Migration, urbanization, and development : new directions and issues / edited by Richard E. Bilsborrow.

Format:

• Book
• Conference/Event

Contributor:

• Bilsborrow, Richard E.

Conference Name:

• Symposium on Internal Migration and Urbanization in Developing Countries (1996 : New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Rural-urban migration--Developing countries--Congresses.
• Rural-urban migration.
• Developing countries.
• Migration, Internal--Developing countries--Congresses.
• Migration, Internal.
• Urbanization--Developing countries--Congresses.
• Urbanization.

Genre:

• Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 531 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : United Nations Population Fund ; Norwell, Mass., USA : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1998]

Summary:

• Internal migration and urbanization are key dimensions of the process of socioeconomic development. The unprecedented movement of peoples within the borders of their own countries is one of the greatest transformations witnessed in the 20th century. Policy analysts, especially those from developing countries where internal migration can be felt at first hand, view migration as one of the most important factors affecting the course of development.
• It is within this context that UNFPA convened the Symposium on Internal Migration and Urbanization in Developing Countries in January 1996 in preparation for the United Nations World Conference on Human Settlements in Istanbul in June 1996. The final results of the symposium are found in this book. This volume provides a better understanding, at global level, of internal migration issues of concern to policy analysts.

Contents:

• 1. The State of the Art and Overview of the Chapters / Richard E. Bilsborrow 1
• Part 1. Old and New Patterns of Internal Migration and Urbanization in Developing Countries
• 2. What Do We Know about Recent Trends in Urbanization? / Nancy Chen, Paolo Valente, Hania Zlotnik 59
• 3. Recent Internal Migration Processes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants, Consequences, and Data Adequacy Issues / John O. Oucho 89
• 4. New Trends in Urban Settlement and the Role of Intraurban Migration: the Case of Sao Paulo/Brazil / Jose Marcos Pinto da Cunha 121
• Part 2. Migration Determinants and Linkages with Economic Growth
• 5. Rural Out-Migration in China: A Multilevel Model / Junming Zhu 157
• 6. Migration Motivation, Family Links, and Job Search Methods of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in India / Biswajit Banerjee 187
• 7. Measuring the Macroeconomic Impact of Internal Migration: A Production Function Approach with Evidence from Peru / Andrew Morrison, Xin Guo 221
• Part 3. The Consequences of Migration
• 8. Migration and Urbanization in West Africa: Methodological Issues in Data Collection and Inference / Philippe Bocquier, Sadio Traore 249
• 9. Assessing the Consequences of Internal Migration: Methodological Issues and a Case Study on Thailand Based on Longitudinal Household Survey Data / Philip Guest 275
• 10. Rural-Urban Migration and Development: Evidence from Bangladesh / Rita Afsar 319
• 11. Migration and the Fertility Transition in African Cities / Martin Brockerhoff 357
• Part 4. Migration, Urbanization Processes, and Implications
• 12. A Reassessment of Migration and Urbanization in Mexico in the 20th Century / Carlos Brambila Paz 393
• 13. The Coping Capacity of Latin America's Cities / Alan G. Gilbert 435
• 14. Urban Economic Growth in the 21st Century: Assessing the International Competitiveness of Metropolitan Areas / Dennis A. Rondinelli, Gyula Vastag 469
• Appendix Internal Migration and Urbanization Recommendations. Symposium on Internal Migration and Urbanization in Developing Countries: Implications for Habitat II 515.

Notes:

• "Proceedings of the Symposium on Internal Migration and Urbanization in Developing Countries, 22-24 January 1996, New York."
• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

• 0792380320
• 0792380339

OCLC:

37606169