Land Access and Resettlement
Subtitle: a Guide to Best Practice
By: Gerry Reddy
Contributors: Smyth, Eddie; Steyn, Michael
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9781351285605
Subjects: Land settlement; Colonisation intérieure; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Business Ethics; Development; Sustainable Development
Description: "This book is an up-to-date, accessible and practical guide on how to optimally plan for, implement and review land access and resettlement. It provides step-by-step information on how to avoid pitfalls, ensure that best practice is being employed and the correct standards are being applied. With useful real-life examples of when projects have gone well and when they haven't, the book is based on the main lessons that have been learned on-the-ground over the past decade. Natural resource projects can have considerable impacts on local communities, chiefly due to the need to acquire large areas of land. When projects are located in developing and middle income economies, the impacts are most keenly felt, as it often requires displacement of large rural populations, with predominately land-based livelihoods. The authors have planned, implemented and reviewed over 50 land access and resettlement projects in over 30 countries internationally, and conducted benchmarking exercises on a further 60 projects. This experience provides the basis for the book. The book guides the reader through the different stages of preparing for a land resettlement project. Land Access and Resettlement is a key social risk for the natural resources sector, particularly the mining, oil and gas industries, who are operating in a context of increased awareness and regulation regarding the potential social impacts of their activities. At the same time, companies increasingly appreciate the business case for 'getting social right'. This book provides a practical road map to corporate leaders, project managers, practitioners, academia, government and civil society for practically planning and implementing successful land access and resettlement, and creating win-win outcomes for companies and communities."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Introduction  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 2 The business case for getting it right  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 3 Best practice and institutional and legal frameworks  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 4 Project planning and preparation  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 5 Stakeholder engagement  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 6 Baseline data collection and analysis  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 7 Assessing project impacts and risks, and minimising displacement  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 8 Compensation frameworks  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 9 Physical resettlement planning  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 10 Livelihood restoration planning  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 11 Vulnerable persons  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 12 The negotiation process  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 13 Compensation and resettlement sign-off  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 14 Physical resettlement implementation  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 15 Community investment and development  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 16 Livelihood restoration and community development implementation  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 17 Cultural heritage  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 18 Monitoring and evaluation  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 19 Land management  -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn; title: chapter 20 Closing thoughts -- Gerry Reddy Eddie Smyth Michael Steyn.