Migration, Urbanization, and Development: New Directions and Issues - Softcover

Symposium On Internal Migration And Urbanization In Developing Countri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0792380339 ISBN 13: 9780792380337

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub, 1998

Synopsis

Internal migration and urbanization are key dimensions of the process of socioeconomic development. The unprecedented movement of peoples within the borders of their own countries is one of the greatest transformations witnessed in the 20th century. Policy analysts, especially those from developing countries where internal migration can be felt at first hand, view migration as one of the most important factors affecting the course of development.
It is within this context that UNFPA convened the Symposium on Internal Migration and Urbanization in Developing Countries in January 1996 in preparation for the United Nations World Conference on Human Settlements in Istanbul in June 1996. The final results of the symposium are found in this book. This volume provides a better understanding, at global level, of internal migration issues of concern to policy analysts.

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Review

`There is a great deal in this book to attract the student of migration and urbanization. ...there are an enormous numer of new and interesting insights into urbanization... This book is to be highly recommended to students of urbanization, migration, and development in less developed countries. It has a wealth of empirical information and theoretical insights but also indicates the highly limited state of our knowledge about this important area.'
Population Studies, 55 (2001)

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792380339
• ISBN 13: 9780792380337
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 531