Routledge Handbook of Asian Demography

Zhongwei Zhao is a graduate of Peking University and the University of Cambridge. He now works at the Australian National University (ANU). His research interests are broad and he has published widely on historical demography, computer microsimulation, family and kinship, mortality, fertility, famine and environmental impacts on population health.Adrian C. Hayes was educated in the UK and the US and has combined an active academic career with extensive development experience in Asia. He has taught at major universities in the United States, Canada, China and Nepal, and has worked with the United Nations, the World Bank and other bilateral and international agencies. He is currently based at the ANU.

• Chapter 1: Introduction - Zhongwei Zhao and Adrian C. HayesChapter 2: Asia’s major demographic data sources - Daniel GoodkindChapter 3: The development of population research institutions in Asia - Peter McDonaldChapter 4: Asian historical demography - Cameron Campbell and Satomi KurosuChapter 5: Fertility decline - Stuart Gietel-BastenChapter 6: Family planning policies and programmes - Adrian C. HayesChapter 7: Family planning, contraceptive use and abortion - Yan Che and Baochang GuChapter 8: Reproductive health and maternal mortality - Terence H. Hull and Meimanat Hosseini-ChavoshiChapter 9: Son preference, sex ratios and ‘missing girls’ in Asia - Monica Das Gupta, Doo-Sub Kim, Shuzhuo Li and Rohini Prabha PandeChapter 10: Child mortality - Danzhen You, Lucia Hug and Kenneth HillChapter 11: Changes in old-age mortality since 1950 - Danan Gu, Patrick Gerland, Kirill Andreev, Nan Li, Thomas Spoorenberg, Gerhard Heilig and Francois PelletierChapter 12: Age patterns and sex differentials in mortality - Yan Yu and Zhongwei ZhaoChapter 13: Trends in causes of death and burden of diseases - Colin D. MathersChapter 14: HIV/AIDS in Asia - Binod NepalChapter 15: Population distribution - Christophe Z. Guilmoto and Sébastien OliveauChapter 16: The urbanization of low- and middle-income Asia - Mark R. Montgomery and Deborah BalkChapter 17: Asia’s international migration - Graeme HugoChapter 18: Forced and refugee migration in Asia - Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Ellen Percy KralyChapter 19: Changing marriage patterns in Asia - Gavin W. JonesChapter 20: Family and household composition in Asia - Albert Esteve and Chia LiuChapter 21: Asia’s demographic transition: variations and major determinants - Minja Kim ChoeChapter 22: Human capital formation in Asia 1970–2010 - Samir KC and Wolfgang LutzChapter 23: The process of population ageing and its challenges - Heather BoothChapter 24: Demographic dividends - Tomoko KinugasaChapter 25: Population and environment in Asia - Adrian C. HayesChapter 26: Population, the state and security in Asia - Geoffrey McNicollChapter 27: The demographic future of Asia - Wolfgang Lutz and Samir KCChapter 28: Conclusion - Zhongwei Zhao and Adrian C. Hayes

The Routledge Handbook of Asian Demography is a much needed compendium of data and analysis on the causes and consequences of the population changes underway in Asia. A lineup of superstar contributors carefully examines the commonalities and the diversity of Asia’s demographic transitions. The volume will be indispensable not only for students and scholars but also for policy makers, program managers, journalists, and others interested in the evolution of population and Asia’s development in the twenty-first century. Peter J. Donaldson, President Emeritus, Population Council