Resettling displaced people : policy and practice in India / / editor Hari Mohan Mathur

• Pubblicazione: New Delhi [India] : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group and Council for Social Development, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (442 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.2; 362.870954
• Soggetto topico: Forced migration - India; Economic development projects - Social aspects - India; Land settlement - India
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MathurHari Mohan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Resettling Displaced People; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword by Muchkund Dubey; Acknowledgements; Introduction and overview; Part I: The governance challenge; 1. Making resettlement work: Policy, planning and management: Hari Mohan Mathur; Legal framework for land acquisition; Policy guidelines on resettlement; The planning of resettlement; Strengthening management capacity; The role of NGOs; Monitoring and evaluation; Part II: Emerging issues in resettlement policy ; 2. Converting resettlement policy into resettlement law: a welcome initiative but no occasion for celebration yet: Ramaswamy R. IyerStrengthening resettlement policy; Reasons for scepticism; Some progress overall, but more needs to be done; 3. Broadening the definition of 'population displacement': Geography and economics in conservation policy: Michael M. Cernea; Researching and conceptualising forced displacement; The pivotal importance of the concept of displacement; The significant redefinition: Restriction of access seen as displacement; Twin objectives in establishing protected areas ; What is the content of 'forced displacement'?New policy conclusions and operational prescriptions; The economic rationale underpinning the policy change; From policy to implementation; Additional financing provided for co-management; Focused research on restricted areas and property; 4. Involuntary resettlement policy and transport projects: Gordon Appleby; Involuntary resettlement policy, its development and its objectives; Involuntary resettlement policy in the transport sector; Good practice with involuntary resettlement in the transport sector ; Road rehabilitation in post-conflict situationsSumming-up; 5. Resettlement realities: the gulf between policy and practice: Felix Padel and Samarendra Das; Rival constructions of reality; Orissa's R&R policy; Disjunction between policy and practice; The phenomenon of displacement; Cultural genocide; Clash of ideologies; Rule of law; Suggestions for reforming resettlement; Part III: Compensation and the resettlement process; 6. Misunderstood and misused: Re-examining the compensation criterion in resettlement: Supriya Garikipati; The compensation criterion and surrounding controversy ; From abstract theory to applied policyDesigning an incentive-compatible consultation process; The resettlement preferences; Consultation exercises for betterresettlement; 7. From Narmada to Nandigram: the never ending clamour for land as the only route to resettlement: Vasudha Dhagamwar; Circumstances changed, but not ideas on resettlement; The displaced people of Orissa; The West Bengal story; Experiences overlooked; Displacement affects tribal people differently; Unsustainability of the land option; Displaced not all land-dependent ; 8. Reconstructing livelihoods: The CIL experience with self-employment schemes: M. P. Roy
• Sommario/riassunto: Developmental projects have long been displacing people in large numbers every year, but it is only in recent years that the fate of those adversely affected has become an issue of widespread concern requiring urgent action. This volume is the scholarly exploration of these critical issues in a wider perspective, examining resettlement policies as well as resettlement strategies, their strengths, their weaknesses, the persisting gap between policy and its actual practice and the means to improve resettlement outcomes.This volume is well-structured into four parts: (a) Displace
• Titolo autorizzato: Resettling displaced people
• ISBN: 1-136-70421-3; 0-203-81402-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462546403321
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