In this Review we delve into the underlying causes of health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and provide an Indigenous perspective to understanding these inequalities. We are able to present only a snapshot of the many research publications about Indigenous health. Our aim is to provide clinicians with a framework to better understand such matters.

An attempt has been made in this paper to analyse the relationship between urbanisation and agricultural growth in India. Agriculture is the mainstay of Indian economy because of its high share in employment and livelihood creation notwithstanding its reduced contribution to the nation's gross domestic product.

The recent third world urbanisation is concentrated in the rural peripheries of the largest cities and its implications for land and livelihood in the peri-urban areas is discussed in this article.

Linkages between different sectors and segments of an economy keep changing with the progress of economy.

In this paper, the authors examined the influence of urbanisation on agricultural activities in Andhra Pradesh. The findings indicate a larger concentration of high value food commodities in the urban and peri-urban areas than in hinterlands/rural areas.