Gebundenes Buch

Development-induced Displacement, Rehabilitation and Resettlement in India

Current Issues and Challenges

Herausgeber: Somayaji, Sakarama; Talwar, Smrithi

Beschreibung

Compulsory land acquisition and involuntary displacement of communities for a larger public purpose captures the tension of development in the modern state, with the need to balance the interests of the majority while protecting the rights of the minority.This book examines a number of new policy formulations put in place at both the central and state levels looking at land acquisition procedures and norms for rehabilitation and resettlement of communities.

Autor

Sakarama Somayaji heads the Relocation and Rehabilitation group within The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)'s Social Transformation Division. He has worked extensively on issues pertaining to the rehabilitation of project displaced people, including three years at the Council for Social Development in New Delhi, India. Smrithi Talwar is a Fellow and Chief Coordinator of the Director General's Office in The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). She has led a multi-disciplinary team of specialists in developing and implementing a long term rehabilitation strategy for project displaced people in Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9780415600804
• ISBN-10: 0415600804
• Artikelnr.: 30363084