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Starker, Joan E. "The Development of a Social Network following Geographic Relocation." PDXScholar, 1988. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1217.
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The United States is a strikingly mobile nation. Every year almost 20% of its population changes residence and about 45% moves at least once every five years. Economic considerations are a major reason for relocation as persons seek new employment or are transferred by their corporations. Relocation, however, can be a stressful life experience. It removes individuals from daily routines, alters social networks, and may be accompanied by a mixture of sadness, excitement, anger and anxiety. It requires an enormous investment of physical and emotional energy to reestablish order and stability to one's life in a new city. At the same time, relocation can be a challenge, an opportunity for advancement and adventure, and a chance to reevaluate goals and directions. A critical factor influencing adaptation to a new city is an individual's social network. The very nature of moving, however, necessitates both the loss of previous social ties and the building of a new social network. There has been an absence of attention in previous research to the way in which networks evolve and change over time. This descriptive study investigated the development of a social network following geographic relocation. The sample consisted of seventy newly relocated, married males and females referred by organizations, colleges and universities, realtors, and personal contacts. Two structured interviews were completed three months apart. The data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational statistics. A qualitative analysis of questions regarding the experience of network development was also conducted. The results indicated that the size of the new social network changed little over time but did not reach the pre-move network size. There was an increase in levels of intimacy and the amount of social and community activity over time although pre-move levels were not attained. The building of a new network requires a considerable amount of time. A cross-sectional analysis of pre-move network data indicated it takes between 2.5 to 4.5 years in a community to attain stable levels of intimacy. The results suggested that network size stabilizes earlier than the level of intimacy. Subjects relied on their spouses for support: they received minimal social support from their new network members at time one and time two. Moreover, the new social networks were in transition and unstable. The majority of the network members named at time one were deleted at time two. Lack of time and work commitments were perceived as main obstacles to network development. Results showed that characteristics of the individual impact the development of a social network and the mobilization of social support. Gender, employment status, and social competence were the factors that most strongly influenced the social network. Although this sample was not characterized by high stress, health, finances, and work were the primary stressors. The subjects were relatively satisfied with all areas of their lives except for friendships. With the exception of homemakers, there was an increase in dissatisfaction with friendships over time. Corporations and community organizations might address this period of delayed social distress by facilitating social support at this critical time rather than ending their efforts soon after the individual arrives in the new city.
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McLeod, Christine. "Changing places- Resilience in children who move." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1844.
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Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that over 40% of all Australian children moved at least one time in the census period from 1996 to 2001 (ABS, 2001). The literature varies in the impact that this has on children. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between residential relocation, resilience and the emotional, behavioural and academic adjustment of children 8-12 years of age who had moved. Risk factors as identified in the literature as well as the relative impact of resilience were examined. By studying how adjustment occurs in the context of resilience, possible areas for prevention and intervention may be developed for the large numbers of children who move. Results showed that the sample population was in the normal range in academic and behavioural terms. The sample was found to have repeated more grades than average; however the children did not exhibit significant behavioural or emotional consequences. A number of demographic factors have been indicated in the literature as affecting adjustment after residential relocations, yet these were generally not found to be significantly associated with adjustment for this study population. Socioeconomic status was the only factor other than resilience to have been significantly associated with adjustment. Possibly due to the developmental stage of the participants, only the resilience subscales of interpersonal strength and school functioning were found to be significant in their positive association with adjustment, leading to fewer behavioural and academic problems. While the children in this study have all had the potential stress of moving house, the demographic characteristics of this sample would suggest that they might not have had to encounter multiple life challenges or adversities. This conclusion may help explain the lack of significant effects of demographic factors on the adjustment of the children in this sample. Results highlight the importance of good schooling and that the core business of schools in building and enhancing the intellectual functioning of children, is a vital component in the development of resilience. These findings suggest that different aspects of resilience may be important for different developmental stages and different life stressors. The distinction between cause and effect when examining resilience factors is discussed and it is suggested that outcomes in one context may be treated as influences upon outcomes in another context.
