Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement

New perspectives on persisting problems
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-63042-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 406 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Development, Displacement and Resettlement

Every year millions of people are displaced from their homes, livelihoods and communities due to land-based development projects. There is no limit to what can be called a ‘development project’. They can range from small-scale infrastructure or mining projects to mega hydropower plants; can be public or private, well-planned or rushed into. Knowledge of development-induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) remains limited even after decades of experience and research. Many questions are yet unanswered: What is "success" in resettlement? Is development without displacement possible or can resettlement be developmental? Is there a global safeguard policy or do we need an international right ‘not to be displaced’?

This book revisits what we think we know about DIDR. Starting with case studies that challenge some of the most widespread preconceptions, it goes on to discuss the ethical aspects of DIDR. The book assesses the current laws, policies and rights governing the sector, and provides a glimpse of how the displaced people defend themselves in the absence of effective governance and safeguard mechanisms.

This book is a valuable resource for students and researchers in development studies, population and development, and migration and development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Satiroglu, Irge

Choi, Narae

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Introduction Part 1: Challenges to the assumptions of DIDR 1. Looking for a 'successful' resettlement: Is Tahtali Dam the right address? 2. Reinvigorating a critical discussion on 'development' in development-induced displacement and resettlement: A study of non-displacement impacts 3. Risk information sharing: An empirical study on risk perception and depressive symptoms among those displaced by the Three Gorges Project 4. "They are not family, they just live with us!" Exploring the practical, social and ethical implications of defining the household Part 2: Ethics of DIDR 5. Spatial- and complexity-based perspectives on the ethics of development-induced displacement and resettlement 6. The centrality of empowerment in DIDR: An ethical perspective 7. Resettlement projects as spaces of exception Part 3: International and national policies 8. Is there a global safeguard for development displacement? 9. Protection against development-induced displacement in international law 10. Destroying a way of life: The Forest Rights Act of India and land dispossession of indigenous peoples 11. Patterns in arbitrariness: Resettlement experiences of the unrecognized urban poor in Chennai Part 4: Voice and power of people 12. Forging new avenues for rights-claiming: Community responses to development-induced displacement in resettlement in rural Myanmar 13. Speaking through the silence: The role of literature in DIDR activism 14. Activists in urban forced resettlement Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Irge Satiroglu is an independent social impact assessment and resettlement specialist. She joined the University of Oxford as a visiting research fellow in 2011-2012.

Narae Choi is a Social Development Specialist at the World Bank, currently supporting the Indonesian government’s national program of community empowerment.