Demography at the Edge: Remote Human Populations in Developed Nations

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Dean Bradley Carson
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011 - Social Science - 344 pages
Addressing the methodological & topical challenges facing demographers working in remote regions, this book compares & contrasts the research, methods & models, & policy applications from peripheral regions in developed nations.
 

Contents

Perspectives on Demography at the Edge
3
The Challenge of Enumeration and Population Estimation
21
International Immigration Trends and Data
53
Trends and Measurement
85
Transnational Links at the Edge
125
Convergence Divergence
145
The Problem of Indigenous Migration in the Globalised State
163
What goes around comes around
189
Education Remoteness and Population Dynamics
255
Tourist Populations and Local Capital
271
The Challenge of Housing in Remote Areas
289
Weather Hazards Place and Resilience in the Remote Norths
307
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