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McLeod, Christine. "Changing places resilience in children who move /." University of Sydney, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1844.
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Master of Science/Doctor of Clinical PsychologyFigures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that over 40% of all Australian children moved at least one time in the census period from 1996 to 2001 (ABS, 2001). The literature varies in the impact that this has on children. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between residential relocation, resilience and the emotional, behavioural and academic adjustment of children 8-12 years of age who had moved. Risk factors as identified in the literature as well as the relative impact of resilience were examined. By studying how adjustment occurs in the context of resilience, possible areas for prevention and intervention may be developed for the large numbers of children who move. Results showed that the sample population was in the normal range in academic and behavioural terms. The sample was found to have repeated more grades than average; however the children did not exhibit significant behavioural or emotional consequences. A number of demographic factors have been indicated in the literature as affecting adjustment after residential relocations, yet these were generally not found to be significantly associated with adjustment for this study population. Socioeconomic status was the only factor other than resilience to have been significantly associated with adjustment. Possibly due to the developmental stage of the participants, only the resilience subscales of interpersonal strength and school functioning were found to be significant in their positive association with adjustment, leading to fewer behavioural and academic problems. While the children in this study have all had the potential stress of moving house, the demographic characteristics of this sample would suggest that they might not have had to encounter multiple life challenges or adversities. This conclusion may help explain the lack of significant effects of demographic factors on the adjustment of the children in this sample. Results highlight the importance of good schooling and that the core business of schools in building and enhancing the intellectual functioning of children, is a vital component in the development of resilience. These findings suggest that different aspects of resilience may be important for different developmental stages and different life stressors. The distinction between cause and effect when examining resilience factors is discussed and it is suggested that outcomes in one context may be treated as influences upon outcomes in another context.
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Michaud, Kristen L. "Japanese American Internment Centers on United States Indian Reservations: A Geographic Approach to the Relocation Centers in Arizona, 1942-1945." Connect to this title, 2008. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/185/.
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Grennborg, Andreas. "State Sector Relocations in Sweden : A Municipality-Level Panel Data Analysis on the Effects of Relocation on Regional Development." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Kulturgeografi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-136160.
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In this thesis, the effects that state sector relocations have on regional development in Sweden are investigated. In January 2017, a government report was released, suggesting the relocation of 10 000 state sector jobs from the capital of Stockholm to other parts of Sweden in order to enhance the preconditions for regional development in the destination localities. This thesis aims to investigate which effects that state sector relocations and state sector jobs have on regional development. Three determinants were used to find these effects: the share of state sector employees, the state sector employee growth rate and a dummy variable which denoted four separate occasions of larger relocations. Three of those relocations were executed as a compensation for military base closures. With a fixed effect panel data analysis, it was possible to investigate the effects of these three determinants and a number of control variables on two regional development variables: average income growth and net migration rate. The data used consists of panel data for the years 2006-2015 on a municipality level, with 264 included municipalities, in Sweden and derived from Statistics Sweden. The results showed that the state sector employee growth rate-variable had a positive effect on average income growth. However, the state sector relocation dummy had a negative effect on average income growth. These contradictory results, might be due to the military base closures which occurred a couple of years before the relocations, blurring the positive effects from the relocations. The state sector job-variables had no significant effect on net migration rate, and no obvious long-term effects were found as the share of state sector employees did not show any significant effects on average income growth.
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Nell, Phillip C., and Jan Schmitt. "Geographic Relocations of Headquarters to and from Austria. Study Report 2018." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2018. http://epub.wu.ac.at/6724/1/Study_Relocation_of_HQ_AUT_FINAL_dark_grey.pdf.
