Population Forecasting 1895–1945 The Transition to Modernity
Authors, scholars and scientists whose mother tongue is not one of the major languages of international communication are seriously disadvantaged. Some individuals, such as Joseph Conrad or Vladimir Nabokov, have overcome that handicap brilliantly. Others learn to live with it: they can express them...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: | European Studies of Population
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A Dutch pioneer of demographic forecasting The story of G.A.H. Wiebols (1895–1960)
- 3. The emergence of demographic forecasting in Europe
- 4. The international struggle for paradigm dominance
- 5. Competing methodologies in the Netherlands
- 6. Forecasting future housing need in the Netherlands
- 7. The search for practical applications in Dutch urban and regional forecasting
- 8. The implications of the new paradigm
- 9. Conclusions
- References
- Archives
- Index of items
- Index of names
- NIDI CBGS Publications