title: The status of circular migration in the evolution of Melanesian towns:  an attempt at explanation.
abstract: "This article proposes a model of Melanesian urbanization and associated forms of migration, both permanent and temporary/circular.  The model describes four stages of urban development, spanning the arrival of capitalism to a futuristic city of the next century.  The author links the future of circular migration in Melanesia to the relative strengths of the precapitalist and capitalist modes of production and associated social relations, particularly the wantok [kinship network]."
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005843:Geography; D008542:Melanesia; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011056:Political Systems; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012919:Social Behavior; D012939:Social Planning; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Behavior; Capitalism; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Geographic Factors; Kinship Networks; Macroeconomic Factors; Melanesia; Migration; Migration, Internal; Oceania; Political Systems; Population; Population Dynamics; Production; Rural Development; Social Behavior; Spatial Distribution; Temporary Migration; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization