Title: Theories of city size distribution and Indian urban structure--a reappraisal.

POPLINE Document Number: 246058

Author(s):

Kundu A

Source citation:

Economic and Political Weekly, 1983 Jul 30;18(31):1,361-8.

Abstract:

The relative growth rates of different sizes of towns in India are examined using census data for 1961, 1971, and 1981. A general tendency for the fastest rates of growth to occur in the largest cities is noted. (ANNOTATION)

Keywords:

India
Urbanization
Urban Population
Population Growth
Changes
Asia, Southern
Asia
Developing Countries
Urban Population Distribution
Population Distribution
Geographic Factors
Population
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population Dynamics
Social Change