Development-induced Displacement : : Problems, Policies and People /

Development-induced Displacement : : Problems, Policies and People / / ed. by Chris de Wet.

Some ten million people worldwide are displaced or resettled every year, due to development projects, such as the construction of dams, irrigation schemes, urban development, transport, conservation or mining projects. The results have usually been very negative for most of those people who have to...

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MitwirkendeR:
Barutciski, Michael,
Fisher, Eleanor,
Koenig, Dolores,
Oliver-Smith, Anthony,
Pandey, Balaji,
Rew, Alan,
Turton, David,
Wet, Chris de,
HerausgeberIn:
Wet, Chris de,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:Forced Migration ; 18
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Contributors
  • 1 Introducing the Issues
  • 2 Who is a Forced Migrant?
  • 3 Policy Practices in Development induced Displacement and Rehabilitation
  • 4 International Law and Developmentinduced Displacement and Resettlement
  • 5 Enhancing Local Development in Development-induced Displacement and Resettlement Projects
  • 6 Displacement, Resistance and the Critique of Development: From the Grass Roots to the Global
  • 7 Risk, Complexity and Local Initiative in Forced Resettlement Outcomes
  • 8 Policy Recommendations and Suggestions for Further Research
  • Index

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