Population Displacement: An Overview

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The grave problem of population displacement is caused mainly by development projects, conflicts and natural disasters. Though development projects can bring enormous benefits to society, they also impose far-reaching consequences, which are often borne by the most disadvantaged lot of people. The development displacees can suffer as severely as those displaced either internally or internationally by natural disasters or conflict and violence. The gravity of displacement issue is explicit in quantifications made by different agencies. The forced population displacement is always crisis-prone, even when necessary as part of broad and beneficial development programs. The affected people get profoundly disrupted culturally as well as socio-economically. Displacement often dismantles people's existing modes of production, disrupts social networks, causes the impoverishment of many of those uprooted, threatens their cultural identity, and increases the risks of epidemics and health problems. This book is an attempt to illustrate the principal causes, contexts, and consequences of population displacement around the world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Azmal Hussain

Azmal Hussain holds a doctorate degree in Anthropology from Gauhati University. He has handled several action and research ventures independently for different organizations working for the underprivileged and particularly addressing issues like nutrition and education with a focus on women and children. He is also commissioned as a research and documentation expert in the projects sponsored by different development agencies like Lutheran World Relief, Catholic Relief Services, Oxfam, UNICEF etc. Presently, he is working as a Faculty Associate at Icfai Business School Research Center, Kolkata. He has already edited several books in the areas like health, nutrition and community development, published by Icfai University Press.

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Title
Population Displacement: An Overview
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8131406903, 9788131406908
Length
222p., Tables; Figures; Index; 23cm.
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