The volume examines urbanization and migration trends and their patterns in the light of India's emerging urban policy, planning and governance perspectives. It sheds light on the differences in urbanization between developed and less developed parts of the world, with a particular focus on India. It studies migration in general and rural to urban migration particular which plays a significant role in economic and urban transition. The chapters highlight important methodological issues in determining the nature of 'urban' and the magnitude of internal migration. Furthermore, the book presents the contributions of different factors to urban population growth, including natural increase, net rural-to-urban migration, and net rural-to-urban classification, to reflect the relationship between economic development and urbanization. It also elaborates on the regional economic disparities in India and its association with urbanization. The book elucidates the opportunities and challenges of urbanisation, presents explanations and perspectives from various theoretical and epistemological standpoints emphasising the role of a people centric inclusive urbanisation in sustainable development and human wellbeing. The book is aligned with SDG Goal 11, which emphasizes the need to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. It distinguishes between urban development policies focused solely on cities and their issues and urbanisation policies. Overall, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, students, and teachers of city planning, urban development, and urban studies, as well as policymakers.

Comprehensive analysis of India's urbanization and migration trends with emerging policy perspectives Deals with theoretical and conceptual issues related to urbanisation and urban policies Focuses on urbanization differences between developed and less developed parts of the world

Autorentext

Ram B. Bhagat is former Professor and Head, Department of Migration and Urban Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. He has also served as Lecturer (Assistant Professor) and Reader (Associate Professor), Department of Geography, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana (India). Professor Bhagat has been teaching and doing research on population, migration and urbanisation, ethnicity and politics, citizenship and public policies over three decades. As a professional of migration and urban studies, he has participated and contributed in various international and national forums of governmental and non-governmental organisations including various UN bodies namely UNESCO, UNICEF, IOM, ILO, and Population Division, DESA/UN, apart from delivering lectures in India and abroad. Mohammad Izhar Hassan is former Professor of Geography at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana (India). After obtaining Ph.D. from JNU, New Delhi, he began his academic career in the year 1991. His area of interest is population studies in geography. More than two dozen research scholars have obtained their Ph.D./ M.Phil. degrees under his supervision. He has also served as Professor of Geography at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack (Odisha) during 2014–17.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Nature of Urbanisation- Historical and Global Perspective.- Chapter 2: On Defining Urban and Rural-Urban Classification.- Chapter 3: Levels, Trends and Patterns in India's Urbanisation.- Chapter 4: Dynamics of Population Change by Size Class of Urban Centres.- Chapter 5: Rural to Urban Migration: Trends, Patterns, and Policy Issues.- Chapter 6: Migration and Population Change in Mega Cities.- Chapter 7: Urbanization and Access to Basic Amenities.- Chapter 8: Urban Inequality, Segregation and Urban Crime.- Chapter 9: Urban Policies and Programmes.