Handbook of translocal development and global mobilities / edited by Annelies Zoomers, Maggi [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Zoomers, E. B., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Human geography--Economic aspects.

Human geography.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

"This timely Handbook demonstrates that global linkages, flows and circulations merit a more central place in theorization about development. Calling for a mobilities turn, it challenges the sedentarist assumptions which still underlie much policy making and planning for the future. Expert contributors analyze development from a mobilities perspective, exploring how globalization connects distant people and places, so that what happens in one place has direct bearing on another. Chapters provide an overview of the global trends related to the flows of people and capital over the past decade, and offer insights into the consequences of developmental practices and policies that unfold on the ground. Drawing on specific case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America, this Handbook considers how, in many localities, livelihood opportunities are ever more shaped by positionality, and the ways in which people are attached to and participate in translocal and transnational networks. Providing a bottom-up analysis of the implications of globalization for translocal development, this Handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of development studies, human geography, and sustainability and environmental science. Its use of global case studies will also be useful for practitioners and policy makers who desire a better understanding of the developmental impact of policies and investments"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction to the handbook of translocal development and global mobilities

1. Guus van Westen, Maggi Leung, Kei Otsuki and annelies zoomers

Part I: Translocal development in migratory landscapes

2. Moving far away to stay: Translocal livelihoods, labour migration corridors and mobility in rural Nicaragua / Nanneke Winters, Griet Steel and Carlos Sosa

3. Environmentally related migration in the digital age: The case of Bangladesh / Ingrid Boas

4. Development against migration: Investments, partnerships and counter-tactics in the West African-european migration industry / Joris Schapendonk

PartII: Translocal development in landscapes of value chain development and agribusiness

5. Beyond the value chain: local impacts of 'global' inclusive agribusiness investments - examples from Ghana / Guus van Westen

6. Land-based investments and the inevitability of increased farmer-fulani pastoralist conflicts in northern Ghana / Sebastiaan Soeters, Ruben Weesie and Annelies Zoomers

7. Global flows of investments in agriculture and irrigation-related technologies in sub-Saharan Africa / Janwillem Liebrand, Wouter Beekman, Chris de Bont and Gert Jan Veldwisch

8. Land investment flows and translocal development chains of 'impairing destruction' / Alberto Alonso-Fradejas

Part III: Translocal development in landscapes of nature conservation and wildlife conservation

9. Global investment flows in land restoration and nature conservation / Marja Spierenburg

10. Involuntary resettlement projects as a frontier of sustainable translocal development / Kei Otsuki

Part IV: Translocal development in landscapes of large-scale mining

11. The mining sector in sub-Saharan Africa: Flows of capital and people in large-scale mining and artisanal and small-scale mining / Chris Huggins

12. Corporate and migrant investment in a gold-mining development corridor: The case of suriname / Marjo de Theije

13. Civil society's positionality in new development chains: Insights from the land and mining sectors in tanzania / Joanny Bélair and Thabit Jacob

Part V: Translocal development in landscapes of new city development and urban infrastructures

14. New master-planned cities in Africa: Translocal flows 'touching ground'? / Femke van Noorloos

15. Urban infrastructure and displacement: Two sides of the sustainability coin / Murtah Shannon

16. Conclusions / Kei Otsuki, Guus van Westen and Annelies Zoomers

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78811-742-5

OCLC:

1259320181