Kingsley Davis

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Kingsley Davis (August 20, 1908- February 27, 1997) was an esteemed sociologist and demographer, contributing to the complex study of American society and the studies of human societies worldwide. A Hoover Institution Senior Research Fellow, Davis is credited with the coining of the terms population explosion and zero population growth, and was the first sociologist to be elected into the United States National Academy of Sciences.

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Zero Population Growth (ZPG) is a concept coined by American sociologist Kingsley Davis. It is a condition of demographic balance where population in a specified population neither grows nor declines.

Zero population growth is achieved when the birth rate of a population equals the death rate.

Zero population growth is often a goal of demographic planners and environmentalists who believe that reducing population growth is essential for the health of the ecosphere. However, achieving ZPG is difficult because a country's population growth is often determined by economic factors, incidence of poverty, etc.

Publications

  • Davis, Kingsley. Human Society (MacMillan, 1949)
  • Davis, Kingsley. The Population of India and Pakistan (Princeton University Press, 1951)
  • Davis, Kingsley. Cities: Their Origin, Growth and Human Impact (W.H. Freeman, 1973).
  • Davis, Kingsley. World Urbanization 1950-1970 (Berkeley: Institute of International Studies, 1969, 1972)

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