If Everyone Returned, the Island Would Sink: Urbanisation and Migration in Vanuatu

by Kirstie Petrou

Focusing on the small island of Paama, Vanuatu, and the capital, Port Vila, this book presents a rare and recent study of the ongoing significance of urbanisation and internal migration in the Global South. Based on longitudinal research undertaken in rural 'home' places, urban suburbs and informal settlements over thirty years, this book reveals the deep ambivalence of the outcome of migration, and argues that continuity in the fundamental organising...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789206219
• ISBN13: 9781789206210
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"