Anthropological Approaches To Resettlement
Anthropological Approaches To Resettlement

Author: Michael M. Cernea

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-04-08

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 042971470X

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This book is about people who have been forced resettle because of development projects. It takes stock of recent applied social science research on involuntary resettlement and forms a part of an international discussion on theories of resettlement and what social scientists can do about it.

Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment
Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment

Author: Cecilia Tortajada

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-02-02

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 3642235700

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One of the most controversial issues of the water sector in recent years has been the impacts of large dams. Proponents have claimed that such structures are essential to meet the increasing water demands of the world and that their overall societal benefits far outweight the costs. In contrast, the opponents claim that social and environmental costs of large dams far exceed their benefits, and that the era of construction of large dams is over. A major reason as to why there is no consensus on the overall benefits of large dams is because objective, authoritative and comprehensive evaluations of their impacts, especially ten or more years after their construction, are conspicuous by their absence. This book debates impartially, comprehensively and objectively, the positive and negative impacts of large dams based on facts, figures and authoritative analyses. These in-depth case studies are expected to promote a healthy and balanced debate on the needs, impacts and relevance of large dams, with case studies from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America.

Understanding Impoverishment
Understanding Impoverishment

Author: Chris McDowell

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781571819277

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Infrastructure development projects are set to continue into the next century as developing country governments seek to manage population growth, urbanization and industrialization. The contributions in this volume raise many questions about 'development' and 'progress' in the late twentieth century. What is revealed are the enormous problems and disastrous affects which continue to accompany displacement operations in many countries, which raise the ever more urgent question of whether the benefits of infrastructure development justify or outweigh the pain of the radical disruption of peoples lives, exacerbated by the fact that, with some notable exceptions, there has been a lack of official recognition on the part of governments and international agencies that development-induced displacement is a problem at all. This important volume addresses the issues and shows just how serious the situation is.

In Search of Cool Ground
In Search of Cool Ground

Author: Tim Allen

Publisher: Africa World Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9780865435254

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Concentrates attention on crucial issues which have been largely ignored and must become key aspects of assistance programs in war-torn areas of the Horn of Africa.

Handbook on Resettlement
Handbook on Resettlement

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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This handbook describes the resettlement process and operational requirements within the Bank's project cycle. It also address the integration of social dimensions into Bank operations. The paper elaborates key resettlement planning concepts, including the policy framework, entitlements, planning resettlement for vulnerable groups, social preparation phases, budgets and time lines.

Relocation Failures in Sri Lanka
Relocation Failures in Sri Lanka

Author: Robert Muggah

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2013-04-04

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1848137699

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Each year, millions of people are internally displaced and resettled in the wake of wars and floods or to make way for large-scale development projects, and this number is increasing. Humanitarian and development specialists continue to struggle with designing and executing effective protection strategies and durable solutions. Relocation Failures explains how internal displacement and efforts to engineer resettlement are conceived and practiced by policy makers and practitioners. The author argues that policies for internally displaced peoples are weak and diluted by narrow interpretations of state sovereignty and collective action dilemmas, and in the case of Sri Lanka, unintentionally intensified ethnic segregation and ultimately war. This unique new book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. In highlighting the ways that development assistance can exacerbate smoldering conflicts, the volume provides an important caution to the aid community.

The Development Dilemma
The Development Dilemma

Author: S. Parasuraman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1349272485

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The social, economic and political contexts in which development projects in India are implemented, and consequences to people displaced by such projects, are analyzed in this book. Development, displacement, resettlement and rehabilitation processes related to three major reservoir bases' irrigation and power projects, and three major industrial projects are studied. The role of the State, international agencies and the private industrial sector in promoting development and managing rehabilitation of the displaced people is assessed, and the author proposes a framework for a comprehensive policy on development, displacement and rehabilitation.