"Il titolo dell'opera, 'Ostro', implica un viatico romantico, simbolico ed evocativo: il nome di un vento che trasporti questi componimenti in fuga, verso altri territori, altre culture, lettori, autori. All'interno del volume Ostro (vento del mediterraneo e detto anche vento di mezzogiorno, conosciuto anche come Noto, dall'omonimo personaggio della mitologia greca, figlio di Astreo e di Eros) si susseguono, in ordine alfabetico: Davide Bacci con la raccolta 'Le sfumature dei Colori', Mari...

The last hundred years have witnessed the ongoing decline of Europe’s population and the explosion of Africa’s, major changes in migratory flows, significant variations in fertility levels across different countries and ethnic groups and the dizzying growth of large metropolises. These changes alter and sometimes disrupt relations between societies, states and regions of the world and influence political choices, with variable and often unpredictable force and speed. Past and current crise...

Human history has always been marked by the mobility of people and populations, from the earliest movement of human beings out of Africa to the flows of migrants and refugees today. While mobility is intrinsic to human nature, migration is not always voluntary: it can be the result of free choice, but it can also be forced, in different ways and to varying degrees.In this book, Massimo Livi-Bacci examines migrations past and present with reference to the degree of free choice behin...

In the space of another generation, the population of the earth will rise by 2.5 billion. Yet the real problem we face is not so much the increase in numbers as the fact that growth will be highly uneven. Whereas rich countries will see aging populations with little growth, populations in poor countries will double or even triple, having a much higher percentage of young people.Against this backdrop, demographer Massimo Livi Bacci examines the implications of this disproportionate ...