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020 _a9781108496360
082 _a307.760954
_bMIT
100 _aMitra, Arup
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245 _aUrban headway and upward mobility in India
260 _bCambridge University Press
_aNew York
_c2020
300 _a191 p.
365 _aINR
_b750.00
504 _aTable of Contents List of tables Preface 1. Introduction 2. Assessing the quality of cities and towns 3. New patterns and new strategies in Indian urbanization 4. Growth, informal sector employment and poverty 5. Upward mobility of the disadvantaged sections 6. Erosion of the caste factor? 7. Changes in a cultural variable Bibliography Index.
520 _aUrbanisation in the literature of development economics is expected to bring in a spectrum of social and economic transformations. With this framework in mind, this book focuses on various aspects of urbanisation in India and its impact on socio-economic variables. The study has been conducted at various levels of disaggregation such as state, district and city and the data is sourced from population census, NSSO's surveys on employment-unemployment schemes and results and consumption expenditure, and primary surveys on slum households conducted by the author. Urbanisation is studied as a process particular to developing countries, contextualising it within the study of India. While this brings about gradual changes contributing to overall growth, the pace is remarkably slow. It brings to the forefront the resilience of the social system that can be mitigated through significant interventions into some of the economic variables. Various policy implications of the evidence based research are discussed at the end of each chapter.
650 _aUrban policy
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650 _aRural-urban migration
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650 _aUrbanization--Economic aspects
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