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Beyond relocation : the imperative of sustainable resettlement / edited by Renu Modi.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land settlement--India.
- Land settlement.
- Sustainable development--India.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 432 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection addresses various issues of development-induced displacement and resettlement by offering empirical evidence from various countries, mainly in Asia and Africa. By presenting a comparative approach, it helps the reader understand and theorise about the nature and characteristics of forced displacement.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Boxes; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Displacement and Resettlement-The Global and the Local Context; Part I: Policy, Theory and Benefi t-sharing in Resettlement; Introduction; 1 - The Benefi t-sharing Principlein Resettlement; 2 - Development and Displacement: Rights-based Theoretical Analysis; 3 - Contested Space or Common Ground? Perspectives on Displacement and Resettlement Debate in India; 4 - India's Half-century Search for a Resettlement Policy and the Right to Livelihood
- Part II: India: Losing the Struggle with Resettlement's ChallengesIntroduction; 5 - The First Development-caused Displacements in India: The Forgotten People of Bhakra Nangal; 6 - Reconstructing Livelihoods? Observations from Resettlement Sites in Gujarat; 7 - Eminent Domain, Displacement and Impoverishment; 8 - Displacement for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Real Estate Business; 9 - Tribals' Rise against Displacement in North-Eastern India; 10 - Gender Issues in Displacement: A Study of Irrigation Projects in Southern Orissa; Part III: International Experiences; Introduction
- 11 - Sustainability at Stake in Africa's Parks: The Flaws of Displacement basedConservation Strategies12 - Back from Tractors to Animal Power? Resettlement, Foreign Aid and Change in Metekel; 13 - When Community Resources are Expropriated: Loss of Commons in the Gwembe Valley (1958-2004); 14 - Displacement and Poverty: Measures for Restoring Meagre Livelihoods; 15 - The Paradox of Irrigation Benefits and Lost Livelihoods: The Mangla Dam; 16 - The Three Gorges Project and the Experiences of Resettlees in Shanghai; 17 - Displacements along the Rivers of France: Affected People Looking Back
- Notes on the Editor and ContributorsIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-417) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612425547
- 9789352802111
- 935280211X
- 9781282425545
- 1282425544
- 9788132104179
- 813210417X
- OCLC:
- 554512733
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