Apparently, there are several very distinct topics in routing which have the word "demand" in them. First, there is Cisco On-Demand Routing quasi-protocol, and then there are on-demand circuits which routing protocols must treat differently. Last but not least, the on-demand circuits are used for Routing Backup.
http://askbow.com/2015/06/08/making-sense-of-all-the-demands-in-routing/