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Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

02. Numbering the people: the Census, Vital Registration and Population Registers

Professor David Coleman gives the second lecture on Demographics, where he looks at different ways in which governments and demographers have collected population data.
Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

01. Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century

Professor David Coleman gives the first lecture in his Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World series.
Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

11. Does Government belong in the bedroom?

There are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population size. Slides to accompany Prof David Coleman's talk on birth control from governments.
Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

10. Who's afraid of population decline?

Fear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity of any political entity. Slides to accompany Professor David Coleman's on the fear of population decline.
Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world

Traditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Prof David Coleman looks at family planning in the developing world.
Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

08. After the demographic transition in the developing world

Fertility in all but 12 countries in the world is now falling. Where will it stop? In this talk, Prof David Coleman looks at the demographic transition in the developing world.
Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

07. 'Old Europe' - pensions, taxes and alternatives

Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about the issue of population ageing.
Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

06. Demographic behaviour of immigrant and minority populations

Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about immigrant and minority populations.
Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

04. The retreat of mortality - 20th and 21st century trends

Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about trends in mortality.
Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

03. The 'Second Demographic Transition' - new forms of family

Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about the 'Second Demographic Transition'.
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Exploring the demographic transition in the 21st Century

Many countries around the world are experiencing a demographic transition that is occurring due to increased longevity combined with low fertility rates.
Botanic Garden

Achieving food security and sustainability for 9 billion

To ensure food security for the increasing world population in a environmentally sustainable way, we must double productivity on the same area of land.
Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

The price of civilization

Sachs argues that for the U.S. to regain sound fiscal health the country must also reform its politics.
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Are there limits to growth?

Ian Johnson was Former World Bank's Vice President for Sustainable Development (ESSD) and has over thirty years experience in economic development.
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Population, inequality and global justice

"Optimum population" is a subject long discussed in welfare economics. The talk will first discuss the framework for analysis of policy.
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Scarce resources - problems and solutions

Professor Guy Houlsby, Co-director, Programme on Globalising Tidal Power Generation (Member of Oxford Martin School).
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Overpopulation or underpopulation?

It is common to hear about the problems of overpopulation, but do we really have too many people? Do we have an acceptable number? Or might we even have too few?
Alumni Weekend

The Population Paradox

Professor David Coleman, Dr George Leeson and Dr Nando Sigona discuss the global issues relating to the world's rising population at the Alumni Weekend Conference 2011.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

How Much Does Family Matter? A Cross-Cultural Study of the Impact of Kin on Birth and Death Rates

Lecture delivered by Dr Rebecca Sear, Lecturer in Population Studies, London School of Economics.

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