Development-induced displacement, rehabilitation and resettlement in India : current issues and challenges / / edited by Sakarama Somayaji and Smrithi Talwar

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.2
• Soggetto topico: Forced migration - India; Internally displaced persons - India; Land use, Rural - India; Land settlement - India; Eminent domain - India; Economic development projects - Social aspects - India
• Altri autori: SomayajiSakarama TalwarSmrithi
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Critical examination of India's rehabilitation, resettlement and land acquisition normative framework -- pt. 2. Applicability of existing normative framework in specific jurisdictions (case studies).
• Sommario/riassunto: Compulsory land acquisition and involuntary displacement of communities for a larger public purpose captures the tension of development in the modern state, with the need to balance the interests of the majority while protecting the rights of the minority. In India, informal estimates of involuntary resettlement are estimated to be around 50 million people over the last five decades, and three-fourths of those displaced still face an uncertain future.Growing public concern over the long-term consequences of this has led to greater scrutiny of the rehabilitation and resettlement proce
• Titolo autorizzato: Development-induced displacement, rehabilitation and resettlement in India
• ISBN: 1-136-80899-X; 1-283-10383-4; 1-136-80900-7; 9786613103833; 0-203-82853-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789992503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; 42.