Migration in India: Links to Urbanization, Regional Disparities and Development Policies

Book Details

• Author: Shekhar Mukherji

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Language: English

• Edition: 2013

• ISBN: 9788131605578

• Pages: 548

• Cover: Hardcover

• Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.6 x 1.2 inches

About the Book
This comprehensive volume provides a deep dive into the critical and escalating issues of distressed migration and urban involution in India. With migration numbers rising dramatically—from 221 million in 1991 to approximately 450 million by 2011—the book explores one of the world's largest internal migrations.

Focusing on five interconnected areas—migration patterns, the migration-urbanization system, poverty, underlying processes, and policy frameworks—the book sheds light on overlooked aspects of migration. It unearths vital causal relationships between migration, urban decay, and growing regional disparities.

Key themes include poverty-driven migration, rural destitution, collapsing urban infrastructure, slum expansion, systemic corruption, and the exacerbation of social inequality. Going beyond analysis, the author proposes actionable development strategies and inclusive policies for a more just and egalitarian society.

Essential for researchers and professionals in geography, demography, economics, urban studies, regional planning, and public policy, this book is a valuable resource for understanding and responding to one of India's most urgent socio-economic challenges.