Handbook of Population and Development in India

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-808823-3
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 239 mm x 180 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

The Indian demographic scenario is characterized by large regional variations in population trends, uneven human development, adverse sex ratios, growing urbanization, and internal rural-to-urban migration. This handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of the population-development linkages through an engagement with human development, human rights, and gender justice perspectives.

The linkages between population size, birth rates, economic well-being, environmental sustainability, and economic growth are complex. The volume uses the latest Census and National Family Health Survey data, this volume analyses a wide range of topical issues-food security, fertility, opportunities for the youth and the girl child, media and public health, and women's empowerment. Identifying past trends and future challenges, the volume calls for a more humane approach to population
stabilization and endorses the popular tenet-'take care of people and the population will take care of itself'.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar, A K Shiva

Panda, Pradeep

Ved, Rajani R

Kumar, A.K. Shiva

Ved, Rajani R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie

Über Autor(innen)

A. K. Shiva Kumar is a development economist and Adviser to UNICEF India; Pradeep Panda is Deputy Director of Research, Micro Insurance Academy, New Delhi; Rajani R. Ved is Adviser, National Health Systems Resource Centre, New Delhi.