Inclou referències bibliogràfiques i índex.

Asia's major demographic data sources / Daniel Goodkind -- The development of population research institutions in Asia / Peter McDonald -- Asian historical demography / Cameron Campbell and Satomi Kurosu -- Fertility decline / Stuart Gietel-Basten -- Family planning : policies and programmes / Adrian C. Hayes -- Family planning : contraceptive use and abortion / Yan Che and Baochang Gu -- Reproductive health and maternal mortality / Terence H. Hull and Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi -- Son preference, sex ratios and "missing girls" in Asia / Monica Das Gupta, Doo-Sub Kim, Shuzhuo Li and Rohini Prabha Pande -- Child mortality / Danzhen You, Lucia Hug and Kenneth Hill -- Changes in old age mortality since 1950 / Danan Gu [and six others] -- Age patterns and sex differentials in mortality / Yan Yu and Zhongwei Zhao -- Trends in causes of death and burden of diseases / Colin D. Mathers -- HIV/AIDS in Asia / Binod Nepal -- Population distribution / Christophe Z. Guilmoto and Sébastien Oliveau -- The urbanization of low- and middle-income Asia / Mark R. Montgomery and Deborah Balk -- Asia's international migration / Graeme Hugo -- Forced and refugee migration in Asia / Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Ellen Percy Kraly -- Changing marriage patterns in Asia / Gavin W. Jones -- Family and household composition in Asia / Albert Esteve and Chia Liu -- Asia's demographic transition : variations and major determinants / Minja Kim Choe -- Human capital formation in Asia 1970-2010 / Samir KC and Wolfgang Lutz -- The process of population ageing and its challenges / Heather Booth -- Demographic dividends / Tomoko Kinugasa -- Population and environment in Asia / Adrian C. Hayes -- Population, the state and security in Asia / Geoffrey McNicoll -- The demographic future of Asia / Wolfgang Lutz and Samir KC.

"Home to close to 60 per cent of the world's population, Asia is the largest and by far the most populous continent. It is also extremely diverse, physically and culturally. Asian countries and regions have their own distinctive histories, cultural traditions, religious beliefs and political systems, and they have often pursued different routes to development. Asian populations also present a striking array of demographic characteristics and stages of demographic transition. This handbook is the first to provide a comprehensive study of population change across the whole of Asia. Comprising 28 chapters by more than 40 international experts this handbook examines demographic transitions on the continent, their considerable variations, their causes and consequences, and their relationships with a wide range of social, economic, political and cultural processes. Major topics covered include: population studies and sources of demographic data; historical demography; family planning and fertility decline; sex preferences; mortality changes; causes of death; HIV/AIDS; population distribution and migration; urbanization; marriage and family; human capital and labour force; population ageing; demographic dividends; political demography; population and environment; and Asia's demographic future"-- Provided by publisher.

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