title: Urban squatting and migration in Peninsular Malaysia.
abstract: "This article examines some of the links between the phenomena of urban migration and squatter settlements in the Third World city.  This will be done by demonstrating that both are outcomes of fundamental social and political forces that have operated on these societies.  Migration and squatting are placed in a context of the historical processes that led to the uneven development of Malaysia.  The article offers some explanation for the origin of the inequalities observed in spatial structures--in this case urban housing--by focusing on one of the contributory factors, namely migration."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D006798:Housing; D008296:Malaysia; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Historical Survey; Housing; Malaysia; Migration; Migration, Internal; Political Factors; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Rural-urban Migration; Socioeconomic Factors; Southeastern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Squatters; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization