Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South / / edited by Cassidy Johnson, Garima Jain, Allan Lavell.

• TeilnehmendeR: Lavell, Allan,; Jain, Garima,; Johnson, Cassidy,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : UCL PRESS,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 pages)

Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South investigates urban resettlement programmes across the Global South from the perspective of risk reduction.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The problem -- On population movement and resettlement -- On options and solutions to voluntary and involuntary movement and the idea of typologies -- On terminology -- Scope of the book -- About the research project 'Reducing Relocation Risk in Urban Areas' -- Organisation of the book -- Part 1: framing the issues -- Part 2: understanding and interpreting risk -- Part 3: protest and power: resistance to resettlement Part 4: land issues in resettlement -- Part 5: natural resource and human occupation issues -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part 1 Framing the issues -- 1 Resettlement and relocation: an approach to understanding failure and guiding success -- Resettlement and relocation as notions -- Resettlement and existing social conditions and demands -- Disaster risk management: current sector as opposed to integral mindsets -- The way forward -- References -- 2 Resettling, re-enabling: the challenge of reconstructing a human habitat -- Vulnerable habitats: a needed reflection Vulnerability, a complex concept -- Inhabit, habitat, habits -- Resettlement: a challenge -- Resettlement: reality may be far from the theory -- Resettlement praxis in Manizales: from one habitat to another -- The habitat of origin -- Destination habitats -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 How do relocation decisions and implementation impact risk outcomes? Raising questions after learning from India -- Structure -- Methods and sample design -- Findings -- Decision-making processes -- Triggers and rehabilitation alternatives -- Institutional design -- Incentive structures Implementation and its challenges -- Operational challenges -- Flexibilities -- Innovations -- Some emerging questions -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Part 2 Understanding and interpreting risk -- 4 Risk as a subjective concept and its influence on decision-making -- Case 1: Peru -- Case 2: India -- Case 3: Uganda -- Discussion -- Institutional perspectives on risk -- Individual-level and collective risks: acceptability of risks and tipping points -- Perception of risk and actors' ability to mitigate them informs their decision-making Shared understanding of resilience targets and pathways of action -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 A risk assessment framework for decision-making that transcends economic valuation: understanding why people choose to stay in disaster risk-prone areas -- Valuing risk: household-level policymaking processes and systemic regional conditions -- Framing our approach for evaluating risk -- Asset accumulation and evaluation of risk -- Cost-benefit analysis and evaluation of risk -- Individual household or neighbourhood perspective -- City perspective.