Socioeconomic conflicts and land-use issues in context of infrastructural projects

Torre, André; Sabir, Muazzam; Pham, Haï-Vu

doi:10.1007/s41685-020-00157-5

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“…Projects such as those associated with CPEC are often implemented in rural and tribal areas where the local people are illiterate and lack the skills required by the projects. Raising the skills of the locals so that they can meet the demands of the onsite jobs is a necessary step if development efforts are to benefit the community [24]. This places responsibility on public authorities regarding not only governance but also the arranging and managing of training programs for affected people in order to train them to work on the projects [25].…”

Section: Large-scale Infrastructure Development and Associated Impactsmentioning

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Infrastructure projects and sustainable development: Discovering the stakeholders’ perception in the case of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor

2020

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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been an economic game changer for both China and Pakistan. We investigate stakeholder satisfaction with CPEC projects in Pakistan, particularly with respect to the affected local communities. Given the project application and adaptability, two provinces-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab-and eight districts were selected randomly. Primary data from approximately 250 respondents as well as secondary data were collected. Among other models, a logit model was adopted to determine the role of certain factors in the perceived level of satisfaction. Results reveal that with respect to the relationship between land acquisition and dissatisfaction with a CPEC project, the level of dissatisfaction is 2.45 times higher when land is acquired by force or when compensation for the land is perceived to be inadequate by the local people. Individuals favor economic zones and development projects over road projects; the likelihood of being dissatisfied is approximately nine times greater in regions without economic zones than that in regions with such zones. Similarly, when no development project is allocated to a community, the probability of dissatisfaction of the local people is about 7.6 times greater. In addition, expectations of poor financial outcomes for CPEC projects cause significant dissatisfaction and are a source of tension among the local people. To reduce dissatisfaction, organizations and business communities must actively support the success of CPEC projects. A more equitable allocation of economic zones and development projects may help ease tensions and increase satisfaction among the local people.

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Infrastructure projects and sustainable development: Discovering the stakeholders’ perception in the case of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor

2020

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“…The attraction of some middle and high-income people into the communities led to the poor being 'displaced' further hinterland. Therefore, this invariably with time segregated some poor, with the rich living along or near the road and the poor, who could not cope with the rising living costs further displaced residents into the hinterlands (Torre, Sabir, & Pham, 2020). The nature of the customary land-tenure system was realized to partly contribute to the social fragmentation processes in the studied communities.…”

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“…Such developments engineered residents to take up more livable opportunities to able to meet the hardship conditions within their communities hence they tend to socially interact less with neighbours as they try to meet the daily needs of their families by undertaking economic activities (Bocarejo et al, 2015). Residents perceive minimal social interactions after the implementation of the road infrastructure expansion within and between the communities (Torre, Sabir, & Pham, 2020). The attraction of some middle and high-income people into the communities led to the poor being 'displaced' further hinterland.…”

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“…The implementation of road infrastructural projects, which are complex to undertake, have profound social consequences, including social fragmentation. It is evident that roads continually displaced about 30-50% residents in their communities for the past decade and this negatively affects their level of social interactions (Torre, Sabir, & Pham, 2020). Also, in the literature, the social pre-emptive and prospective consequences are rarely considered in the implementation of road infrastructural projects.…”

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Assessing the nexus between the implementation of road infrastructural projects and social fragmentation in peri-urban areas in Accra, Ghana

Adugbila¹,

Kissi-Abrokwah²,

Anontsie³

2022

Urbana

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In the 21st century, there is an escalating rate of road infrastructures in Global South cities transforming their physical and social compositions to a large extent. However, despite the literature pointing out that social fragmentation comes with the implementation of road infrastructures, little knowledge is known in respect to the nexus between road infrastructure projects and social fragmentation within peri-urban areas. This paper, therefore, used concurrent triangulation mixed-method design to understand the nexus between road infrastructure and social fragmentation within peri-urban communities in Accra, Ghana by using the case of the Accra-Kasoa road infrastructure expansion project. The findings indicate that the Accra-Kasoa infrastructure project indirectly triggers social fragmentation through the process of displacement of residents during its implementation, as the road created barriers that limited social interactions and social networks within and between residents in the studied communities. Moreover, the findings reveal that the social fragmentation in peri-urban communities is caused by other factors such as customary land tenure systems and changes in the housing tastes of residents in those communities. The findings of this paper inform policymakers not to see the emergence of social fragmentation as only being triggered by physical infrastructure systems but socio-cultural ones as well.

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“…The former set refers to the land cover or land-use changes caused by reservoir flooding, which encompass area extent variations and modifications within the land use and land cover categories, such as changes in the intensity of land use. The latter group then relates dams, lakes, and land systems through more complex sequences of causes and effects [22,41]. The causal effects of dams and land cover variations on flood changes have long been a research goal [42].…”

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Water Reservoirs as a Driver of Anthropogenic Changes in Landscape and Transport Networks: The Czech Republic Experience

Havlíček

Dostál

Pavelková

2022

Water

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The construction of reservoirs has a major impact on the floodplain landscape, and their existence also affects land use in the hinterland. The aim of this article is to evaluate the influence of artificial lakes on changes in landscape use and transport networks; in this context, an assessment is provided of the significance of this anthropogenic activity as one of the drivers of landscape change. Old topographic maps and archival aerial photographs are used to analyze changes in the use of landscape and road networks, and these materials are complemented with the latest geographic data in digital form. Utilizing geographic information systems, we assessed the landscape changes and processes in the hinterland of those Czech Republic reservoirs that have an area of 100 ha or more. The results of the research show that landscape change processes are more intensive in the hinterland of the lakes than in the surrounding landscape. The predominant utility function of a reservoir emerged as a key factor in landscape use changes and ongoing processes. A different landscape use scenario can be observed in drinking water reservoirs, especially regarding the leisure and irrigation functions that dominate elsewhere. After the completion of reservoirs, the road and railway networks had an impact on, above all, the connection of the nearest villages in the hinterland of the lakes. The information that we found can be employed in projecting future changes in land use and road networks at newly planned dams.

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Socioeconomic conflicts and land-use issues in context of infrastructural projects

Cited by 12 publications

References 23 publications

Infrastructure projects and sustainable development: Discovering the stakeholders’ perception in the case of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor

Infrastructure projects and sustainable development: Discovering the stakeholders’ perception in the case of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor

Assessing the nexus between the implementation of road infrastructural projects and social fragmentation in peri-urban areas in Accra, Ghana

Water Reservoirs as a Driver of Anthropogenic Changes in Landscape and Transport Networks: The Czech Republic Experience

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