Impacts of Displacement on Urban Livelihoods : A Railway Project in Metro Manila

This article seeks to understand the ways in which urban livelihoods are affected by development-induced displacement, with a particular focus on residents remaining in the locality. Through an empirical case study of a railway upgrading project in Metro Manila, the article investigates livelihood i...

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Main Author:	Choi, Narae
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	development aid urban livelihoods displacement
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22689

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spelling	okr-10986-226892021-04-23T14:04:10Z Impacts of Displacement on Urban Livelihoods : A Railway Project in Metro Manila Choi, Narae development aid urban livelihoods displacement This article seeks to understand the ways in which urban livelihoods are affected by development-induced displacement, with a particular focus on residents remaining in the locality. Through an empirical case study of a railway upgrading project in Metro Manila, the article investigates livelihood impacts of large-scale demolition and displacement, which varied depending on whether the physical capital of remaining residents declined due to land clearance and the extent to which they relied on the local livelihood network established with displaced settlers. In comparison, households remained intact when they had little engagement with the local informal economy. 2015-09-28T14:21:46Z 2015-09-28T14:21:46Z 2015-07-02 Journal Article Development in Practice 0961-4524 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22689 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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description	This article seeks to understand the ways in which urban livelihoods are affected by development-induced displacement, with a particular focus on residents remaining in the locality. Through an empirical case study of a railway upgrading project in Metro Manila, the article investigates livelihood impacts of large-scale demolition and displacement, which varied depending on whether the physical capital of remaining residents declined due to land clearance and the extent to which they relied on the local livelihood network established with displaced settlers. In comparison, households remained intact when they had little engagement with the local informal economy.
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title	Impacts of Displacement on Urban Livelihoods : A Railway Project in Metro Manila
title_short	Impacts of Displacement on Urban Livelihoods : A Railway Project in Metro Manila
title_full	Impacts of Displacement on Urban Livelihoods : A Railway Project in Metro Manila
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Impacts of Displacement on Urban Livelihoods : A Railway Project in Metro Manila

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