Forced Migration and Urban Transformation in South Asia

This volume discusses the displacement of urban populations, inequality and poverty in three cities in South Asia- Colombo and Jaffna in Sri Lanka and Kochi in India. It focuses on the long term effect resettlement and relocation has on the lives and livelihoods of urban internal displacement of populations (IDPs) primarily from urban poor classes. It also discusses the concerns faced by the displacement in post war Sri Lanka. It examines the impacts of conflict on poverty and recovery in peri-urban settings. It emphasises the role of agency of urban IDPs in strengthening their own wellbeing. It draws attention to how the agency of urban IDPs is compromised by the displacement processes and the weak local level governance structures in the cities. The book is intended for researchers, graduate students and teachers of Geography, Social Policy, Refugees and Migration Studies, History, International Development, urban studies and South Asian Studies.

Discusses development and conflict induced migration in Sri Lanka and India both from academic and policy angles Is an important contribution to the literature on displacement and resettlement in South Asia Analyzes ruralurban migration or internal migration within the cities of Jaffna, Colombo, and Kochi

Autorentext

Rajith W. D. Lakshman is Research Officer at the Cities Cluster at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the University of Sussex. He is Financial Economist by training with a Ph.D. (University of Melbourne, Australia) focused on stock market interlinkages. His subsequent work, however, has mainly focused on conflict, poverty, and development. At IDS, he is also involved in a DfID-funded well-being study in South Asian cities and had led an IDRC funded three-year project on urban violence which the proposed book is based on. His work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals (e.g., World Development; Journal of Refugee Studies; and Disasters) and as chapters in book published by international publishers. He has reviewed papers for several international journals and been in the editorial board of Migration and Development.
S. Irudaya Rajan is Professor at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Kerala. He is Chair of the KNOMAD thematic group on Internal Migration and Urbanization managed by the World Bank. With more than three decades of research experience at CDS, he has coordinated eight migration surveys in Kerala since 1998 (with K C Zachariah) and conducted migration surveys in Goa (2008), Punjab (2011), and Tamil Nadu (2015). He is Editor of two Routledge series, India Migration Report (since 2010) and South Asia Migration Report (since 2017). He works closely with the Ministry of External Affairs (erstwhile Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs), Government of India, and Department of Non-Resident Keralite Affairs, Government of Kerala. He is also Elected Chairman for the International Institute of Migration and Development. He has published extensively in national and international journals on social, economic, and demographic implications of international migration.

Inhalt
Introduction.- From a horizontal to a vertical lifestyle: Impact of relocation on sense of belonging.- Conflict, Poverty and Recovery in Passaiyoor East in Jaffna City in Sri Lanka.- Rethinking Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Cochin City: Ignored and Concealed.- De-housing and re-housing- Evictee's reflections on the process: the experiences of relocation in Colombo and Cochin.- Older person's lives in relocated community: a case study of development induced relocation in Colombo, Sri Lanka.- Conclusions and recommendations.