Essays about: "historical demography"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words historical demography.

  1. 6. Issues of geographic context variable calculation methods applied at different geographic levels in spatial historical demographic research : a case study over four parishes in Southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Karolina Despoina Pantazatou; [2016]
    Keywords : geographic context variables; spatial demography; historic demography; spatial longitudinal demographic research; geography; physical geography; distance calculation methods; geographic levels; GIS; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Spatial analysis is dependent on the geo-referencing quality of the spatial data, as well as on the definition of the geographic context variables used. However, these facts are rarely taken into consideration in historical demographic research where the geographic factor is considered. READ MORE

  3. 7. Rural demographic change over space and time - the case of Vilhelmina municipality

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Celia Yoshida Ahlin; [2015]
    Keywords : rural; population assessment; demographic change; diversity; settlement; micro-scale; municipality; village; time and space; evolution; and historical events; and fragmented development;

    Abstract : Since the 1960s the literature on demography of rural northern Sweden has focussed on 'decline' - noting loss of population, population ageing, yourth outmigration and other 'negative' demographic developments (Friedlander, 1969; Hjort, 2009; Stone 1971); recent studies suggest that such generalizations may overlook the diversity of experiences of rural areas (D. Carson and Koch, 2013; Cernic-Maly, Koch and Koch, 2014; Hedlund, 2014; Hoggart and Paniagua, 2001; Koch and Carson, 2012). READ MORE

  4. 8. Compute a crowdedness index on historical GIS data : a case study of Hög Parish, Sweden, 1812-1920

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Fei Lu; [2015]
    Keywords : historical GIS; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; GIS; demography; crowdedness index; geomatics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : As the development of human civilizations, the classic definition of crowdedness index or population density is not able to describe population dynamic conciliations properly. Furthermore, the detailed population information is normally only stay on urban or country levels. Methods to compute crowdedness index of a small scale-area are lacked. READ MORE

  5. 9. Geovisualization Using HTML5 : a case study to improve animations of historical geographic data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Zhiyong Qi; [2013]
    Keywords : animation; HTML5; web mapping; Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science; geomatics; ArcGIS for server; demographic map; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Popular science Visualize geographic data Using HTML5 The Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD) has been assembled by the Centre for Economic Demography (CED), Lund University. It contains demographic and economic information of Scania from the 17th century until the present. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Fertility Decline in Switzerland 1870 – 1930. A study of cultural and economic variables using panel data.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Raúl Burgos; [2009]
    Keywords : fixed effects model; fertility decline; Switzerland; historical demography; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This study analyzes the impact of socioeconomic and cultural variables on marital fertility for Switzerland in the period comprising 1870 – 1930. Using panel data techniques the analysis shows that variables measuring industrialization had an impact in declining fertility as well as cultural variables such as religion and language... READ MORE