Population geography of mainland hispanic America : inventory of the 1980s
Amérique latine ; Bibliographie ; Evolution démographique ; Géographie de la population ; Population ; Structure démographique
Bibliography ; Demographic change ; Demographic structure ; Latin America ; Population ; Population geography
Population changes since 1980 in Latin America, excluding the Caribbean, Brazil and the Guianas. Marshalls most of the literature on population published between 1980-1990 on this area with a splendid bibliography.―(DWG)
Amérique centrale ; Colonisation ; Densité de population ; Démographie ; Démographie historique ; Guatemala ; Histoire du peuplement ; Répartition de la population ; Structure démographique
Central America ; Colonization ; Demographic structure ; Demography ; Guatemala ; Historical demography ; Population density ; Population distribution ; Settlement history
Survey of the increment of knowledge on the subject. Research themes include native population size at Spanish contact; post-conquest native population decline; the arrival of Spaniards and Africans resulting in the emergence of mixed populations
; and population composition on the eve of Independence.―(DWG)
The A. addresses the geographical and cognate literature on Amerindian populations (mainly pre-Columbian) and the peasant cultures that evolved from liberated African slaves. Future research directions are discussed.―(DWG)
In the 1980s geographers have contributed to studies of prehispanic agriculture and settlement, and colonial population and settlement. Other themes that have engaged geographers are subsistence ecology, migration, and the impact of war on Indians
More than 240 wild areas that total more than 70 000 km2 now receive protection in Central America. Most of these are tropical rain forest and incorporate indigenous populations. This article inventories protected areas for each country and offers