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New Book – Translocal Ruralism
TweetRural areas are often viewed as isolated and stagnating areas and urban areas as their opposites. Against such a backdrop, this book seeks to unveil a set of dynamics that view rural areas as ‘translocal’ in the sense that they are ‘changing’ and ‘interconnected’. Social transformations take place in rural areas as the result of [...]
Newsletter from our AAG Population Geography Counterparts!
TweetAndre Ortega, of the Population Specialty Group of the AAG has posted the group’s latest newsletter. This can be found at the following link: http://www.pop.psu.edu/aag/psgnews-w10.pdf
Special Edition of Espace, Populations, Sociétés (December 2010)
TweetA call for papers has been issues for a Special Edition of Espace, Populations, Sociétés (December 2010). Espaces, Populations, Sociétés is an interdisciplinary and international journal, and has published original contributions in French, English and Spanish since 1983. Espaces, Populations, Sociétés is a thematic journal, with each issue focussing on a specific topic. In this [...]
In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change
TweetA new report released today at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn Meeting, says climate change may cause vast human migrations on an order not previously experienced. The report, In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Displacement and Migration, was written by CIESIN, the United Nations University, and CARE [...]
UPTAP Book series – Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility
TweetA new book launched under the Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTAP) programme, edited by John Stillwell, Ernestina Coast and Dylan Kneale Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility Understanding Population Trends and Processes – Volume 1 Stillwell, John; Coast, Ernestina; Kneale, Dylan (Eds.) 2009, Approx. 350 p., Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9681-5 More [...]