Population Matters: The Local Dimension

by Tony Champion (Editor)

Overview

The purpose of this book is to examine the scale and significance of the local dimensions of these developments and the implications for central government complementing the existing literature, which focuses almost entirely on the overall national picture. It contains a set of ten original studies which demonstrate the existence of marked geographical variations in population profiles and trends and highlight the main implications and responses. The focus is primarily on those policy areas where there needs to be a local-scale mechanism for decision-making and implementation, such as education, labour recruitment, housebuilding needs, social services and health care.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853962011
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/28/1993
Series:	Urban Studies Series
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Tony Champion is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. His principal research interests lie in the monitoring and analysis of population and social change in Britain, particularly their regional and local dimensions. He is chair of the IBG Population Geography Study Group and Council member of the British Society for Population Studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Tony Champion
Key Population Developments and their Local Impacts
Population Pyramids and Shifting Sands - Keith Dugmore
Targeting Future Investments to Give the Changing British Public Their Just Deserts
Migration, Places and Quality of Life - Allan Findlay and Robert Rogerson
People Voting With Their Feet?
The Demographic Component of Local Government Finance - Robert J. Bennett and Gunther Krebs
Impacts On Resources, Needs and Budgets
Population Change and Education: Schools Rolls and Rationalisation Before and After the 1988 Education Reform Act - Michael Bradford
Fall-Out from the Demographic Time-Bomb - Anne Green and David Owen
A Spatial Perspective On the Labour Force Effects of the “Baby-Bust”
Demography and House-Building Needs - Dave King
A Critique of the “Demographic Bulldozer” Scenario
Going Into a Home - Anne Corden and Ken Wright
Where Can an Elderly Person Choose?
Healthy Indications? Applications of Census Data In Health Care Planning - John Mahon
Making Waves? The Contribution of Ethnic Minorities to Local Demography - Vaughan Robinson

Editorial Reviews

‘This book will provide useful background reading for sixth form teachers, and individual chapters may be of specific interest to sixth formers.... suitable for undergraduates with demographic,

geographical or planning interests' - Geography

‘Very readable, thought provoking and highly topical addition to the urban and regional planning literature. It has much to offer both the sixth former and introductory level undergraduate as well as the more seasoned researcher and practitioner' - Town Planning Review

From the Publisher

Primarily a methodological text for undergraduates in demography, geography, or planning, but also accessible to nonspecialists interested in how overall demographic shifts can radically distort individual localities. Focuses on the population changes in Britain, such as aging, the baby boom and bust, non-family households, the growth of ethnic minorities, and the flight from the cities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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