Domicide [[electronic resource] ] : the global destruction of home / / J. Douglas Porteous & Sandra E. Smith

• Autore: Porteous J. Douglas (John Douglas), <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.8
• Soggetto topico: Forced migration; Relocation (Housing); Home
• Soggetto non controllato: Migración forzada; Realojo (Vivienda); Hogar
• Altri autori: SmithSandra Eileen <1942->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references: p. [243]-277.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introducing Domicide -- Home -- Extreme Domicide -- Everyday Domicide -- Drowning Home -- The Nature of Domicide -- Ending Domicide? -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Their eyes see rubble, former exiles see home" Globe and Mail, 23 June 2000 Douglas Porteous and Sandra Smith begin their analysis by examining just how important home is to human life and community. Using a multitude of case studies of displacement, they derive a theoretical framework that addresses the methods, effects of, and motives for domicide. Two case studies of resettlement resulting from hydro-electric power development in British Columbia are used to test this framework. Porteous and Smith assess the implications of loss of home, evaluate current efforts at mitigation, suggest better policies to alleviate the suffering of the dispossessed, and - as a last resort - urge resistance against unacceptable projects.
• Titolo autorizzato: Domicide
• ISBN: 1-282-85962-5; 9786612859625; 0-7735-6961-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783402903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II