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    • Population Geography

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    • Reviewing population research progress in the early 1990s.
    • Commemorating the lives and contributions of demographers Alfred Sauvy and Jean Bourgeois-Pichat.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To assess advancements in population research, particularly within population geography.
    • To evaluate progress in understanding and explaining demographic processes.

    Main Methods:

    • Literature review of population research from a geographical perspective.
    • Analysis of technical measurement and interrelation of demographic processes (mortality, fertility, migration).

    Main Results:

    • Significant technical progress in measuring and interrelating mortality, fertility, and migration.
    • Slower progress in explaining population phenomena, with a shift towards novel explanatory forms.
    • Worldwide geographical scope of reviewed research.

    Conclusions:

    • Population geography has seen notable technical advancements.
    • The field is moving towards more insightful, less theory-heavy explanations for demographic trends.