title: Growth and distribution of the Brazilian population: recent trends.
abstract: "The object of this paper is to summarise the leading demographic tendencies of the past decades [in Brazil], focusing mainly on the 1970-80 period.... This paper is divided into two parts: the analysis [of] population growth and of redistribution patterns. This is followed by a reflection on the implications [of] these trends for population policy."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001938:Brazil; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005843:Geography; D007843:Latin America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D011640:Public Policy; D013020:South America
keywords: Americas; Brazil; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Geographic Factors; Latin America; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Population Policy; Social Policy; South America; Spatial Distribution