Encyclopaedia of Eminent Thinkers (The Political Thought of Aurobindo)

Urban explosion and its consequences for human welfare and development have now become major concerns of national governments and international organisations. The problem has acquired serious proportions in developing countries where the rural millions who migrated to large cities in search of work have remained shelterless for decades. Slums and squatter settlements have become the hall marks of third world cities. This study seeks to explain how households, given a set of socio-economic charac