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In this study, we deal with the recent phenomenon of headquarters (HQ) relocations and shed light on which factors make multinational corporations (MNCs) relocate their HQs to Austria or from Austria to another country. We draw on a hand-collected dataset of 65 HQ relocations between 2000 and 2017. We find that while HQs in general and divisional HQs in particular have become more mobile over time, Austria still remains an important hub for HQs, as it seems to benefit from more inbound than outbound relocations. The most important location for inbound and outbound relocations of HQs is Germany, but the CEE region matters as well. The relocating firms highlight especially value creation motives, such as higher proximity to important markets and better access to highly qualified employees. Cost reduction motives such as less expensive labor or lower tax expenses play only a secondary role. Based on those findings, we discuss important managerial and policy-maker implications.
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Al-Maharwi, Saad Ali Gana 1957. "Relocation of the population of Al-Habalah Village." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289444.
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Al-Habalah Village is located in the Asir region of southwestern Saudi Arabia. The villagers were relocated to King Faisal Model Village in late 1979. The main objectives of this study were to: (1) identify the reason for relocation; (2) assess the outcome of relocation in terms of compensation, hardships, status of activities before and after relocation, and degree of adaptation to the new location; and (3) evaluate the population's current relationship to their former village in terms of ownership, utilization of resources, and access status. The major findings of this study indicate that the main reason for relocation was the village's inaccessible routes, isolation, and complete absence of public services. Hardships associated with the relocation included adaptation to the new environment, preparing farms, and acquiring homes and furniture. Comparison of activities before and after relocation indicates some positive effects of the change. A notable exception is grazing activities which have sharply decreased. The quantity and quality of resources at the new location are variable. For example, the quantity of water is highly dependent on rainfall. Also, the quantity of firewood is limited, except for the distant mountain zone. In addition, while the quality of soils was good, the quality of grazing lands was poor as a direct result of the dominant climate and land development. A notable exception is the mountain zone. Because of the relocatees ownership of their property, such as homes and farms at the former village, they are free to go to their former village and utilize the former village's resources. The study determined that the basic needs which were missing at the former village are found at the new location and the population is satisfied with the outcome of the relocation.
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Engelmann, Erik, and Larsen Mabika. "Consequences of Employee Relocation in Global Teams : A multi-stakeholder perspective." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-159977.
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Background Global teams are considered an emerging topic in the international management literature. Empirical studies conducted in this field include studies on trust, communication, team relationships, conflicts over distance and leadership. Also, the topic of employee relocation has been extensively researched in the international management literature. Despite the fact that relocations in global teams occur in practices, both topics have yet to be researched together. This paper intends to fill this research gap and study both topics together. Aim This paper aims to investigate the consequences of employee relocation in global teams using a multi-stakeholder perspective. Methodology A qualitative study was conducted with eight individuals working in the same global company which operates in the financial services industry and is headquartered in London, UK. Out of the eight participants, five worked in the same global team. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to investigate the consequences of relocation in global teams from different perspectives. Findings A thematic analysis of the data revealed four main categories of relocation consequences that are acknowledged across the different stakeholders interviewed for this study: work redistribution, resource management, vulnerable team relationships and shift in communication. Despite a common acknowledgement of the consequences, the study showed that discrepancies between the stakeholders’ views on the consequences affected the way the team handled them. By contextualizing the results around a role, the multi-stakeholder perspective exposed different scopes of awareness on the impacts of the relocation consequences. This inferred that individuals showed a certain level of subjectivity influencing their scope of awareness on the impacts of the consequences of relocations.
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Hoff, Benedict Charles. "Relocating cities and dissident sexualities : queer urban geographies in recent Latin American cinema." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565948.
