Routledge Handbook of Asian Demography

ISBN-13: 9780367580933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 550 str.

Zhongwei Zhao; Adrian C. Hayes

Opis

This handbook provides a comprehensive study of population changes in Asia and related theoretical issues through examining demographic transitions in the region and their relationship toa wide range of social, economic, political and cultural factors. It is a key reference source for students and schaolrs interested in population change in Asia

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction - Zhongwei Zhao and Adrian C. Hayes

Chapter 2: Asia’s major demographic data sources - Daniel Goodkind

Chapter 3: The development of population research institutions in Asia - Peter McDonald

Chapter 4: Asian historical demography - Cameron Campbell and Satomi Kurosu

Chapter 5: Fertility decline - Stuart Gietel-Basten

Chapter 6: Family planning policies and programmes - Adrian C. Hayes

Chapter 7: Family planning, contraceptive use and abortion - Yan Che and Baochang Gu

Chapter 8: Reproductive health and maternal mortality - Terence H. Hull and Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi

Chapter 9: Son preference, sex ratios and ‘missing girls’ in Asia - Monica Das Gupta, Doo-Sub Kim, Shuzhuo Li and Rohini Prabha Pande

Chapter 10: Child mortality - Danzhen You, Lucia Hug and Kenneth Hill

Chapter 11: Changes in old-age mortality since 1950 - Danan Gu, Patrick Gerland, Kirill Andreev, Nan Li, Thomas Spoorenberg, Gerhard Heilig and Francois Pelletier

Chapter 12: Age patterns and sex differentials in mortality - Yan Yu and Zhongwei Zhao

Chapter 13: Trends in causes of death and burden of diseases - Colin D. Mathers

Chapter 14: HIV/AIDS in Asia - Binod Nepal

Chapter 15: Population distribution - Christophe Z. Guilmoto and Sébastien Oliveau

Chapter 16: The urbanization of low- and middle-income Asia - Mark R. Montgomery and Deborah Balk

Chapter 17: Asia’s international migration - Graeme Hugo

Chapter 18: Forced and refugee migration in Asia - Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Ellen Percy Kraly

Chapter 19: Changing marriage patterns in Asia - Gavin W. Jones

Chapter 20: Family and household composition in Asia - Albert Esteve and Chia Liu

Chapter 21: Asia’s demographic transition: variations and major determinants - Minja Kim Choe

Chapter 22: Human capital formation in Asia 1970–2010 - Samir KC and Wolfgang Lutz

Chapter 23: The process of population ageing and its challenges - Heather Booth

Chapter 24: Demographic dividends - Tomoko Kinugasa

Chapter 25: Population and environment in Asia - Adrian C. Hayes

Chapter 26: Population, the state and security in Asia - Geoffrey McNicoll

Chapter 27: The demographic future of Asia - Wolfgang Lutz and Samir KC

Chapter 28: Conclusion - Zhongwei Zhao and Adrian C. Hayes

O autorze

Zhongwei Zhao is a graduate of Peking University and the University of Cambridge. He now works at the Australian National University (ANU). His research interests are broad and he has published widely on historical demography, computer microsimulation, family and kinship, mortality, fertility, famine and environmental impacts on population health.

Adrian C. Hayes was educated in the UK and the US and has combined an active academic career with extensive development experience in Asia. He has taught at major universities in the United States, Canada, China and Nepal, and has worked with the United Nations, the World Bank and other bilateral and international agencies. He is currently based at the ANU.