Essays about: "development induced displacement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words development induced displacement.

  1. 1. Successful rehabilitation or painful un-homing?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Bálint Kronstein; [2021]
    Keywords : displacement; gentrification; Józsefváros; 8th District; district government; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Displacement – the process when residents are forced away from their living space – is one of the most pressing urban development issues of present times. Gentrification used as an urban policy tool to provide support for urban renewal and to carry out the rehabilitation of cities is the main displacement-inducing mechanism. READ MORE

  3. 2. Internal geology and emplacement processes of Kimberlites, Case Study from the Tsabong Kimberlite Field, Botswana

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Geovetenskap och miljöteknik

    Author : Mpho Ndebele; [2020]
    Keywords : Kimberlites; Geology; Emplacement Processes; Botswana;

    Abstract : The Crateceous (85 Ma) MK1 pipe is part of the Tsabong kimberlite cluster located approximately550km south west of Gaborone and geologically found within the Kapvaal Craton. The Tsabongkimberlite field consists of 86 known kimberlites. The MK1 pipe is the largest of this cluster at 140ha,1. READ MORE

  4. 3. contradictions of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in low-income Neighborhoods: the case study of Rosengard, Malmo

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : derakhti Laleh; [2019]
    Keywords : Transit-Oriented Development TOD ; Transit-Induced Gentrification; displacement; affordable housing; segregation; Rosengård.;

    Abstract : Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is known as a mixed-use development near and oriented to public transport facilities. While TOD has become a predominant model of urban planning based on the idea that there will be both social and economic benefits of implementation, the recent popularity of TOD in many cities has provided a new focus for the gentrification–displacement debate as well as affordability paradox. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. Disaster-induced Displacement: The Case of Small Island Developing States in the Pacific and the Caribbean

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Malte Paul Plewa; Ida Koch Giese; [2017]
    Keywords : Disasters; Displacement; Caribbean; Pacific; Climate Change; Migration; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2015, 19.2 million people have been internally displaced globally in the context of disasters (IDMC, 2016). This is more than twice the number of people who have been newly displaced by conflict in the same period (IDMC, 2016). READ MORE