ABSTRACT
This book examines land acquisition and resettlement experience in Asian countries, where nearly two-thirds of the world’s development-induced displacement currently takes place. Faced with the complexity of balancing legal frameworks and resettlement needs, along with increasing demands for safeguarding displaced peoples, in recent years many countries within Asia have adopted integrated land and resettlement laws. This book presents a comparative review and assessment of the impact of the new land and resettlement laws and regulatory frameworks for expropriation, compensation and resettlement.
Written by an international, interdisciplinary team of experts from both practice and academia, the book demonstrates the ongoing challenges and struggles associated with social and resettlement risk assessments, the social and cultural exclusion of indigenous/vulnerable groups in some countries, and the lack of institutional capacity to adequately deal with resettlement management and administration. The case studies and comparative analyses of laws and practices relating to expropriation, compensation and resettlement make significant contributions to advancing resettlement knowledge and management practices.
The book will be useful as a reference for development practitioners and for researchers across the fields of global development, political science, Asian studies, planning and law. The book also has potential use as a resource for resettlement management training programs and graduatelevel courses/seminars in development studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|67 pages
Country frameworks for resettlement management and administration
chapter 2|10 pages
Development-induced displacement and resettlement in Bangladesh
chapter 3|13 pages
India's historic land acquisition and resettlement law
chapter 4|14 pages
Country safeguard systems in Sri Lanka
chapter 5|15 pages
Evolution of land administration law and resettlement regulation in China
chapter 6|11 pages
Transmigration, resettlement and development in Indonesia
part II|80 pages
Struggles with displacement and resettlement
chapter 9|13 pages
Resettlement and development in Cambodia
chapter 11|15 pages
Resettlement in hydropower projects in Pakistan
chapter 12|13 pages
Land reforms and ownership in Central Asia
part III|42 pages
Valuation for fair compensation and financing of resettlement
chapter 13|13 pages
‘Fair compensation’ under India's new land acquisition and resettlement law
chapter 14|18 pages
Valuation of land for fair and just compensation
part IV|52 pages
Indigenous peoples' rights and development impact
chapter 18|12 pages
The changing balance of statute and negotiated agreement
chapter 19|13 pages
The Indian Forest Rights Act (2006) and International Legal Regimes
part V|35 pages
Alternatives to land acquisition for development projects