The great land theft
The tsunami has reminded us of the need for a rights-based approach to post-disaster reconstruction. If housing, land and property rights are put at the heart of a post-disaster plan – rather than cast aside as too complicated or expensive – the chances are that it will succeed. If these rights are...
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| description | The tsunami has reminded us of the need for a rights-based approach to post-disaster reconstruction. If housing, land and property rights are put at the heart of a post-disaster plan – rather than cast aside as too complicated or expensive – the chances are that it will succeed. If these rights are ignored or, more ominously, systematically violated, not only will rights be abused but also reconstruction will fail. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87f5fdff18744527befab8c9d06cac552022-12-22T03:54:14ZaraUniversity of OxfordForced Migration Review1460-98192005-07-01Special Issue- Tsunami: learning from humanitarian response1516The great land theftScott LeckieThe tsunami has reminded us of the need for a rights-based approach to post-disaster reconstruction. If housing, land and property rights are put at the heart of a post-disaster plan – rather than cast aside as too complicated or expensive – the chances are that it will succeed. If these rights are ignored or, more ominously, systematically violated, not only will rights be abused but also reconstruction will fail.http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/Tsunami/05.pdfforced migrationrefugeeasylumdisplacementdisastertsunamihousingland |
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| url | http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/Tsunami/05.pdf |
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