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The Annals of Regional Science
Published in: The Annals of Regional Science 2-3/2015

15-07-2015 | Editorial

Population aging: What role for regional science?

Author: K. Bruce Newbold

Published in: The Annals of Regional Science | Issue 2-3/2015

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Abstract

This paper is a revised version of the Western Regional Science Association Presidential Address, delivered at the 54th annual meetings of the Western Regional Science Association, Tucson, Arizona, February 17, 2015. The paper addresses population aging, an issue that has increasingly become a concern for developed and developing nations. Specifically, it considers aging in the USA and the world along with how, where and why Regional Scientists can be more engaged in this discussion.
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Footnotes
1
Many of the statistics related to the proportional size of older (age \(65+\)) populations were taken from the Population Reference Bureau’s 2014 World Population Data Sheet (www.​prb.​org).
 
2
For a map of aging in the USA (including the state and county scale), see: Howden LM, Meyer JA. 2011. Age and Sex Composition, 2010. 2010 Census Briefs, US Census Bureau, C2010BR-03.
 
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Metadata
Title
Population aging: What role for regional science?
Author
K. Bruce Newbold
Publication date
15-07-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
The Annals of Regional Science / Issue 2-3/2015
Print ISSN: 0570-1864
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0592
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-015-0676-y

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