India's Industrial Cities Essays in Economy and Demography

by Crook, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9780195631722
• ISBN10: 0195631722
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-08-19
• Publisher: School of Oriental and African Studies

Summary

This work studies urbanization in the Third World, emphasizing industrialization through the use of case studies. It examines the historical demography of India's urbanization; problems of infrastructure management; and the recruitment, migration, and reproduction of the labor force.

Author Biography

Nigel Crook is senior lecturer in economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: the urbanization debate, the premise and the theme	p. 1
India's Urban Demography in Historical Perspective	p. 8
Migration, Recruitment, and the Industrial Structure of Cities	p. 25
Technology of Industrial Scale and the Demographic Implications: the steel-town phenomenon	p. 62
Industrial Concentration and Income Security: the case of the single-industry town	p. 84
The Reproduction and Survival of the Urban Labour Force	p. 104
Urban Economic Management: the questions of size and congestion	p. 121
The Economic Solution to the Housing Duality	p. 134
Afterword	p. 152
Appendix A	p. 159
Appendix B	p. 163
Appendix C	p. 165
Bibliography	p. 167
Name Index	p. 174
Subject Index	p. 178
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