Abstract
In the author's view, the major concern of population geographers should be their contribution to the study of population in general. Their role should focus on use of the spatial perspective in the analysis of demographic structures rather than on the description of population distribution. This reorientation requires that population geographers master modern demographic techniques and redefine the core area of their subdiscipline to include spatial variations in mortality, fertility, and migration. Geographers are currently making contributions as demographers in 3 areas: modeling and estimation, policy oriented research and research designed to assess the impact of population programs, and research on the causes of longterm demographic change. Further progress depends on the adoption of a perspective that is not narrowly disciplinary.
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