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 …

resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the …Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater … study assessed the multifactorial drivers of migration. [IGC Working Paper]. …

China's central government has rightfully recognized that successful urbanization will be decisive for the nation … in China, the paper calls for a housing strategy that accommodates the surging waves of rural to urban migration, one of … the main drivers of urbanization, and that provides migrants with greater urban socio-economic opportunities, improves …

As urbanization rates rise globally, it becomes increasingly important to understand the factors associated with urban … out-migration. In this paper, we examine the drivers of urban out-migration among young adults in two medium-sized cities … factors associated with migration and a binary logit model to understand factors associated with remitting behavior. We find …

This paper investigates the urbanization of the Indian manufacturing sector by combining enterprise data from formal … the informal sector is moving from rural to urban locations. While the secular trend for India's manufacturing … urbanization has slowed down, the localized importance of education and infrastructure have not. Our results suggest that districts …

people especially those living in developing countries such as India. Especially the people living in rural areas have been … inadequate. In this respect the President of India advocated that provision of urban amenities in rural areas is an essential …

The paper analyses inequality in housing conditions for India for two time period 2008-09 and 2012. Housing conditions …

. This is particularly true for a force as large and pervasive as urbanization which resulted in massive rural and urban … considered the opposite of urban, but in the process of urbanization, economic and social structures of rural and urban regions …

Migration can act as a negative force. It can lead to distress migration, which is what happens when people have to go … rural urban migration? [CCS Working Paper No. 202]. …