Urbanization and Development: The Rural-Urban Transition in Taiwan

ISBN-13: 9780367215569 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

Paul K. C. Liu

Opis

This volume examines these patterns of demographic and economic change in developing nations by focusing on urbanization and migration in Taiwan, and by investigating the linkages between these processes and increases in population size and growth of the economy.

Spis treści

Brown University Studies in Population and Development -- Brown University Studies in Population and Development -- Foreword -- Preface -- Economic Development and Population Growth -- An Historical Overview of Urban Growth -- The Relationship Between Urbanization and Development -- The Growth of the Taipei Metropolitan Area -- Alternate Responses to a Changing Economy: Migration, Commuting and Rural Industrialization -- The Determinants of Migration to the City -- The Economic Success of Migrants in Taipei -- Living Conditions and Social Life of Migrants in the City -- Implications for Policy and Further Research -- : The 1973 Taiwan Migration Survey

O autorze

Liu, Paul K C