George J Demko

Biographic Data

ID391990
NAMEGeorge J Demko
GIVEN NAMESGeorge J
FAMILY NAMEDemko
SIGNATUREDEMKO G J
AFFILIATIONSThe Ohio State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS104
AUTHOR COUNT25
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1968
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX6

  • Population Under Duress: The Geodemography of Post-Soviet Russia

    George J Demko, Grigory Ioffe et al.BOOKPopulation under Duress2018

  • Reordering the World: Geopolitical Perspectives on the Twenty-First Century

    George J Demko, William B WoodBOOKReordering the World2018Cited by: 10

  • Inequalities in Infant Survival: An Analysis of Czech Linked Records

    Open AccessJitka Rychtarikova, George J DemkoARTICLEEuropean Journal of Population /…2001Cited by: 2References: 13

  • Populations at Risk in America: Vulnerable Groups at the End of the Twentieth Century

    Anne Foner, George J Demko et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1996

    This is a collection of studies on vulnerable or disadvantaged populations in the United States at the end of the twentieth century and on the severe and persistent social problems associated with them. These troubling dilemmas including poverty homelessness discrimination and severe inequity afflict some subgroups of the population more than others and it is the plight of these at-risk groups--children growing numbers of homeless families and in…

  • Reordering the World: Geopolitical Perspectives on the Twenty-First Century

    Paul J Taylor, Peter J Taylor et al.ARTICLEEconomic Geography1996

    Part 1 Recurring issues and problems: introduction - international relations through the prism of geography, George J. Demko and William B. Wood geopolitics in the new world era - a new perspective on an old discipline, Saul B. Cohen the power and politics of maps, Alan K. Henrikson people together, yet apart - rethinking territory, sovereignty and identities, David B. Knight international boundaries - lines in the sand (and the sea), Bradford L.…

  • Geography beyond the Ivory Tower

    George J DemkoARTICLEAnnals of the Association of…1988Cited by: 8References: 1

    The primary argument put forth is that the employment and research frontier for geography lies in the non-academic sectors of the economy—local and federal employment, the private sector and the school system. To expand opportunities in those sectors, as well as to strengthen academic geography, the profession must create an unambiguous image through relevant, clearly written research on significant issues. Geographers in all sectors must play a …

  • On Geography, Geographers and Things Nuclear

    George J DemkoARTICLEAnnals of the Association of…1988Cited by: 1

  • News of the Profession

    Open AccessGeorge J DemkoARTICLESlavic Review1987

    On Monday 4 May 1987 the community of Russian and Soviet scholars and the geographic community lost a great friend and intellectual resource. Ted Shabad, born in Berlin, educated in New

  • DR. THEODORE SHABAD April 4, 1922-May 4, 1987

    Open AccessGeorge J DemkoARTICLEUrban Geography1987

  • Socialism and Its Impact on Urban Processes and the City

    George J Demko, Joanna RegulskaARTICLEUrban Geography1987Cited by: 13

    (1987). SOCIALISM AND ITS IMPACT ON URBAN PROCESSES AND THE CITY. Urban Geography: Vol. 8, Socialist City I, pp. 289-292

  • Geographical Studies on the Soviet Union: Essays in Honor of Chauncy D. Harris

    Ronald D Liebowitz, George J Demko et al.ARTICLEThe Russian Review1986

  • Geographical Studies on the Soviet Union: Essays in Honor of Chauncy D. Harris

    Open AccessVictor L Mote, George J Demko et al.ARTICLEGeographical Review1985Cited by: 1

  • Population Concentration in an Urban System: Korea 1949-1980

    Wilfred Smith, W Randy Smith et al.ARTICLEUrban Geography1983Cited by: 4References: 5

    This study focuses on growth and change in the urban system of the Republic of Korea over the past three decades. In an analysis of system-wide and subregional growth trends, with particular emphasis given to the Gini coefficient of population concentration, two stages of development are identified. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the system experienced numerical and spatial expansion, along with growing concentration in the largest centers. Si…

  • Rethinking population distribution policies

    Open AccessRoland J Fuchs, George J DemkoARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…1983Cited by: 4References: 22

  • Geographic Inequality Under Socialism∗

    Roland J Fuchs, George J DemkoARTICLEAnnals of the Association of…1979Cited by: 16

    Many studies have documented the existence of spatial socio-economic inequalities in developing nations, as well as developed, Western nations with market economies. Such spatial inequalities generally have been ascribed to deficiencies in the political, social, and economic systems prevailing in these states. Some writers have implied that under Marxist forms of socialism such inequalities would not occur and that territorial or spatial justice …

  • Population Distribution Policies in Developed Socialist and Western Nations

    Open AccessRoland J Fuchs, George J DemkoARTICLEPopulation and Development Review1979Cited by: 4References: 3

    The population distribution policies and instruments used in the developed European countries with particular reference to Poland Hungary the German Democratic Republic Czechoslovakia and the USSR and the developed marked and mixed economies of Western Europe North America and Australia are examined. The development of population distribution policies and policy objectives in each group of countries is discussed along with a detailed comparison o…

  • Theoretical Problems of Geography

    K M Clayton, A Anuchin et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1979

  • Theoretical Problems of Geography

    Roman Cybriwsky, R A Cybriwsky et al.ARTICLEThe Russian Review1978Cited by: 3

  • The Postwar Mobility Transition in Eastern Europe

    Open AccessRoland J Fuchs, George J DemkoARTICLEGeographical Review1978Cited by: 20

    In this article we shall examine the decline of migration and its replacement by commuting in Eastern Europe specifically in the advanced industrial nations of the Soviet Union the German Democratic Republic Czechoslovakia Poland and Hungary. Since World War II these countries have experienced changes in mobility that are characteristic of the passage in Zelinskys model from the Early Transitional Society phase through Advanced Society phase and …

  • Internal Migration in the Soviet Union

    Blaine Ball, George J DemkoARTICLEEconomic Geography1978Cited by: 5

    Internal migration as revealed in the Soviet Census of 1970 is heavily biased toward urban areas and certain economically and environmentally attractive regions such as the Central Industrial Region and the Ukrainian South. The earlier heavy migrant flows into Kazakhstan and the Central Asian Republics have reversed to the point where net out-migration is now characteristic of the region. The eastern regions of the country, the Siberias and the F…

  • Geographical Perspectives in the Soviet Union: A Selection of Readings

    Open AccessRichard E Lonsdale, George J Demko et al.ARTICLEGeographical Review1976

  • Geographical Perspectives in the Soviet Union: A Selection of Readings

    David Hooson, George J Demko et al.ARTICLEThe Russian Review1975

  • Geographical Perspectives in the Soviet Union: A Selection of Readings

    Robert G Jensen, Robert Jensen et al.ARTICLEEconomic Geography1975

  • Divorce in the USSR: Spatial and Legal Changes, 1940-1960

    George J DemkoARTICLEThe Soviet and Post-Soviet Review1974

  • Population Geography: A Reader

    Open AccessD C, George J Demko et al.ARTICLEPopulation1972Cited by: 6