Paul Lightfoot

Biographic Data

ID262364
NAMEPaul Lightfoot
GIVEN NAMESPaul
FAMILY NAMELightfoot
SIGNATURELIGHTFOOT P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Hull
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS34
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
H-INDEX4

  • Urban Ties of Rural Thais

    Theodore D Fuller, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa et al.ARTICLEInternational Migration Review1990Cited by: 3

  • Urban Ties of Rural Thais

    Open AccessTheodore D Fuller, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa et al.ARTICLEInternational Migration Review1990Cited by: 10References: 10

    Sponsorship plays an important role in influencing migration decisions and shaping migration streams. Therefore, it is important to document the nature and extent of interpersonal linkages between villagers and urban dwellers. This article presents such an analysis for Thailand, in a context dominated by circular mobility. Using data from Northeast Thailand, it examines the prevalence of urban social contacts, selectivities involved in such linka…

  • Mobility plans and mobility behavior: Convergences and divergences in Thailand

    Open AccessTheodore D Fuller, Paul Lightfoot et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Environment1985Cited by: 5References: 10

  • Rural-urban mobility in Thailand: A decision-making approach

    Open AccessTheodore D Fuller, Paul Lightfoot et al.ARTICLEDemography1985Cited by: 9References: 14

    An individual behavioral model of the decision-making process for rural-urban mobility is applied to longitudinal data from an area of Northeast Thailand where circular rural-urban movement dominates. The individual-level variables included in the model are: recent mobility history, urban social contacts, information about urban areas, evaluations of various locations, migration plans, and actual movements in the period subsequent to an initial i…

  • Toward Migration Management: A Field Experiment in Thailand

    Theodore D Fuller, Paul Lightfoot et al.ARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…1985Cited by: 4

  • Design and Evaluation of A Migration Experiment in Thailand

    Open AccessTheodore D Fuller, Paul Lightfoot et al.ARTICLESociological Quarterly1985Cited by: 1References: 31

    In many less developed countries, planners are concerned about the concentration of population in one or two major cities. The authors implemented a small-scale experimental program in Northeast Thailand designed to alter patterns of outinigration from a rural area, specifically to redirect migration to urban centers within the same region rather than toward Bangkok. Using data from a baseline survey and a follow-up survey 12 months later, strong…

  • Circular rural-urban movement and development planning in Northeast Thailand

    Open AccessPaul Lightfoot, U K Hull et al.ARTICLEGeoforum1983Cited by: 2References: 4

  • Emerging Southeast Asia: A Study in Growth and Stagnation

    Paul Lightfoot, Donald W Fryer et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1980

  • Some Notes on Geography and Social Engineering

    Open AccessRobert Douglas, R J W Douglas et al.ARTICLEAntipode1972

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