Risk-related Resettlement and Relocation in Urban Areas: Research Framework and Summary of Findings (Site Report I)

Garima Jain | 2016

Abstract:

As part of the ‘Reducing relocation risk in Urban Areas’ project which examines the various social and economic implications of climate-risk related resettlement and relocation policies in cities across three geographies (India, Uganda, and Peru, Colombia and Mexico in Latin America), IIHS team conducted a detailed field based study in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. This report is from the detailed primary work conducted by IIHS at the select case study sites in India in the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. This part of the report synthesis the field data in an attempt to arrive at some relationships between different decisions and the associated challenges and outcomes of such interventions in order to ultimately build a body of work that can inform future interventions of this nature for more positive outcomes. This is Site Report I and must also be seen in conjunction with the following set of outputs:

  • Risk-related resettlement and relocation in urban areas: Research Framework and Summary of Findings (Site Report I)
  • Risk-related resettlement and relocation in urban areas: Detailed Site Case Studies (Site Report II)
  • Risk-related resettlement and relocation in urban areas: Data from Primary Work (Site Report III)
  • Risk-related resettlement and relocation in urban areas: Transcripts and Appendices (Site Report IV)

ISBN: 9789387315266

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24943/cirf1.2016