Tony Champion is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. His principal research interests lie in the monitoring and analysis of population and social change in Britain, particularly their regional and local dimensions. He is chair of the IBG Population Geography Study Group and Council member of the British Society for Population Studies.

• Introduction - Tony ChampionKey Population Developments and their Local Impacts Population Pyramids and Shifting Sands - Keith DugmoreTargeting Future Investments to Give the Changing British Public Their Just DesertsMigration, Places and Quality of Life - Allan Findlay and Robert RogersonPeople Voting With Their Feet? The Demographic Component of Local Government Finance - Robert J. Bennett and Gunther KrebsImpacts On Resources, Needs and Budgets Population Change and Education: Schools Rolls and Rationalisation Before and After the 1988 Education Reform Act - Michael BradfordFall-Out from the Demographic Time-Bomb - Anne Green and David OwenA Spatial Perspective On the Labour Force Effects of the “Baby-Bust” Demography and House-Building Needs - Dave KingA Critique of the “Demographic Bulldozer” Scenario Going Into a Home - Anne Corden and Ken WrightWhere Can an Elderly Person Choose?Healthy Indications? Applications of Census Data In Health Care Planning - John MahonMaking Waves? The Contribution of Ethnic Minorities to Local Demography - Vaughan Robinson

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