Preface. PART I: A DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE. 1. Introduction to Demography. 2. Global Population Trends. 3. Demographic Perspectives. 4. Demographic Data. PART II: POPULATION PROCESSES. 5. The Health and Mortality Transition. 6. The Fertility Transition. 7. The Migration Transition. PART III: POPULATION STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS. 8. The Age Transition. 9. The Urban Transition. 10. The Family and Household Transition. PART IV: USING THE DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE. 11. Population and the Environment. 12. Coping with Demographic Change. Appendix: Population Data for the World, Keyed to Figured 2.1. Glossary. Bibliography. Geographic Index. Subject Index.