Who’s afraid of population decline ? Challenges, responses and consequences

Appel à contribution avant le 15 décembre 2011

Papers for this session should therefore address one or more of the following questions : Which patterns of (national, regional, urban) population decline can be observed ? ; Which specific challenges result from declining population numbers ? (E.g.: to territorial cohesion.) ; How exactly pose declining populations challenges that are different from challenges resulting from growing populations ? ; Which aspect of population decline is most problematic ? (E.g.: the expectation of decline, tempo, scope and volatility of the process itself or its result :smaller populations.) ; Which social fields are vulnerable to shrinking populations ? (E.g.: infrastructures of the welfare state such as child care, education and health units : public administration, business organisations, the family.) ; Which responses to declining populations can be observed ? ; How can responses to declining population numbers be classified and explained ? ; Which consequences result from population decline and specific response patterns (on a national, regional, urban, organizational, individual level)? ; Is it desirable and possible to develop a middle range theory of possible consequences of population decline?