OVERVIEW

Demography and Sustainable Development has a twofold objective: i) to provide an introduction to the main analytical tools available for the study of populations; ii) to clarify the demographic challenges facing the planet in the coming decades.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to direct students towards the understanding and knowledge of socio-demographic contexts through the study of elements of demography and social statistics.

PREREQUISITES

There are no pre-requisites for teaching attendance.

TEACHING METHODS

The course will be held remotely through the Teams platforms (Teams code eln3g3t) and Aulaweb

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Part 1 - Introduction to demography
a. The quantitative study of human populations
b. main elements of statistics: frequencies, average, median, variance, probability
c. Population, dynamics, processes
d. The structure of a population: indices of structure and aging of the population
e. The main tools for demographic analysis: age pyramid, Lexis diagrams, indices, mortality tables.
f. Internal and international migrations
 
Part 2 - The role of demographic change in sustainable development scenarios
A. The long-term European population:
1. Social history and biology of pandemics
2. The Ancien Régime: trends, fluctuations, feedback
3. The demographic transition
4. Population growth and economic development
B. World population and sustainable development
1. Europe between demographic aging and the need for social policies
2. The states born from the disintegration of the Soviet Union
3. The countries of the south-eastern shore of the Mediterranean
4. China and India
5. Latin America
6. Africa
C. The unsolved problems

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

First part:

• see aulaweb
• Ivaldi E. (2019) Elementi introduttivi alla statistica e al calcolo delle probabilità. Impressioni Grafiche ISBN 978-88-6195-306-2
• Micheli G.A. (2011). Demografie, McGraw-Hill

Second part:

• see Aulaweb
• Micheli G.A. (2011). Demografie, McGraw-Hill
• Angeli A., Salvini S. (2018), Popolazione mondiale e sviluppo sostenibile. Il Mulino, Bologna.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ENRICO IVALDI (President)

ANDREA CIACCI

DANILO LEGNARO

PIETRO STANISLAO PARISI

RICCARDO SOLIANI

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam is based on the presentation of a work that develops the demographic situation of a geographical area or a topic to be carried out individually or to groups of students. The work must include both a power point presentation and a text (max 10 pages). The details of both will be agreed with the teacher during the course. During the discussion, the student must be able to answer also methodological questions asked by the teacher.

Exam schedule