Rural Exodus and Squatter Settlements in the Third World

Addresses the interrelated questions of urbanization, industrialization, rural-urban migration, and squatter settlements in contemporary developing countries. Emphasizes the structural causes of irregular rural-urban migration in Iran during 1900-1983, and how these causes have been analyzed and examined at the economic, social, and cultural levels. A comparison between contemporary developing countries and today's developed nations has also been formulated.