Rural urban commutation and rural development
- Delhi Shipra Pub. 1992
- 178 p.
Linkages between a city and its neighbouring areas and impact of rural-urban commutation on the rural areas have been discussed in this re search work.
The daily exodus of people from sub-urban vil lages to cities, mainly to earn their livelihood called commuters - develop functional relation ship between city and its peripheral area. Most of the commuters are economically weak. The study of such type of movements is fundamentally im portant to formulate migration policy and for rural development planning.
The study deals with the pattern and nature of commutation, occupational mobility in the com muting and non-commuting households and the impacts of commutation on the economy of vil lages. The book will be found useful by the planners, scholars and students interested in Migration, Demography and Rural Development.