Decentralized Industrialization and Urban Dynamics

Download or read book Decentralized Industrialization and Urban Dynamics written by Veronique Dupont and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1995-09-13 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking Jetpur and its hinterland as an example, economic demographer Dupont evaluates the capacity of a medium-sized industrial town to attract and settle populations in the context of economic and industrial activity, and simultaneously investigates what the migrants expect in terms of their economic and social strategies consequent to shifting to a town. She synthesizes her detailed findings into implications for formulating appropriate industrial and urban policies. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR