Abstract:
This paper talks about such a case from April 2012, which involved an
eviction of a section of the biggest informal settlement Korail, in Dhaka. The
eviction has brought into focus the need for a coherent urban poverty and
resettlement approach. One part of the slum was bulldozed to extend the
main road, as a development project of the government. The plans worked
in terms of development initiative, but the policy remained silent on
relocation of the evictees. The progress for this research was supported by a
quasi-experiment as a strategy. The objective was to reveal an evaluation of
the effects on the livelihoods of the evictees and suggest right based
alternatives to this development induced eviction. The experiment
compared two groups on their livelihood assets and strategies. The evictees
were titled as the treatment group and the non-evictees as the control
group. Although the comparison inclined more on the “before-after”
situation of the treatment group, the control group was considered to
explain what would have happened to the treatment group if this eviction
had not happened. The research method involved analysis of both
qualitative and quantitative data obtained from surveys and semistructured
interviews. The specific suggestions for the policy makers and
involved authorities remain to be focused on the laws against eviction and
housing rights besides being considerate and coordinated towards the
issues of homelessness or landlessness.
Citation:
Sonia, I, (2016). The impact of forced evictions on the livelihoods of the urban poor: the case of a development induced displacement in korail, dhaka, bangladesh. In J. Wijesundara, & R. Dayaratne,(Eds.). Proceedings of the International Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP 2016. (pp. 15-31). Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa.