%0 Book Section
%9 OS CH : Chapitres d'ouvrages scientifiques
%A Roy, S.N.
%A Zérah, Marie-Hélène
%A Denis, E.
%T Subaltern urbanization and rural-urban linkages in India
%B Handbook on rural-urban linkages in the Global South
%C [Copenhague]
%D 2025
%E Tacoli, C.
%E Agergaard, J.
%E Andreasen, M.H.
%E Brown, D.
%L fdi:010094492
%G ENG
%I Edward Elgar Publishing
%@ 978-1-80220-770-5
%K INDE
%P 70-84
%R 10.4337/9781802207712.00010
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010094492
%> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2025-08/010094492.pdf
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X Besides the large-scale metropolises, India's urban landscape is dotted with numerous small towns and large villages with different economic structures and a varied set of basic services. This can be attributed to a slow process of metropolitanization of the economy and vernacular agencies of smaller settlements, which have historically served the diverse consumer base of rural and urban India. Based on the analysis of a large-scale, granular socio-economic and spatial dataset, this chapter explores the economic structure and living conditions of these smaller settlements, with reference to their locations relative to big cities, varied capacities and governance structures. It also attempts to correlate these issues with the larger question of rural-urban linkages, using different proxy indicators like commuting and land transactions. The chapter concludes with the idea of subaltern urbanization, materializing in highly varied regions across India that warrant further exposure and analysis.
%S Geography, Planning and Tourism
%$ 102 ; 108