Migration data is matched from the Indian census with climate data to test the hypothesis of climate variability as a … push factor for internal migration. The main contribution of the analysis is to introduce relevant meteorological …

Historically, urbanization has been a great force of economic transformation, modernization and social change in the … developed world. On the flip side, migration has been blamed for the woes of modern cities overlooking the fact that urban … planning and governance are equally responsible. Indian cities are a result of large scale migration over time-a fact which has …

in the form of ‘demographic bonus ’. Urbanization is also expected to continue. Thus it seems that India⠅

the rest of the study to draw conclusions on various issues. A discussio of the main changes that are forcing a transition …

The paper examines the urbanization pattern with context of India. The paper deals with various demographic aspects of … urbanization. Also the paper focuses on characteristics and classes of cities, and poverty and slums. [Working Paper 141]. URL …

broad forces of modernization, such as urbanization, industridiization, shifts to non-agricultural labor, and increased …