La dépopulation des archipels du Pacifique. L'exemple de quatre villages de l'île Malekula
Year: 1981
Type: article
Abstract: Rallu Jean-Louis. ? The Depopulation of the Pacific Archipelagos. Four Villages on the Island of Malekula. The decline in the populations of the South Sea islands at the beginning of the colonization period is frequently mentioned, but has not been studied in detail, because the initial censuses are inaccurate. A genealogical study of the population of a number of villages in the northern part of the island of Malekula has made it possible to document the process of depopulation. At the beginning of contacts with the colonizers, the number of natives was reduced considerably as a result of diseases introduced by the newcomers. The surviving population was old and its sex ratio was unbalanced. These characteristics can be demontrasted from some enquiries conducted during the first half of the present century. The continuing high rate of mortality and unbalanced population structure continued to cause a slow decline in numbers until the second world war. Since that time, the population has begun to increase once again, and the growth rate increased during the 1960s.
Source: Population
DOI: 10.2307/1532619
Author: Jean-Louis Rallu
Language: French
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1746513810