Population Geography av Helen D. (University of Denver USA) Hazen, Heike C. (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh USA.) Alberts, Kazimierz J. (University o

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<P><EM>Population Geography: Social Justice for a Sustainable World</EM> surveys the ways in which geographic approaches may be applied to population issues, exploring how human populations are embedded in natural and social environments. </P><P>It encourages students to evaluate population issues critically, given that population topics are at the heart of many of today¿s most contentious subjects. Through introducing students to different lenses of analysis (ecological, economic, and social equity), the authors ask students to consider how different perspectives can lead to different conclusions on the same issue. Identifying and tackling today¿s population problems therefore requires an understanding of these diverging, and sometimes conflicting, perspectives. The text will cover all the key background information critical to any book on population geography (population size, distribution, and composition; fertility, mortality, and migration; population and resources) but will also