Circular Migration and Localized Urbanization in Rural India

Soundarya Iyer Environment and Urbanization Asia - 8(1) 105–119, 2017 Internal migration is a major driving force for urbanization all over the world and is of concern in Asia due to its rising magnitude. Most studies on internal migration focus on the migrant in the process of migration and a large majority of studies are interested in understanding the conditions of the migrant at the destination for policy concerns. This article makes a case for studying the source of migration and the rol..