Female Migrants in an Urban Setting - The Dimensions of Spatial/Physical Adaptation: The Case of Dhaka

Habitat International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-107

  Huq Hussain, Shahnaz ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIGRANTS--WOMEN; MIGRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION--WOMEN; SLUMS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES; SURVEYS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HOUSING; MIGRANTS--WOMEN; MIGRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION--WOMEN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SLUMS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES; SURVEYS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY AREAS; RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ADAPTATION PROCESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY SUPPORT; FEMALE MIGRATION; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MIGRANTS' ADAPTATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBAN HOUSEHOLDS; WOMEN'S EXPERIENCE;

BANGLADESH, DHAKA;

EID: 0029658908     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-3975(96)80775-2     Document Type: Article

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