selection of primary sampling units in both rural and urban areas was drawn by probability proportional to size sampling …

The starting point of this study is the observation that many villages in India seem to possess urban characteristics …. As compared to definitions of urbanization adopted by other countries, the Indian definition of urban area is actually …. This paper consequently explores a multi-dimensional approach to answer the question of what is an urban area. [CSH Wp no …

urban areas. Further, there are a large number of short term migrants and an increase in return migration rate is also …

analysis of urban metabolism. It provides a good analytical framework for accounting of urban stocks and through puts and helps … concept of urban metabolism is put forth as an organizing concept for data collection, analysis, and synthesis on urban … systems. The main findings and recommendations of the case study underpin efficient resource urban policy and design, as well …

urban segments of 19 major Indian states. The study indicates that besides individual health financing policies of the … respective state governments, there are significant disparities even between rural and urban strata and rich and poorer sections …

The rural-urban distribution of the population is shown. URL:[http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data …