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Demography is the study by statistical methods of human populants involving the measurement of their size, growth and diminution, the proportions living within some areas, being born, marrying, having children or dying and the related functions of fertility, nuptially and morality. This book begins by defining a number of concepts which are useful for demographic analysis, including the significant events in life and types of statistical data which are collected, published and used. It then describes the various kinds of change which can occur and the underlying causes - social, economic and political. The central section provides an account of the history of population growth and development, and of the situation on an international and national scale. Resources available for the support of mankind and their relationship with living standards are explored. The politics of population and the prospects for the future are also described

"Political Demography" published on by Oxford University Press.

Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Wilhelm Hector Richard Albrecht Lexis' Life and Work -- References -- 3 Notation and Definitions of the Most Important Terms in Demographic Analysis -- References -- 4 Development of the Demographic Grid: Did Lexis Invent the Lexis Diagram? -- 4.1 Going Back in Time Looking for the Roots of the Lexis Diagram -- 4.1.1 Year 1869 and Zeuner's Three-Dimensional Visualization of Demographic Data -- 4.1.2 Year 1874-Knapp, the Inventor of Lifelines? -- 4.1.3 Year 1874-Becker Develops the Idea -- 4.1.4 Year 1875 and Lexis Enters the Scene -- 4.1.5 Year 1876-Lewin Continues in the Equilateral Approach -- 4.1.6 End of the Nineteenth Century-Perozzo (1880) Returns the Third Dimension Inspired by Berg (1865) -- 4.1.7 Going Back to 1870-Is Brasche the Author of the "Lexis Diagram"? -- 4.1.8 Year 1875-Verwey Introduces "Geometrical Figuring" -- 4.1.9 Half of the Twentieth Century and Pressat Nearly Reinvented the Demographic Grid -- 4.2 Practical Example of the Usage of Various Forms of the Demographic Grid -- 4.3 Summary of the Historical Development of the "Lexis" Diagram -- References -- 5 Life Table as One of the Most Important Models in Demography: Construction of the Life Table in General -- 5.1 Description of the Life Table Functions -- References -- 6 Application of "Lexis" Diagram: Contemporary Approach to Demographic Visualization and Selected Examples of Software Applications -- 6.1 Demographic Visualization in the SAS Software -- 6.2 Demographic Visualization in R -- 6.3 Demographic Visualization in Stata -- References -- 7 Conclusion -- References

Demography in Archaeology, first published in 2006, is a review of current theory and method in the reconstruction of populations from archaeological data. Starting with a summary of demographic concepts and methods, the book examines historical and ethnographic sources of demographic evidence before addressing the methods by which reliable demographic estimates can be made from skeletal remains, settlement evidence and modern and ancient biomolecules. Recent debates in palaeodemography are evaluated, new statistical methods for palaeodemographic reconstruction are explained, and the notion that past demographic structures and processes were substantially different from those pertaining today is critiqued. The book covers a wide span of evidence, from the evolutionary background of human demography to the influence of natural and human-induced catastrophes on population growth and survival. This is essential reading for any archaeologist or anthropologist with an interest in relating the results of field and laboratory studies to broader questions of population structure and dynamics

Social Demography focuses on selected topics on social science research on population. The papers included in the book are compiled from a conference sponsored by the Center for Population Research, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in June 1975. The book compiles various findings in social and behavioral research. Chapters explore topics on trend analysis; the sociological meaning of age, and the social-psychological processes of reproductive behavior; analysis of certain aspects of the spatial organization of metropolitan activities; the changing racial stratification; and the futu

Changes in demography are more certain than climate change, technology and oil, and will have huge implications on the tourism industry. This book investigates the dimensions of demography in order to demonstrate how tourism is changing now and the future