Increase in rural to urban migration flows in recent decades has been an important element of economic integration at both the global and regional levels, notably in India. The global financial crisis has put a temporary halt to this trend and even in India also global crisis impact was there...

Sustainable spatial transformation, urban governance, and the constraints of urban-rural development can be traced through migration. In the Republic of Serbia, after the rapid increase in the number of people living in urban areas due to internal migration, structural changes in settlements...

Neun Beiträge, verfasst von Autorinnen und Autoren ganz unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen, untersuchen den Fairen Handel und seine Alternativen als kulturelles Phänomen, analysieren seine Wertschöpfungsketten und diskutieren seine sozialen, ökonomischen und umweltrelevanten Auswirkungen...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Rural-urban linkages for sustainable development: An introduction -- Part A: Transitions, transformation and rural-urban linkages -- 2....