ABSTRACT
Visualizing involuntary resettlement as simple, following a straight path from A to B understates the complexity of the process. Unfortunately, the ‘line from A to B approach’ to resettlement all too often characterizes the mind set of technically oriented mining personnel who are better equipped to embrace the physical challenges of exploiting mineral resources in remote and often hostile environments, rather than the sustainable betterment of affected communities. The main interests, and often the only basis of fi nancial rewards, are of a technical nature. Too often resettlement is seen as an unwelcome burden to be dealt with by imposing engineering solutions.
