Population crunch in India: Is it urban or still rural?

Current Science

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-40

  Sudhira, H S ^a,b   Gururaja, K V ^c  

^a Indian Institute for Human Settlements   (India)

^b Gubbi Labs   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Megacities; Population crunch; Population growth; Urban rural ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866451329     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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