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This thesis explores how the relationship between urban space and dissident sexualities has been represented in recent Latin American cinema. More specifically, it considers how this representation disturbs, remaps and relocates broader (hegemonic) imagined geographies of sexuality and the problematic sets of binaries around which they have been constructed. The study argues that the films in question are characterised by overtly queer urban geographies, in which sexual identity, transgression and liberation appear as highly contingent phenomena that can never wholly assume a position of exteriority in relation to hegemonic power structures. The General Introduction begins by outlining the broad conceptual framework in which my discussion is situated, tracing the relationship between cities, cinema and dissident sexuality. It then outlines the scope of the thesis as a specifically critical intervention, proposing a queer methodology with regards to the analysis of the films which follows. The chapters comprising Part One examine metropolitan spaces of dissident sexuality pertaining to the cities of Buenos Aires and Medellin as they are imagined in Un ano sin amor (Anahi Berneri, 2005) and La virgen de los sicarios (Barbet Schroder, 2000) respectively. It explores how these cities are (de)constructed as centres of (de )regulation with regards to dissident sexualities, bodies and desires. In this respect, Chapter One argues SIM as it appears in Berneri' s film to be both antithetical to and yet also highly reliant on local/global economic structures. Chapter Two, in turn, suggests that the economy of violence envisaged in Schroeder's film is both conducive and detrimental to the construction of gay identity and political consciousness. The chapters comprising Part Two progress to focus on the representation of marginal sexualised spaces in filmic depictions of Recife and Rio de Janeiro in Claudio Assis's Amarelo Manga (2002) and Karim Alnouz's Madame Sata (2002), respectively, investigating how they appear both as peripheral to and yet also highly integrated into the wider urban/global fabric. Chapter Three, in this respect, proposes the misogyny and homophobia present amongst the male characters of Assis's film to be products of 'modern' Brazil as opposed to a 'sexual hinterland' still steeped in tradition. Chapter Four, takes this discussion forward in relation to Alnouz's rendering of 1920s/30s Lapa, considering how the queer discourse I associate with the protagonist disrupts understandings of sexual emancipation as an entirely contemporary and 'foreign' phenomenon issuing solely from North Atlantic domains. Diverse in approach, the films selected, unlike the frequently polarised debates occurring in the academe, do not assume inflexible subjective positions or seek to provide coherent, fully-legible accounts of highly complex issues which defy totalising explanations. In this respect, by offering a specifically queer perspective on the way in which urban space and dissident sexualities (re )produce each other in these films, this thesis seeks to decentre current debates occurring within the domain of film studies, cultural geography, sexuality politics and urban studies, and relocate them into a Latin American context.
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Wilcox, F. Rowan. "Home, neighborhood, and renewal : resident perceptions of forced relocation." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1655.
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Wiltshire, Richard L. "Relocating the Japanese worker : geographical perspectives on personnel transfers, career mobility and economic restructuring /." [Folkestone] : Japan library, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb374751019.
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Th. doct.--economie--London--School of oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1993. Titre de soutenance : Personnel transfers and the geographical mobility of population.Bibliogr. p. 211-221. Index. L'ouvrage contient trois pages de glossaire bilingue Japonais-anglais avec translittération des termes spécifiques au sujet traité.
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Gebremedhin, Frehiwot. "Urban planning from scratch : collaboration and participation of stakeholders in the urban transformation of Kiruna." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-67378.
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The forced movement of people from one place to another due to mining is not a new phenomenon. As the mining becomes more intensive, external consequences arise that forces the displacement of people. In this paper, I will investigate the unique case of Kiruna, Sweden where not only the people but also the whole town is being relocated. This move is being coordinated between the different stakeholders involved but mainly by the municipality and the mining company, Luossavaara- Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB), which is also covering most of the cost for the relocation. In this research, I aimed at determining how urban planning from a sustainable development view was conducted from scratch and analyzed the public participation in the relocation. An elite interview, text -based documents along with a SWOT analysis were qualitative methods used in this study. The elite interviews and the development plan demonstrated that Kiruna is planning to build a compact city with mixed land use and public places that are easily accessible. Sherry Arnstein´s ladder was used to study citizen participation where it showed a tokenism participation that includes informing, placation and consultation showing that LKAB is shaping the move. In addition, the SWOT analysis showed that the strength and opportunities of the urban transformation were considerably more as opposed to the weakness and threats. In conclusion, this study can be used as an example for future towns that may be displaced and asses the different problems that may arise due to relocation.
