Title: Where Have All the People Gone?: Urbanization and Counter-Urbanization in Thailand
Article in: Journal of the Siam Society
Authors: Shlomo Angel
First published: 1988
Pages: 245-259
Overview: This essay seeks to explode some of the prevailing myths regarding migration and settlement in Thailand. Between 1961 and 1982 for example, the rural population of Thailand grew from 24 to 43 million people. The question is: “where have all these people gone?”