The Human Settlements Group works to reduce poverty and improve health and housing
conditions in the urban centres of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It seeks to combine this …

More and more European cities are confronted with population decline in a structural sense.
This development of “urban shrinkage” has different causes, but similar effects: the city's …

This paper examines rural population ageing in the United States with a particular focus on
the contrasting contexts in which older rural residents live. We compare the characteristics of …

This book offers an introduction to the many facets of multilingualism in a changing world. It
begins with an overview of the multiplicity of human languages and their geographic …

Climate change may significantly affect the labor market by generating disproportionate
damage to marginal returns to labor across sectors. However, this potentially important …

An Introduction to Population Geographies provides a foundation to the incredibly diverse,
topical and interesting field of twenty-first-century population geography. It establishes the …

SpringerBriefs in Population Studies presents concise summaries of cutting-edge research
and practical applications across the field of demography and population studies. It …

This paper situates current knowledge on family tourism with pointers to the future by
drawing on multidisciplinary contributions to a recent consolidative book. Research in family …

As the major driver of US demographic change, Latinos are reshaping key aspects of the
social, economic, political, and cultural landscape of the country. In this second edition of …

This paper analyzes the relationship between out-migration from rural areas, sustainable
regional development and the conservation of biodiversity. Urbanization is a key challenge …