Migration and the Slums Growth: A case study of Goansala ward No:23 of Darjeeling town, West Bengal - Softcover

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In the era of increasing transnational migration over the last few decades, the growth of slums is one of the important consequences in the urban phenomena which should be deal sociologically. Hence this study is based on the dissertation work of migration and slums which has been conducted in the Darjeeling Himalayan town where the categories of so called "slums" is not much visible though it constitute the major portion of urban spaces. Further special reference has been given to the transnational migration from Nepal to India due to open border policy between the two countries. Last but not the least, the book tries to deal with various characteristic features of slums in contemporary Darjeeling Himalayan town.

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