Edited by Diana Hummel: Population Dynamics and Supply Systems

Preface

Introduction: Supplying the population as societal and scientific challenge

Diana Hummel

Part A: The analytical framework

Diana Hummel, Christine Hertler, Steffen Niemann, Alexandra Lux, Ceric Janowicz

1 The demographic background

2 The central analytical concept: Supply systems

3 Research object: Interactions between demographic processes and transformations of supply systems

Part B: Case studies

1 Modeling food supply and demography in prehistoric human populations

Christine Hertler

2 Spatial aspects of supply: Migration, water transfer, and IWRM

             Steffen Niemann

3        The world goes urban: Food supply systems and urbanization processes in Africa

Cedric Janowicz

4 Shrinking cities and water supply

Alexandra Lux

5 Population changes, water conflicts, and governance in the Middle East

Diana Hummel

Part C: Synthesis

Diana Hummel, Christine Hertler, Cedric Janowicz, Alexandra Lux, Steffen Niemann

1 Synopsis of case study results

2 Building sustainable supply systems: Requirements and prerequisites

3 Conclusions and perspectives

References

List of figures and tables

About the authors

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Edited by Diana Hummel