Overthelastfewdecades,globalizationhashadavisibleeffectonurbanizationandmigrationpatternsacrossmuchofAsia.Analysesofmigrationpatternsrevealthatsomeofthelargestmovementsofpeopleintheworldactuallytakeplaceintheformofinternalmigrationwithincertainregionsandcountries,aspeoplemovefromruralareastoboomingurbancentres.WiththehelpofselectedcasestudiesfromIndia,China,Japan,SriLanka,Indonesia,Vietnam,andthePhillipines,thisvolumeexaminesthefollowingissues:Whydopeoplemovefromruraltourbanareas?Inwhatwaysdoesglobalizationaffectsuchmovements?Whatarethesynergiesbetweenglobalization,urbanization,andmigration?Whatarethechallengesthatcomewithresettlement,especiallyforminoritiesandotherlessempoweredgroups?effectonurbanizationandmigrationpatternsacrossmuchofAsia.Analysesofmigrationpatternsrevealthatsomeofthelargestmovementsofpeopleintheworldactuallytakeplaceintheformofinternalmigrationwithincertainregionsandcountries,aspeoplemovefromruralareastoboomingurbancentres.WiththehelpofselectedcasestudiesfromIndia,China,Japan,SriLanka,Indonesia,Vietnam,andthePhillipines,thisvolumeexaminesthefollowingissues:Whydopeoplemovefromruraltourbanareas?Inwhatwaysdoesglobalizationaffectsuchmovements?Whatarethesynergiesbetweenglobalization,urbanization,andmigration?Whatarethechallengesthatcomewithresettlement,especiallyforminoritiesandotherlessempoweredgroups?
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