Rural Exodus and Squatter Settlements in the Third World: Case of Iran

By Abol Hassan Danesh

Addresses the interrelated questions of urbanization, industrialization, rural-urban migration, and squatter settlements in contemporary developing countries. Emphasizes the structural causes of irregular rural-urban migration in Iran during 1900-1983, and how these causes have been analyzed and examined at the economic, social, and cultural levels. A comparison between contemporary developing countries and today's developed nations has also been formulated.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819164445
• ISBN13: 9780819164445
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 184 Pages