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Shrinking Society
Toshihiko Hara
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Description for Shrinking Society
Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in Population Studies / Population Studies of Japan. Num Pages: 74 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 134.
This is the book to focus on a new phenomenon emerging in the twenty-first century: the rapidly aging and decreasing population of a well-developed country, namely, Japan. The meaning of this phenomenon has been successfully clarified as the possible historical consequence of the demographic transition from high birth and death rates to low ones. Japan has entered the post-demographic transitional phase and will be the fastest-shrinking society in the world, leading other Asian countries that are experiencing the same drastic changes. The author used the historical statistics, compiled by the Statistic Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2006 and ... Read more
This is the book to focus on a new phenomenon emerging in the twenty-first century: the rapidly aging and decreasing population of a well-developed country, namely, Japan. The meaning of this phenomenon has been successfully clarified as the possible historical consequence of the demographic transition from high birth and death rates to low ones. Japan has entered the post-demographic transitional phase and will be the fastest-shrinking society in the world, leading other Asian countries that are experiencing the same drastic changes. The author used the historical statistics, compiled by the Statistic Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2006 and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Number of pages
74
Condition
New
Series
Springerbriefs in Population Studies / Population Studies of Japan
Number of Pages
65
Place of Publication
Tokyo, Japan
ISBN
9784431548096
SKU
V9784431548096
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Ref
99-15
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