1 The Problem and the Setting -- Regional Science as a Discipline -- Techniques of Regional Science -- Objective of the Book -- References -- 2 Analysis and Projection of Population and Income -- Definition of a Region -- Demographic Indexes -- Life Tables -- Makeham’s and Gompertz’s Formula...

Excessive military spendingreduces the available financial reserves for health,education, and other human needs. For poor countries, it increases poverty, unemployment, and destitution.It also strengthens dictatorial tendencies in politics and acts against democratic values. If we want to...