Study is confined to Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh.

Sustaining the rural and urban populations of the developing world has been identified as a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Rural-Urban Interaction in the Developing World is an introduction to the relationships between rural and urban places in the developing world and shows that not all their aspects are as obvious as migration from country to city. There is now a growing realization that rural-urban relations are far more complex. Using a wealth of student-friendly features including boxed case studies, discussion questions and annotated guides to further reading, this innovative book places rural-urban interactions within a broader context, thus promoting a clearer understanding of the opportunities, as well as the challenges, that rural-urban interactions represent.

Monograph on the relationship between overurbanization and rural area poverty in developing countries - examines the impact of rapid industrialization on urban development, rural migration and unemployment, etc., and discusses short term and long term rural development policies as well as obstacles to their implementation. Graphs.

Originally published in 1989, The Geography of Urban-Rural Interaction in Developing Countries addresses the nature and importance of the interaction between ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ areas within Third World national territories, providing much-needed comparative, cross-cultural, and cross-national material. The book discusses the various theories of urban-rural interaction, and summarises the topic in the form of the movement of people, goods, money, capital, new technology, energy, information and ideas. Case studies are drawn from different areas of the Third World – including Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Caribbean and illustrate in detail the nature of urban-rural interaction.

Addressing the population growth in developing countries, 23 articles survey sociological, economic, demographic, political, and agricultural aspects of the problem. Some deal with the current situation in specific countries, others trace the history or make suggestions for change. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR