| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 432 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-417) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Boxes; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Displacement and Resettlement -- The Global and the Local Context; Part I: Policy, Theory and Benefi t-sharing in Resettlement; Introduction; 1 -- The Benefi t-sharing Principlein Resettlement; 2 -- Development and Displacement: Rights-based Theoretical Analysis; 3 -- Contested Space or Common Ground? Perspectives on Displacement and Resettlement Debate in India; 4 -- India's Half-century Search for a Resettlement Policy and the Right to Livelihood. |
| Summary |
This collection addresses critical issues of development-induced displacement and resettlement by offering empirical evidence from various countries, mainly in Asia and Africa. By presenting a comparative approach, it helps the reader understand and theorise about the nature and characteristics of forced displacement in several countries across the globe. It also studies the interaction among an array of actors; in particular, policy-makers, development agencies, project-affected persons, researchers and NGOs in resistance movements. Most significantly, the study offers measures to reverse and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Land settlement -- India.
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Land settlement. |
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India. |
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Sustainable development -- India.
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Sustainable development. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Modi, Renu, 1963-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beyond relocation. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2009 9788132100874 (DLC) 2009021097 (OCoLC)383814150 |
| ISBN |
9788132104179 (electronic book) |
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813210417X (electronic book) |
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9788132100874 (hard back) |
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8132100875 (hard back) |
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