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The impact of forced evictions on the livelihoods of the urban poor: the case of a development induced displacement in korail, dhaka, bangladesh

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dc.contributor.author Sonia, I
dc.contributor.editor Wijesundara, J
dc.contributor.editor Dayaratne, R
dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-07T08:58:33Z
dc.date.available 2024-11-07T08:58:33Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.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.
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/22929
dc.description.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. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Architecture University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.subject Forced eviction en_US
dc.subject Development induced displacement en_US
dc.subject livelihoods en_US
dc.subject Impoverishment Risk en_US
dc.subject Coping strategy. en_US
dc.title The impact of forced evictions on the livelihoods of the urban poor: the case of a development induced displacement in korail, dhaka, bangladesh en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Fourth International Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 15-31 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the International Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.email sonia.islam245@gmail.com en_US


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