A livelihood analysis of resettlement outcomes: Lessons for climate-induced relocations

Piggott-McKellar, Annah E.; Pearson, Jasmine; McNamara, Karen E.; Nunn, Patrick D.

doi:10.1007/s13280-019-01289-5

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“…While the state lacked incentives to deliver solutions, V1 and V2 had no proper resources to act on their own, as witnessed in other cases (Hino et al 2017). Land has been a key obstacle, as frequent in relocations (Piggott-McKellar et al 2019). Without state funding-and the government failing to exploit all legal options, such as using charges from natural resource exploitation and mining-the poor mestizos struggled for over ten years to acquire the small patch of needed land privately.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Overall, many villagers retained hope that relocation would improve their livelihoods and result in a new "modern village" (V2-2) with better housing and infrastructure shielded from hazards, buying into a common modernization narrative known from other contexts (Arnall 2019). Global studies, however, caution about impoverishment risks in relocations (Wilmsen and Webber 2015); many at best improve infrastructure and goods but threaten natural, social, financial, human, and cultural capitals (Piggott-McKellar et al 2019).…”

Section: Mechanisms Influencing Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Planned relocation in Peru: advancing from well-meant legislation to good practice

Bergmann

2021

J Environ Stud Sci

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Along Peru’s rainforest rivers, rising flood extremes are increasingly exceeding coping capacities of vulnerable households. Peru has detailed legislation that embraces planned relocation as a strategic solution to such situations and various relocation projects are underway across the country. This research brief analyzes well-being consequences for two communities requesting relocation, using qualitative data collected from experts and 30 affected people. Initial results emphasize that weak governance, poverty, third-party involvement, and community action have influenced relocation outcomes. Delays and fragmented implementation have threatened people’s well-being. One community, waiting for land to relocate since 2015, has suffered from continued hazard exposure, deteriorated material conditions, and reduced subjective well-being. The second community achieved relocation only after a decade in detrimental limbo. Although livelihood challenges persist, its inhabitants now benefit from better market access and decreased exposure, leading to higher subjective well-being. With rising needs for relocation worldwide, the cases highlight that detailed legislation is not sufficient to safeguard people’s well-being. Advancing from well-meant legislation to good practice requires adequate institutional capacity, effective mechanisms for oversight and accountability, better engagement of third parties, and dedicated efforts to strengthen community agency.

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Section: Mechanisms Influencing Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mechanisms Influencing Well-beingmentioning

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Planned relocation in Peru: advancing from well-meant legislation to good practice

Bergmann

2021

J Environ Stud Sci

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“…• Flooded Sfendyli village led to a community resettlement as a consequence of a dam structure (Piggott-McKellar et al, 2020). Sfendyli residents, although economically compensated, were finally scattered, and their organized relocation never took place (Chifos et al, 2019).…”

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Environmental impact of Aposelemis dam and tunnel water supply project in NE Crete, Greece

Vogiatzi¹,

Loupasakis

2021

geosociety

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The current investigation concerns the impact observed at natural and human environment, due to the implementation of the Aposelemis water supply project, as additional aqueduct of Heraklion and Agios Nikolaos cities, as well as other important tourist areas, in NE Crete, Greece. Aposelemis project is differentiated from standard water supply dam projects, through a special component of an underground tunnel that diverts uphill surface water from Lasithi Plateau into the reservoir. The study concerns the first years of project’s operation, and focuses at four affected areas, namely the Lasithi Plateau upland area, dam’s region, river estuary and water supplied cities. The investigation was based on various site visits, while a significant aspect involves local stakeholders’ observation, opinion and perception on the environmental impact of the project in everyday life, through four detailed questionnaires posed to the affected areas’ population. The recorded consequences were characterized as positive or negative and evaluated according to their size and importance, estimated for the current period and also for the future. Among the main positive effects are urban areas’ drinking water supply and improved upland plateau’s flood water drainage, while among the negative consequences appear multiple water resources’ impacts and feelings of downstream lakeside residents. The investigation indicates the initial environmental impact and sets the basis for further future research towards sustainability.

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“…There has been significant research on the geo‐politics of climate change and the changing diplomatic strategies of Pacific states (see McNamara, 2009; Ratuva, 2017; Carter, 2021). There have also been comprehensive studies on adaptation and relocation initiatives within Pacific communities (see McNamara, 2013; Albert et al ., 2018; Samuwai and Fihaki, 2019; Piggott‐McKellar et al ., 2020a,b). Yet there is relatively scarce research on the political consequences of climate change within Pacific states as an animating political dynamic.…”

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The domestic politics of climate change in the Pacific Islands

Barbara

Howard

Baker

2021

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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Much scholarly attention has been paid to the issue of climate change in the Pacific Islands, in terms of its geopolitical implications, and through the lens of mitigation and adaptation policies and strategies. Comparatively little focus has been given to the domestic politics of climate change in the region: How a changing climate is affecting internal political dynamics. This article traces the boundaries of a new research agenda on the impacts of climate change within Pacific states as an animating political dynamic. It considers climate change as a possible source of political change and contestation; as a critical domestic policy issue; and as a driver of political participation and organisation. Climate change is an existential threat to the Pacific Islands, yet it has unique power as a mass mobilising factor in the largely localised and fragmented politics of the region. We conclude with some reflections on the potential of climate change as a key political driver in the region, and fruitful avenues for future research.

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A livelihood analysis of resettlement outcomes: Lessons for climate-induced relocations

Cited by 35 publications

References 75 publications

Planned relocation in Peru: advancing from well-meant legislation to good practice

Planned relocation in Peru: advancing from well-meant legislation to good practice

Environmental impact of Aposelemis dam and tunnel water supply project in NE Crete, Greece

The domestic politics of climate change in the Pacific Islands

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