title: On the industrialization of small towns in Pakistan.
abstract: "Migration to large metropolitan cities in Pakistan from rural areas and small towns has put enormous pressure on those cities and created many socio-economic and demographic problems.  This article suggests that, in conjunction with other steps, many smaller towns should be developed and industrialized to ease the pressure on the larger cities, as has been done in other areas of the world."
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiyani
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D007221:Industry; D010154:Pakistan; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012939:Social Planning; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Development Policy; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Industrialization; Migration; Migration, Internal; Pakistan; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Rural-urban Migration; Southern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization