Urban growth in India: 1981-2005;Quelle est la nature de la croissance Urbaine Indienne?

Revue d'Economie du Developpement

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-120

  Schaffar, Alexandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Gibrat's law; India; Rank size distribution of cities; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958515765     PISSN: 12454060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/edd.242.0101     Document Type: Article

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