Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

demographic change  

Definition

  • One of the most important features of globalization is the way that it affects, and is affected by, issues related to population and demographic change. Population as a social scientific term refers to a group of people and can be defined by a set of characteristics that these people share, such as their living or working place as well as their social, economic, and cultural characteristics. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Population and Demographic Change]

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/demographic_change

Download this concept: