Population Dynamics in the Mediterranean, 1st ed. 2023 A Demographic Convergence? SpringerBriefs in Population Studies Series

This open access book makes a comparative overview of the demographic evolution of the Mediterranean populations. It addresses all the demographic issues since 1950 such as fertility, mortality, growth, demographic aging, and the age structure of the population. The book discusses the major demographic changes and its consequences for the Mediterranean region and describes the socio-economic and societal opportunities such as the silver economy, improvement in health of the population, and progress in education. By providing insights into the past demographic evolutions and analyzing the most recent indicators, this book constitutes an essential reference work for those who wish to better understand the major transformations that Mediterranean societies are undergoing.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Spatial distribution of population and urbanisation.- Chapter 2: Sex ratio, age structure, and population ageing.- Chapter 3: The various of demographic transitions.- Chapter 4: Fertility intensity and timing.- Chapter 5: Family formation and dissolution.- Chapter 6: Mortality profiles.- Chapter 7: The Mediterranean migration system.- Chapter 8: Population dynamics and their components.- Chapter 9: Conclusion. An overview of population dynamics in the Mediterranean.

Yoann Doignon holds a PhD in population geography from the Aix-Marseille University, France. He is Researcher with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), affiliated with the UMR 6266 IDEES (Rouen, France). He is too an Associated Researcher at the Center for Demographic Research (UCLouvain, Belgium) and at the UMR 7363 SAGE (Strasbourg, France). He has been a collaborator of the Mediterranean Demographic Observatory (DemoMed) for several years. He specialises in Mediterranean populations. His PhD focused on territorial and spatial convergence of the ageing population in the Mediterranean. Additionally, he has been studying population decline in France and Southern Europe, and on spatial diffusion processes of demographic phenomena, especially family changes in Europe and fertility decline.

Isabelle Blöss-Widmer holds a PhD in demography from University Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne. She is Associate Professor at Aix-MarseilleUniversity, and a researcher at the UMR 7064 MESOPOLHIS. She is the head of the Mediterranean Demographic Observatory at the Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme. Her current research is mainly on the demography of Mediterranean countries, in particular, the causes and consequences of demographic ageing examined at different administrative scales of the territories.