Critical aspects of social networks in a resettlement setting

Faas, A. J.; Jones, Eric C.; Tobin, Graham A.; Whiteford, Linda M.; Murphy, Arthur D.

doi:10.1080/09614524.2015.1000827

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“…People's access to social support networks is an integral part of their livelihood strategies. Having access to childcare, for example, can enable people to undertake their livelihood activities (Faas et al 2015). These networks can be damaged by resettlement, especially when the community is not resettled as a whole community.…”

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Project-induced displacement and resettlement: from impoverishment risks to an opportunity for development?

Vanclay

2017

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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While the World Bank safeguard policies and International Finance Corporation Performance Standards specify the requirements to be observed when project-induced displacement and resettlement occurs, these international standards are not always followed. Governments often invoke the power of eminent domain and implement expropriation procedures instead of building support for a public or private project by negotiating with project-affected peoples. Evaluations of projects reveal that people are usually made worse off by being resettled. This paper provides a general introduction to the topic of project-induced displacement and resettlement, raising the key issues facing resettlement practice: under what conditions should projects and associated resettlements proceed; what constitutes appropriate compensation; can livelihoods be restored or improved; what is the role of benefit sharing and shared value; and how resettlement practice can be improved. Although there is ongoing improvement in the discourse and practice of project-induced resettlement, being resettled is still likely to be an impoverishment risk and have an emotional toll. Hopefully, however, under the right conditions, resettlement has the potential to be an opportunity for development.

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Section: Key Terms and Conceptsmentioning

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Project-induced displacement and resettlement: from impoverishment risks to an opportunity for development?

Vanclay

2017

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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207

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“…The researcher quoted at the beginning of this article was concerned with mapping networks of fishermen before and after policy implementations intended to reduce the risk of fisheries depletion. Other compelling contexts include the broader range of complex issues surrounding disaster response, recovery, and adaptation [6] and the displacement and resettlement of human populations owing to development, disasters, climate change, violent conflict, and conservation [41]. Potential questions in each of the areas include: How do pre-existing networks provide support for community members (in a given issue area)?…”

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confidence: 99%

Methodological considerations in pre- and post-emergency network identification and data collection for disaster risk reduction: Lessons from wildfire response networks in the American Northwest

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International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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While social network analysis continues to enjoy considerable attention, literature on social network data collection often lacks explicit attention to methods. This presents special challenges to approaching the problems of undertaking social network analysis and of studying disaster preparedness, planning, and, ultimately, risk reduction. In this paper, we address this issue by presenting our synthesis of several strategies for network analyses from our processes for network identification and data collection in a longitudinal study of multi-jurisdictional, inter-agency wildfire response networks in the American Northwest. In the course of this ongoing project, the process of detecting and collecting data on pre-existing and emergent networks in the real world was not a matter of one theoretical or empirical judgement, but rather several. We alternated between: (1) spatio-ecological detection of jurisdictions adjacent to areas at-risk for large wildfires; (2) a hybrid approach to selecting actors and agencies identified as common participants in wildfire response networks; and (3) event-based detections of parties to specific wildfire response networks. We conclude with steps for thinking through network identification and bounding, integrating networks, conceptualizing rosters and ties in initial and events-based phases, and how to manage longitudinal network data collection.

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“…Additionally, mixing quantitative and qualitative (e.g. ethnographic) methods of inquiry can enhance understanding of the causal relationships underpinning the network outcomes observed (Doreian, 2001; Engelberg, 1980; Faas et al, 2015; Friedman et al, 2007; Kochan and Teddlie, 2005; Laven et al, 2010; Martı́nez et al, 2003; Provan et al, 2007; Walther, 2015).…”

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A scoping review on the current and potential use of social network analysis for evaluation purposes

Popelier

2018

Evaluation

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The pervasiveness and importance of relationships and networks has fueled the development of the social network analysis approach, which considers structural relationships to be primary causes of societal outcomes. While the potential of social network analysis has been demonstrated and discussed extensively in social science research, relatively little is known about the current and potential use of social network analysis for evaluation purposes. This scoping review of journal articles reveals that evaluators use social network analysis because of its ability to identify key stakeholders, assess network structures and relationships quantitatively, reveal informal relations and visualize even complex networks. However, challenges arise when interpreting findings, determining causation between network structures and outcomes and disseminating evaluation results in an ethically responsible manner. The review concludes that the evaluation field-especially in the development sector-would benefit greatly from increased use of social network analysis, but that this would first require improved use of alternative sources of network data, qualitative methods and inferential statistics that will enable evaluators to move beyond descriptive network analysis.

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Critical aspects of social networks in a resettlement setting

Cited by 12 publications

References 14 publications

Project-induced displacement and resettlement: from impoverishment risks to an opportunity for development?

Project-induced displacement and resettlement: from impoverishment risks to an opportunity for development?

Methodological considerations in pre- and post-emergency network identification and data collection for disaster risk reduction: Lessons from wildfire response networks in the American Northwest

A scoping review on the current and potential use of social network analysis for evaluation purposes

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