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Gainza, Coralie. "Socio-economic Selective Migration and Counter-Urbanisation : A case-study of the Stockholm area." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi och ekonomisk historia, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-76704.
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This study investigates the relocation behaviours of out-movers of deprived areas in the region of Stockholm, Sweden. The research is motivated by the concerns raised by deprived and segregated neighbourhoods in relation to a social fragmentation and an unsuccessful socio-economic inclusion of all citizens. Some researches affirm that the out-movers of deprived neighbourhoods tend to be more integrated than the stayers or the individual moving in such neighbourhoods. And if some studies are concerned about their prospective, they have been restricted to their destinations’ socio-economic features and dismissed any spatial approach.This study aims to analyse flows’ direction and features as well as the areas of destination such as to identify processes of selective migration and how socio-spatial disparities are (re)produced. A specific attention is given to counter-urban movements and their possible correlation to “preservation” objectives: The possible migration of lower classes toward peripheries in order to access a better living environment and avoid a forced economic selective migration toward the urban most deprived neighbourhoods.Descriptive and inferential statistics with binary logistic regressions enabled to put into exergue the selective migration among movers, between the counter-urban and the others but also among counter-urban. If most movers remain in the urban core and in an almost deprived area, a substantial proportion seeks to combine to a move “up” the social ladder (a better suited neighbourhood), a “downward” migration on the urban hierarchy (a move toward the peripheries). And the regression confirms that among this population, a segment is statically significantly disadvantaged and remains in rental after the move.Scholars should consider such evidences by including a spatial dimension to their studies on segregation, neighbourhood sorting processes and selective migration. And most importantly, the results of this study invite them to reassess the traditional life-style and life-cycle explanations of counter-urbanisation in favour of an economic driven migration.
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Giguere, Andrew M. ""...and never the twain shall meet:" Baltimore's east-west expressway and the construction of the "Highway to Nowhere."." Ohio : Ohio University, 2009. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1243879048.
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Li, Yun-Syuan, and 李韻玄. "The Study on Association Between Geographic Relocation and Mental Disease by Using Different Residential Mobility Systems." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98576121404203473469.
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碩士國立臺北護理健康大學
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Background and objectives Geographic relocation in the field of epidemiology is a very important factor, and it may be a causation with health. That is, geographic relocation may have an impact on health status, so does health. In the past, measuring geographic relocation was conducted by using questionnaire, population registration data and geographic information systems to estimate the residential situation; apart from the survey, the contents can not exactly find out an individual's residential status. In this study, I use National Health Insurance Research Database to build different residential mobility systems to explore the relationship between geographic relocation and disease; precising the measurement in database, and making an analysis with mental disease as an example. Research methods A retrospective study design was conducted. Data will retrieve from the National Health Insurance Research Database issued by National Institutes of Health. We set up the year 2010 as the study baseline, and then tracking back from 2002. The generalized estimating equations, GEE, will build a living unstable coefficient and be applied to explore the relationship between geographic relocation and mental disease. Research results Regardless of age, gender, mental disease (dementia, schizophrenia, affective psychosis, and neurosis), the relationship between geographic relocation and mental disease is significant. As for the age group between 30-50 , in the absence of mental disease, if their geographic relocation was more unstable, then they may have a lower risk of suffering mental disease in the future; and when they have mental disease, their life will be more unstable. As for population over 65 : in the absence of mental disease, if their geographic relocation was more unstable, then they may have a higher risk of suffering mental disease in the future; And when they have mental disease their life will be more stable. Conclusions and recommendations The younger population has a higher proportion of changing geographic relocation then the older population; studies have shown that the experience of changing geographic relocation in different periods of life, may have a cumulative effect on the mental health or health behaviors in the middle age; some studies also confirmed that the continuous incremental change with age-has a highly correlated relation with geographic relocation changes. Using the living unstable coefficient, we can find out the residential status in individual level, analyze other objects from the person, and explore the correlation between their living situation and objects. The living unstable coefficient is possible to make up for past deficiencies in the estimation of geographic relocation.
