Applied Demography: Concepts, Methods, and Applications

Applied Demography: Concepts, Methods, and Applications is a textbook that covers the fundamental principles and concepts of applied demography. The book is written in a clear and concise style, and it is designed to be accessible to students and researchers with a variety of backgrounds, including sociology, economics, and public health.

The book begins with an overview of the field of applied demography and its applications in areas such as urban planning, public policy, and marketing. It then discusses the basic principles of demography, such as population size, composition, and change.

The book then applies these principles to a variety of specific applied demography problems, such as:

Population estimation and projection

Geographic information systems (GIS) in demography

Applications to urban and regional planning

Business demography

Health demography

Political demography

Educational demography

The book also includes a number of chapters on more advanced topics, such as:

Developments in the field of applied demography

New data sources and methods in applied demography

Ethics in applied demography

Subjects / Topics

Social Sciences, Demography, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Methodology of the Social Sciences

Keywords Covered

Developments in the field of applied demography, Population composition, Population estimation/projection, Geographic information systems (GIS), Applications to urban and regional planning, Business demography, health demography, political demography, Educational demography, etc

Pages – 336