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100 _aFernandes, Walter
245 _aUprooted for whose benefit? :
_bdevelopment – induced displacement in Assam 1947-2000
_cby Walter Fernandes and Gita Bharali
260 _aGuwahati :
_bNorth Eastern Social Research Centre,
_c©2011
300 _ax, 734 p. ;
_c21 cm.
490 _aNESRC displacement studies series
_v1
504 _aIncludes statistical tables, bibliographical references and index.
505 _t1. Development, displacement and deprivation in India
505 _t2. The nature and methodology of the study
505 _t3. The background of Assam
505 _t4. Displacement and deprivation by water resources
505 _t5. Alienation by industrial, mining and power projects
505 _t6. Environment protection, refugee rehabilitation, farms
505 _t7. Transport, defence, administration, urban development
505 _t8. Human resources, tourism, welfare and others
505 _t9. Total land used, DP/PAPs, rehabilitation and the future
505 _t10. The background of the respondents
505 _t11. The process of deprivation and resettlement
505 _t12. The impact of displacement and deprivation
505 _t13. Search for alternatives : towards a holistic approach
520 _a"Development is traditionally understood as increasing wealth for a higher standard of living through improved technology and industrial progress. With its criterion of Gross National Product (GNP) and economic growth it relies heavily on capital investment and advanced technology to harness existing natural and human resources. Land is basic to these projects and through compulsory acquisition that displaces people from their traditional habitats and sustenance. The present book is on development-induced displacement in Assam 1947-2000. While official files point to 4.2 lakh persons displaced from 3.9 lakh acres used for the projects during these five decades, the study on which this book is based puts the number at 19.1 lakh persons deprived of 4.1 lakh acres. Rehabilitation is almost non-existent and compensation is either not paid or is inadequate. Impoverishment is the price that livelihood losers pay but the benefits of "national development" reach another class. That shows the need to search for another type of development and alternative measures to minimise displacement and to prevent impoverishment and marginalisation."
650 _aEconomic development projects -- Social aspects -- India -- Assam
650 _aForced migration -- Social aspects -- India -- Assam
700 _aBharali, Gita
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