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Population geography, scale, environment, and sex‐ratio imbalances: An appreciation of the contribution to population geography of Professor John Clarke (1929–2018)
Author(s) -
Findlay Allan M.,
Evans Ian
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
population, space and place
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1544-8452
pISSN - 1544-8444
DOI - 10.1002/psp.2207
Subject(s) - champion , human geography , population , scale (ratio) , time geography , geography , historical geography , economic geography , subject (documents) , regional geography , commission , five themes of geography , social science , sociology , regional science , demography , political science , development geography , cartography , law , archaeology , library science , computer science
Abstract With John Clarke's death, population geography has lost a champion of the subdiscipline. His textbook Population Geography introduced the subject to a generation of human geographers around the world. His research advanced understanding of population and scale, whereas his lead role as Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission on Population Geography was used to promote pioneering research on population and the environment. He was well ahead of his time with research on geography and gender, reflected in his many publications on sex ratios and the gendered asymmetries of power.