Rural-to-urban Migration and Urbanization in Leh, Ladakh

Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration

This chapter considers the literature on urbanization and migration to cities from rural areas in developing and middle-income countries. The chapter assesses recent patterns, discusses traditional models, addresses more recent models of migration, presents some of the recent findings from the micro-econometric literature, and closes with a discussion of the role of cities in economic growth. C...

Urbanization, Rural–urban Migration and Urban Poverty

Climate Change over Leh ( Ladakh ) , India

Mountains over the world are considered as the indicators of climate change. The Himalayas is comprised of five ranges viz., Pir Panjal, Great Himalayas, Zanskar, Ladhak and Karakorum. Ladakh region lies in the northern most state of India, Jammu and Kashmir, in the Ladhak range. It has a unique cold-arid climate and lies immediately south of the Karakorum range. With scarce water resources, su...

Scenario Analysis on Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration in China

Linkages between Urbanization, Rural–Urban Migration and Poverty Outcomes in Africa