Displacement
An Anthropological Impact Assessment on Flood Induced Displacement: A Case study in Dhemaji Development Block, District Dhemaji, Assam
By: ANUP HAZARIKA, RIPUNJOY SONOWAL – Floods have a significant negative social, economic and environmental impact on both individuals and communities. The results of floods, both negative and positive, differ greatly depending on the placement and amount of flooding. Global data from a previous couple of decades shows that the number of displaced people by…
Understanding displacement and migration from violence affected Villages in Jammu and Kashmir: Anthropological Insights
By: URFAT ANJEM MIR, P.C. JOSHI – The classical village studies in India have focused on ideas of caste, kinship, village as a social reality, with an emphasis on the sociological conditions of life, specifically the socio-cultural and economic aspects of a rural society. The sociological condition of people living in rural areas which have…
Impact of Dam-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: A Case Study of Indira Sagar Project Polavaram
By: ANIL K. KUMAR, NAGARAJU CHIKKALA – Involuntary displacement from one’s land and habitat carries with it the risk of the migrant becoming poorer than before displacement, since a significant number of migrants do not receive adequate compensation for loss of their assets nor effective assistance to re-establish them and make them productive. Unless the…