K. Bruce Newbold is professor of geography at McMaster University. His books include Six Billion Plus: World Population in the Twenty-first Century.

• Population Geography: An Introduction Chapter 1 World Population Chapter 2 Population Data Chapter 3 Population Distribution and Composition Chapter 4 Fertility Chapter 5 Mortality Chapter 6 Internal Migration Chapter 7 International Migration Flows: Immigrants and Transnational Migrants Chapter 8 Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Chapter 9 Cities Chapter 10 Population Policies Chapter 11 Population Growth: Linking to Economic Development, Resource Scarcity, and Food Security Conclusion: Doing Population Geography

Population geography is one of the most important subjects out there—key to understanding how communities change, cities grow, labor forces evolve, and social and spatial inequalities persist. Newbold’s book covers all the essentials, from foundational theory and concepts to data, methods, and policy. The book is organized with an intuitive and engaging structure and is sure to prove equally popular with students and established experts in the field.