Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Causes, Consequences, and Socio-Legal Context Bogumil Terminski

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terminski, Bogumil, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

resettlement.

development.

mobility.

law.

Europe.

legal.

transportation.

dams.

extraction.

migration.

DIDR.

evictions.

humanitarian.

infrastructure.

displacement.

urbanization.

human rights.

redistribution.

mineral resources.

public international law.

Local Subjects:

resettlement.

development.

mobility.

law.

Europe.

legal.

transportation.

dams.

extraction.

migration.

DIDR.

evictions.

humanitarian.

infrastructure.

displacement.

urbanization.

human rights.

redistribution.

mineral resources.

public international law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (613 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2015

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Bogumil Terminski is a specialist in international human rights law and the social dimension of migration. His latest publications include 'International Protection of Migrant Workers' Rights: Origins, Institutions and Impact' (Warsaw University Press, 2011), 'Development-Induced Displacement: The Youngest Category of Internal Displacement' (Losgraf Academic Publishers, 2012), 'Les Migrations, les Réfugiés, les Droits de l'Homme' (UNHCR, 2011), and 'Environmentally-Induced Displacement: Theoretical Frameworks and Current Challenges' (Université de Liège, 2012). He is the author of several books and more than sixty-five peer-reviewed publications on public international law, environmentally-induced displacement and development-induced displacement, international protection of migrant workers, international refugee law, environmental law, social policy, and public health. He is a member of the editorial boards of several academic journals dealing with international human rights law, migration studies, environmental law, public health, and social issues.

Bogumil Terminski is a specialist in international human rights law and the social dimension of migration. His latest publications include ´International Protection of Migrant Workers´ Rights: Origins, Institutions and Impact´ (Warsaw University Press, 2011), ´Development-Induced Displacement: The Youngest Category of Internal Displacement´ (Losgraf Academic Publishers, 2012), ´Les Migrations, les Réfugiés, les Droits de l´Homme´ (UNHCR, 2011), and ´Environmentally-Induced Displacement: Theoretical Frameworks and Current Challenges´ (Université de Liège, 2012). He is the author of several books and more than sixty-five peer-reviewed publications on public international law, environmentally-induced displacement and development-induced displacement, international protection of migrant workers, international refugee law, environmental law, social policy, and public health. He is a member of the editorial boards of several academic journals dealing with international human rights law, migration studies, environmental law, public health, and social issues.

Summary:

This book explores the issue of development-induced resettlement, with a particular emphasis on the humanitarian, legal, and social aspects of this problem. Today, so-called development-induced displacement and resettlement` (DIDR) is one of the dominant causes of internal spatial mobility worldwide. Each year over 15 million people are forced to abandon their homes to make space for economic development infrastructure. The construction of dams and irrigation projects, the expansion of communication networks, urbanization and re-urbanization, the extraction and transportation of mineral resources, forced evictions in urban areas, and population redistribution schemes count among the many possible causes. Terminski aims to present the issue of development-caused displacement as a highly diverse, global social problem occurring in all regions of the world. As a human rights issue it poses a challenge to public international law and to institutions providing humanitarian assistance. A significant part of this book is devoted to the current dynamics of development-caused resettlement in Europe, which has been neglected in the academic literature so far.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Acronyms

Foreword

From the author

Introduction-a brief overview of contemporary involuntary migrations

1. An overview of development-induced displacement and resettlement

2. Historical considerations regarding development-induced population displacement and resettlement

3. Theoretical conceptualization of development-induced displacement and resettlement

4. The most important causes of development induced displacement and resettlement

4.1. Construction of Dams and Irrigation Projects

4.2. Development of transportation infrastructure

4.3. Urbanization, re-urbanization, transformation of urban space and population redistribution schemes in urban areas

4.4. Deforestation and the expansion of agriculture

4.5. Mining and transportation of resources

4.6. Population redistribution schemes

4.7. Conservation of nature

4.8. Other causes of development-induced population displacement

5. The European context of development induced displacement and resettlement

6. Actors of resettlement processes and their basic functions and objectives

7. Applying the concept of human security to research on development-induced displacement and resettlement.

8. Development-caused displacement and resettlement as a social and economic opportunity

9. Development-induced displacement and the dynamics of social change

10. The politicization of development-induced displacement and resettlement

11. Voluntary resettlement schemes

12. Analysis of the stages of resettlement process

13. Compensation: forms, principles, and potential socio-economic consequences

14. The impact of development-induced displacement and resettlement on families

15. Resources as a key issue determining the causes, course, and the socio-economic consequences of resettlement.

16. Irreversible spiral of displacement, evictions and forced migrations

17. Activities of international institutions

18. Development-Induced Displacement and Human Rights

19. In which direction the international human rights should go? The right not to be displaced and the right to be resettled

20. Concluding remarks

21. Abstract

22. Résumé

23. Selected Bibliography

24. Annexes.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-597).

ISBN:

9783838267234

3838267230

Publisher Number:

9783838267234