Large national infrastructure projects, such as major roads, bridges, and other facets of infrastructure, sometimes require the relocation of human settlements that could be urban or traditional. This mainly results in environmental and social costs mainly related to loss of livelihood capabilities for the relocated communities.
Given the foregoing, this paper scrutinised the case of the involuntary resettlement of Lumbo Village within the Municipality of Kazungula, Zambia, and a border town with Botswana, which had to be relocated due to an International Road-Bridge and Border Facilities Project. The paper focused on history, participation of the affected people in the resettlement process and the perception thereof of the resettled population after the completion of the resettlement activities.
The paper was based on document analysis of planning documents, interviews with local population, district local leadership and those connected to the project. Administration of questionnaires was also conducted to ascertain satisfaction perception of the affected people on the resettlement process.
The key aspects of the involuntary resettlement scheme do not lie in drawing satisfaction in recovering from physical displacement impacts as the case is for Lumbo village, but it should be based on recovery from socio-economic displacement impacts; which unfortunately scored low for the relocated community.
There is a need to make resettlement policies and/or resettlement actions plans as a means to achieve sustainable development. The key goal for the relocated community should be for them to realise sustainable social development outcomes through these policies and /or action plans.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:79153 |
| Date | 12 May 2022 |
| Creators | Bwalya, Mpange |
| Contributors | Müller, Bernhard |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:workingPaper, info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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