Demographic Dynamics and geographical Patterns of African Populations.
Whereas Latin American and Asian demographic transitions are well advanced, differences between African sub-regions remain important.
This paper assesses changes in the trends…
Effects of the Population Ageing on Tourism Patterns in France.
Ageing of the population, change in lifestyles of the elderly citizens, the tourism operators will be strongly affected by these long term socio-demographic evolutions. Retired persons…
The increased capacity of households to allocate their time in several places as a result of both the growth of new flexible forms of work and a more mobile retirement lifestyle has contributed to a renewed interest in second homeownership all over…
Emigration has been a longstanding feature of human activity for a number of reasons, including environmental, social, economic, political and security causes. The creation of diasporas has been one result of such movements of people. Increasingly in…
Les communautés encloses aux Etats-Unis - Une nouvelle tendance du développement urbain.
Au cours des deux dernières décennies, l'énïergence de quartiers résidentiels fermés a marqué de façon importante le développement urbain aux États-Unis. On…
Houillon Vincent, Thomsin Laurence. Définitions du rural et de l'urbain dans quelques pays européens. In: Espace, populations, sociétés, 2001-1-2. Repopulation et mobilités rurales. pp. 195-200.
After outlining both the geographical ubiquity and some of the conceptual problems with the migration-related demographic trend known as 'counterurbanisation', this paper seeks to expand our understanding of the scope of this phenomenon. This is done…
