Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: New perspectives on persisting problems

ISBN-13: 9781138630420 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 240 str.

Irge Satiroglu; Narae Choi

Opis

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."

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.