URBANIZATION IN INDIA: AN ANALYSIS
Authors/Creators
- 1. ICSSR-PDF, DOS in Economics and Cooperation, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore
- 2. Professor of Economics, Sir M.V.PG. Center. University of Mysore, Thubinkere, Mandya
Description
Urbanization is an index of transformation from traditional rural economies to modern industrial one. It is a progressive concentration of population in urban unit (Davis, 1965). Kingsley Davis has explained urbanization as a process of switch from spread-out pattern of human settlements to one of concentration in urban centers (Davis, 1962). It is a finite process-a cycle through which a nation passes as they evolved from agrarian to industrial society (Davis and Golden, 1954). He has mentioned three stages in the process of urbanization.