Displacement and resettlement in India : the human cost of development / / Hari Mohan Mathur

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821813403321
• Autore: Mathur Hari Mohan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-135-04719-7; 0-203-49179-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Collana: Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; 69
• Disciplina: 325
• Soggetti: Forced migration - India; Rural-urban migration - India; Rural development - Sociological aspects - India; Economic development - Social aspects - India
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; 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 resettlementPART 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 management; 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 globalizationPART 5 ; The way forward; 12 Development for all: ensure that the displaced people have a share in project benefits; Appendices; Appendix I: Definitions of the terms used in this book; Appendix II: Resettlement in different project types; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.The book discusses how the affected farming communities are fiercely opposing the development projects that often leave them worse off than before, and how this conflict is a matter of serious concern for the planners, as it could discourage potential capita