Research Guides: Demography &amp; Population Studies: Books & Reference Sources

Reference Sources

AAAS atlas of population & environment by Paul Harrison, Fred Pearce ; foreword by Peter H. Raven
Call Number: ASU Ref. HB849.415 .H374 2000
Publication Date: c2000
Brings together an enormous amount of available and up-to-date information concerning population growth and its impact on the biosphere, including the technology of waste management and the way the environment changes in response to a given amount of resource use and/or pollution. Scrupulously illustrated with charts and maps.
Atlas of world population history by Colin McEvedy and Richard Jones
Call Number: ASU Ref. HB851 .M32
Publication Date: 1978
Historical data on population growth by region, sub-region and selected countries.
Demographic yearbook. Annuaire démographique
Call Number: ASU Ref HA 17.D45
International collection of national demographic statistics.
International encyclopedia of population by editor in chief, John A. Ross
Call Number: ASU Ref. HB849.2 .I55 1982 2 vols. w/index
Publication Date: c1982
Lengthy signed articles on aspects of population studies and demography which include statistics and bibliographies.
World population : a reference handbook by Geoffrey Gilbert
Call Number: ASU MAIN STACKS HB871 .G47 2005
Publication Date: c2005
Exhaustively updated, this second edition provides a current assessment of world population and the range of economic, social, and environmental issues it raises.

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