Population Dynamics and Supply Systems
A Transdisciplinary Approach
Distributed for Campus Verlag
220 pages
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5-1/2 x 8-3/8
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© 2008
While industrialized nations are facing declining birth rates and aging populations, developing countries must deal with rapid urbanization, migration movements, and ongoing population growth. Population Dynamics and Supply Systems explores the links between demographic changes, the environment, and sustainable development. These complex interactions are illustrated with the provisioning structures for water and food. From an inter- and transdisciplinary perspective, this volume uses case studies from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to propose innovative solutions for enhancing the adaptive capacity of supply systems to cope with demographic changes.
Contents
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
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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