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Migration Linkage of a New Town and its Significance in Town Planning

Case Study—Durgapur (India)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Jayasri Ray Chaudhuri
Jayasri Ray Chaudhuri
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University of Cambridge
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This paper provides empirical evidence from Durgapur (a post-Independence, industrial new town of eastern India) which tends to support the Harris–Todaro model of migration and introduces the concept of how the age of a town and growth of its indigenous population may affect a potential migrant's expected probability of finding a job. Thus a new town like Durgapur can be expected to experience distinct phases of labour force migration with different proportions of different types of employment certainties which in turn will guide the growth of squatter colonies in the town.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , May 1992 , pp. 209 - 231
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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