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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The problem -- On population movement and resettlement -- On options and solutions to voluntary and involuntary movement and the idea of typologies -- On terminology -- Scope of the book -- About the research project 'Reducing Relocation Risk in Urban Areas' -- Organisation of the book -- Part 1: framing the issues -- Part 2: understanding and interpreting risk -- Part 3: protest and power: resistance to resettlement |
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Part 4: land issues in resettlement -- Part 5: natural resource and human occupation issues -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part 1 Framing the issues -- 1 Resettlement and relocation: an approach to understanding failure and guiding success -- Resettlement and relocation as notions -- Resettlement and existing social conditions and demands -- Disaster risk management: current sector as opposed to integral mindsets -- The way forward -- References -- 2 Resettling, re-enabling: the challenge of reconstructing a human habitat -- Vulnerable habitats: a needed reflection |
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Vulnerability, a complex concept -- Inhabit, habitat, habits -- Resettlement: a challenge -- Resettlement: reality may be far from the theory -- Resettlement praxis in Manizales: from one habitat to another -- The habitat of origin -- Destination habitats -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 How do relocation decisions and implementation impact risk outcomes? Raising questions after learning from India -- Structure -- Methods and sample design -- Findings -- Decision-making processes -- Triggers and rehabilitation alternatives -- Institutional design -- Incentive structures |
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Implementation and its challenges -- Operational challenges -- Flexibilities -- Innovations -- Some emerging questions -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Part 2 Understanding and interpreting risk -- 4 Risk as a subjective concept and its influence on decision-making -- Case 1: Peru -- Case 2: India -- Case 3: Uganda -- Discussion -- Institutional perspectives on risk -- Individual-level and collective risks: acceptability of risks and tipping points -- Perception of risk and actors' ability to mitigate them informs their decision-making |
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Shared understanding of resilience targets and pathways of action -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 A risk assessment framework for decision-making that transcends economic valuation: understanding why people choose to stay in disaster risk-prone areas -- Valuing risk: household-level policymaking processes and systemic regional conditions -- Framing our approach for evaluating risk -- Asset accumulation and evaluation of risk -- Cost-benefit analysis and evaluation of risk -- Individual household or neighbourhood perspective -- City perspective |
| Summary |
Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South investigates urban resettlement programmes across the Global South from the perspective of risk reduction. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Developing countries.
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Urban ecology (Sociology) |
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Developing countries. |
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City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects. |
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Land settlement -- Developing countries.
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Land settlement. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781787358317 |
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Print version: 1787358305 9781787358300 1787358291 9781787358294 (OCoLC)1229088950 |
| ISBN |
9781787358317 (electronic book) |
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1787358313 (electronic book) |
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9781787358287 (electronic book) |
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1787358283 (electronic book) |
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1787358305 |
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9781787358300 |
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1787358291 |
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9781787358294 |
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