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Mota, Pedro Filipe Esteves. "Are the new startup ecosystems able to overcome the geographic concentration on venture capital investments?" Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/114469.
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This study assesses the geographic concentration of venture capital (VC) investments. Using Crunch base’s data from 1998 to 2019, the research finds that top-VCs investments lead to more local successful exits and at higher valuations. Successful entrepreneurs’ investments do not necessarily increase local exits, but they lead to higher exit valuations. It is not possible to infer that successful US exits will persistently signal top and non-top VCs to invest in local hubs, but the effects seem to be significant in the year of the exit. Investments from successful entrepreneurs are not relevant drivers for the increase of VC deals.
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林家君. "The view of Geographical Justice on Kucapungane Relocation Issue after the Typhoon Morakot." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29270807447406656869.
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In recent years, justice-related issues have been extensively discussed in various academia. In the field of geography, Harvey (1973) considers the process of social-ecology and political-economy (including the standards of social justice) constructing the differences between space and the environment. In 2009, Typhoon Morakot struck the south of Taiwan seriously, lots of rain brought to the problem of landslides and the entire New Haocha Village concealed, less than a day the entire village instantly turned into nothing. In face of the occurrence of this incident, the government is eager to solve the problem of the relocation of the village that has been yet finalized. However, administration is eager to complete the reconstruction of the case, so village relocation without more careful and detailed planning. There are a lot of injustice issues abound, and even lead to tribe discontent. In order to further investigate this issue, our research used semi-structured interviews to understand the residents affected by relocation of the village impact of policies and feelings, and we discussed the problem by the concept of justice. The results showed that the government did not stand in the perspective of aborigine to do relocation policy from initial planning to the overall implementation process, nor stand in Kucapungane’s shoes to think particular disaster situation.From the perspective of Social Justice theories, government implement the relocation policy with Utilitarian thinking; while standing on the liberal egalitarian side of the aborigines, expected government implement relocation by taking care of every aborigine equally.
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Kjelstrup, Liv Kristin. "Landscapes of dispossession : farm dwellers' experiences of relocation in the context of private game farming." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/6378.
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This thesis explores the material and non-material impacts of private game farming for a group of farm dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal. The thesis is located within the context of an increasing trend whereby farm dwellers are being relocated in order to provide farm owners with the economic opportunity that commercial game farming entails. The thesis emphasises the marginalised position of the farm dwellers and points to the fact that the farm dwellers themselves often have little control and knowledge regarding their legal rights. It further emphasises the lack of protection that this group receives from the authorities. Even though legislation has been implemented to address tenure insecurity, in reality this legislation has made little difference to the lives of farm dwellers. The thesis concludes that as a direct consequence of the relocation the farm dwellers were affected materially, but perhaps more important were their ‘invisible’ non-material losses. Their non-material losses include loss of self-esteem, increased social marginalisation and the cutting of their ties to their ancestral land.Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.
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Pelupessy, Dicky C. "Relocation: Sense of community, connection to place, and the role of culture following a volcanic eruption." Thesis, 2016. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/34341/.
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The consequences of disaster can take many forms; and relocation adds particular
complexities to community recovery. Relocation, as is mostly intended, is to avoid or
reduce physical susceptibility to future disasters, however, it can also create social and
cultural challenges for relocated communities. The present study investigated the
communities and their members, which were relocated following the 2010 eruption of
the Merapi volcano in Indonesia. The present study aimed to explore the
consequences of relocation for sense of community and connection to place.