Hari Mathur

Displacement and Resettlement in India (eBook, ePUB)

The Human Cost of Development

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the past ten years or so, displacement by development projects has gone on almost untamed under the globalization pressures to meet the demand for land from local and increasingly foreign investors. Focusing on India, this book looks at the complex issue of resettling people who are displaced for the sake of development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135047184
• Artikelnr.: 39166976

Autorenporträt

Hari Mohan Mathur is Visiting Professor at the Council for Social Development, New Delhi. He has written or edited several books on anthropology, development and resettlement, including India Social Development Report 2008: Development and Displacement (2008) and Resettling Displaced People: Policy and Practice in India (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Displacement and Resettlement in the Development Process
Part 1: Displacement by Development 1. Not by Dams Alone: Urban Development
Projects and Displacement of Slum Dwellers 2. Mining Coal, Undermining
People: Flawed Resettlement Leaves Displaced People Worse Off 3. Common
Development Disorders: Impoverishment Risks from Projects that Involve
Displacement Part 2: The Policy Response 4. Good Intentions are not Enough:
The World Bank Policy on Involuntary Resettlement 5. Providing a Better
Life for Displaced People: National Policy Guidelines on Involuntary
Resettlement Part 3: Approaches to Resettlement 6. Social Impact
Assessment: An Aid to Understanding the Likely Effects of a Proposed
Intervention 7. Making Resettlement Work: Issues in Planning and
Implementation 8. New Livelihoods for Old: Restoring Incomes Lost due to
Involuntary Resettlement 9. No End to Injustice: Gender Biases in
Resettlement Planning Part 4: Resettlement in a Globalizing World 10.
Investors In, Farmers Out: Private-Sector Projects and the Contentious
Issue of Land Acquisition 11. A Blow to Tribal Life: The Disastrous Impact
of Globalization Part 5: The Way Forward 12. Development for All: Ensure
that the Displaced People Have a Share in Project Benefits