Publication:
Urban Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement: Linking Innovation and Local Benefits

dc.contributor.authorRoquet, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorBornholdt, Luciano
dc.contributor.authorSirker, Karen
dc.contributor.authorLukic, Jelena
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-15T20:27:44Z
dc.date.available2017-02-15T20:27:44Z
dc.date.issued2017-02-15
dc.description.abstractExpansion and development of urban areas require acquisition of land, which, in turn, often requires physical relocation of people who own or occupy this land. Land acquisition and resettlement may also be required to improve the lives of the more than 1 billion people who currently live in slums around the world, most of them in developing countries. Therefore, any effort to embark on significant, sustainable urban development needs to ensure that there are adequate processes for land acquisition and, so that resettlement does not become a constraint to much needed urban development. Planners, policy makers and social scientists can try to implement urban development programs in a way that make people who lose their land, houses or livelihoods become equal partners in the development process. The combination of the high price of urban land, presence of creative individuals in close proximity in urban areas, and the ability of urban space to generate innovative solutions, can help convert urban resettlement into a development opportunity for all. The report illustrates how urban resettlement can become a development opportunity. The Mumbai example shows how the private sector can play a key role, to unleash the potential created by high-value land to provide sustainable housing solutions to those adversely affected, at no cost to the government or the resettlers. Examples from Morocco and Pakistan show how well designed and implemented, citizen-driven resettlement can result in enhanced skills and livelihoods, and can promote overall sustainable urban development. The Mauritania example demonstrates how collective approaches with strong community participation can help address difficult challenges related to housing. The Brazil case shows how resettlement practices with demonstrated, strongly positive outcomes and contributions to urban development can influence governments to incorporate them into their own laws and regulations, helping millions of affected people to benefit from them.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-0980-4
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-0980-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/26070
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDirections in Development--Environment and Sustainable Development;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT
dc.subjectSLUM
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectPOLICY REFORM
dc.subjectURBAN RESETTLEMENT
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD
dc.subjectINFORMAL SETTLEMENT
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLAND ACQUISITION
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCOUNTRY SYSTEM
dc.subjectVULNERABLE GROUP
dc.titleUrban Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlementen
dc.title.subtitleLinking Innovation and Local Benefitsen
dc.typeBooken
dc.typeLivrefr
dc.typeLibroes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/21688 Pre-publication draft
okr.crossref.titleUrban Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement: Linking Innovation and Local Benefits
okr.date.disclosure2017-02-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-15T11:31:50.132766Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Publication
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-0980-4
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0980-4
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum210980
okr.identifier.report112854
okr.importedtrue
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.countryBrazil
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.region.countryMauritania
okr.region.countryMorocco
okr.region.countryPakistan
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Urban Housing and Land Settlements
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Urban Slums Upgrading
okr.topicUrban Development::National Urban Development Policies & Strategies
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Economic Development
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Poverty
okr.unitGSUGL
relation.isAuthorOfPublicationaabdc0e5-36c2-5152-87b8-f74b4bb96328
relation.isAuthorOfPublication2b8df597-b58c-5c6d-8758-566fa8ffa349
relation.isAuthorOfPublication7d8f03b8-b568-5626-8c2b-436914ac5229
relation.isAuthorOfPublicatione4644f72-03c9-590d-9ff9-74e2fe7f43b4
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscoverye4644f72-03c9-590d-9ff9-74e2fe7f43b4
relation.isSeriesOfPublication706db16a-e556-46f0-8283-1b4a4b88645c
relation.isSeriesOfPublication.latestForDiscovery706db16a-e556-46f0-8283-1b4a4b88645c
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
9781464809804.pdf
Size:
4.11 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
English PDF
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description: