessment models. Critical component of emergency planning and management, rapid risk assessment, evacuation planning, consequence assessment, mitigation planning and implementation. - OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
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Online library of e-books, e-periodicals, and interactive statistical databases produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- DataFinder from the Population Reference BureauA database with hundreds of variables for the US and the world.
- The global flow of peopleExplore new estimates of migration flows between and within regions for five-year periods, 1990 to 2010 from Vienna Institute of Demography.
- Migration Profiles — Common Set of IndicatorsAs members of the Global Migration Group (GMG) the Population Division of UN/DESA, in collaboration with UNICEF and other members of the data and research working group, has prepared this common set of indicators.
- Peoplemovin: migration flows across the world."Almost 216 million people, or 3.15% of the world population, live outside their countries."
- Population, space and placeResearch journal in the field of population geography and in geographical population studies.
- Population studies: A Journal of DemographyPresents methods of demographic analysis, conceptual and mathematical theories of demographic dynamics and behaviour, and the use of these theories and methods to extend scientific knowledge and to inform policy and practice.
Institutes/ Web Publications
- California Center for Population ResearchIt was established in 1998 and has since, been a leading research center for research and training in demography.
- Human ProgressExplore the state of humanity with data, charts, and maps.
- Migration Policy InstituteAn independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide.
- Pew Research CenterNonpartisan group that conducts polling and demographic research to explore the issues and trends shaping the nation, as well as global opinion.
- Population Division. The United Nations. The Department of Economic and Social AffairsDivision has played an active role in the intergovernmental dialogue on population and development, producing constantly updated demographic estimates and projections for all countries.
- The Population Research InstituteIt is a non-profit research group whose goals are to expose the myth of overpopulation, to expose human rights abuses committed in population control programs, and to make the case that people are the world’s greatest resource.
- UNdataCompiles over 30 databases produced by United Nations Statistics and Population Divisions and other UN agencies under one interface. While time period and geographic coverage vary for each dataset, data are generally current and far-reaching—covering a broad range of international measures related to the UN’s mission to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and promote social progress, better living standards and human rights.
- World Development Indicators (World Bank)International statistics back to 1960. Includes more than 900 development indicators for over 200 countries covering economic policy and debt, education, environment, financial sector, health, infrastructure, labor and social protection, poverty, private sector and trade, and public sector