Speaker:Mrs. Elfie SWERTS, PhD student at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France.

Using geographic theories and models, her PhD aims at increasing the knowledge about the organization and dynamics of the systems of cities, by analyzing and comparing the organization and the dynamics of the Indian and Chinese system of cities. The presentation of today will deal with the distribution of population and growth rates among the cities in the Indian urban system.

Organiser : Department of Social Sciences, French Institute of Pondicherry.

Venue : Jawaharlal Nehru Conference Hall, French Institute of Pondicherry, 11, Saint Louis Street, Pondicherry - 605 001.