Essays about: "Development-induced displacement"

Found 5 essays containing the words Development-induced displacement.

1. 1. No Place Like Home: Development-Induced Displacement - A Crime of Forcible Transfer of Populations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Magdalena Nergården; [2017]
   Keywords : Public International Law: International Human Rights Law: Criminal Law: Development-induced displacement: Forcible transfer of population: Crimes against humanity:; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how crimes against humanity in general and the crime of forcible transfer of population in particular, cover the most serious situations of development-induced displacement. The focus lies on the legal protection through international criminal law of persons displaced in an unjustified way as a result of development projects, such as the building of dams, roads, and other infrastructure, as well as the exploitation of natural resources in mining and oil projects, to name just a few examples. READ MORE

3. 2. The Internally Displaced People of Colombia: Resisting Development Induced Displacement in the Quimbo

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Erika Rodriguez Lindgren; [2014-02-04]
   Keywords : Internally displaced people; development induced displacement; El Quimbo; actor oriented perspective; agency; social actors; Colombia; Latin America.;

   Abstract : Colombia is currently the country in the world with the largest displaced population. This dissertation will focus on a certain type of displacement which has yet to receive appropriate attention; displacement caused by development programs, or the so called development-induced displacement. READ MORE

4. 3. We were fish in the pool but now we are in a river: Çöpler Village, a Case of Displacement in Turkey

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Idil Börekci; [2014]
   Keywords : development induced displacement and resettlement; landscape; experiences; neighbourly relations; cultural identity; boredom; Turkey; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Several studies have shown that development-induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) poses risks of impoverishment to both ecological and societal sustainability. Loss of homes, productive lands, income-earning assets, resources, social structures and cultural identity are some of the risks that occur as a result of displacement. READ MORE

5. 4. A Contingent Valuation Method for Determining the Intangible Costs of Development-Induced Displacement

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Julius Engelsöy; Marcus Josefsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Cost-benefit analysis; Contingent valuation method; Development-induced displacement; Phnom Penh;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a method for determining earlier overlooked costs of development-induced displacement, to be used in the cost-benefit analysis framework. More precisely, the method aims to determine asset-and-income loss complementary, ex post willingness-to-accept for the first year of displacement. READ MORE

6. 5. Replace One´s Place: The Livelihood of Internally Displaced People in Colombia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Cornelia Helmcke; [2013]
   Keywords : internal displacement; development induced resettlement; livelihood approach; Buen Vivir; place; El Quimbo; Neiva; Colombia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Colombia es el país con el número más alto en desplazados internos en el mundo. La población rural huye generalmente por la violencia generada en el conflicto armado. Pero también los llamados “proyectos de desarrollo” de empresas multinacionales que invierten en infraestructura generalmente afectan a comunidades locales. READ MORE