Overview

The IIR 2009: Land - A Critical Resource for Infrastructure presents one of the most critical issues in recent times that has caught the attention of policymakers and the general public. The salient features of this Report are: 1. land management strategies, 2. Land rights and acquisition: policy and processes, 3. conceptual framework for land use: private and government, 4. resettlement and rehabilitation, 5. documentation of land administration and compensation practices, 6. conflict resolution. With the help of case studies of compensation practices in three countries, China, Ethiopia and Mozambique, and also from within India, IIR 2009 seeks to examine the reasons for land market distortions and explores ways to reduce them.

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Author:   3i Network
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 22.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   0.671kg
ISBN:  

9780198063377

ISBN 10:   0198063377
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   16 July 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD,; SECTION I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, SECTION II. LAND MARKETS IN INDIA: ; 1. . Land Markets in India: Distortions and Issues;; 2. Security of Title to Land in Urban Areas;; 3. Land Dominated Approach to Water Policy: Influence, Effects and Relevance; SECTION III. LAND ACQUISITION: POLICY AND PROCESSES: ; 4. Evolution of Political Economy of Land Acquisition,; 5. Eminent Domain Powers: Rationale, Abuse and Way Forward,; 6. Regulatory and Policy Regime of Land Acquisition: A State Level Perspective,; 7. Land Acquisition Process for National Highways: Issues and Recommendations,; 8. Obtaining Forest Clearances under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980,; 9. Use of Eminent Domain in India : Processes and Their Critique; SECTION IV. COMPENSATION AND R&R, ; 10. Compensation and R&R: Current Issues and Proposed Reforms,; 11. Framework for Evaluation of Land Acquisitions in India: Sustainable Development Perspective,; 12. Resettlement Entitlements: Moral Economy of Land Rights and Beyond,; 13. Rehabilitation & Resettlement Policies: A Comparison of National and Multilateral Agency Policies and Issues in Implementation,; 14. Land for Infrastructure Development: Livelihoods and Fair Compensation,; 15. Sustainable Rehabilitation Interventions through Community Engagement by Rumjhum Chatterjee,; SECTION V. LAND ACQUISITION EXPERIENCES; 16. INSIGHTS INTO LAND ACQUISITION EXPERIENCES OF PRIVATE BUSINESSES IN INDIA ; 17. Land Acquisition for Railway Projects - Two Case Studies,; 18. Forest Land Diversion: Balancing Development and Conservation through Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980,; 19. Land Acquisition for Container Terminal at Cochin Port,; 20. Land Evacuation, resettlement and rehabilitation: Lessons from the Delhi International Airport,; SECTION VI. OVERCOMING LAND CONSTRAINTS IN URBAN PLANNING: ; 21. Integrated Townships as a Policy Response to Changing Supply and Demand Dynamics of Urban Growth,; 22. Reforming Urban Land Management in Gujarat,; 23. Using the 'Development Plan- Town Planning Scheme' Mechanism to Appropriate Land and Build Urban Infrastructure,; 24. Land Saving Technology and Systems for Urban Infrastructure; SECTION VII. LEVERAGING LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT: ; 25. . Unlocking Land Values to Finance Urban Infrastructure,; 26. Potential of Land and Land Based Instruments for Infrastructure Development in Urban Areas,; 27. Charges on Land and Development Rights as a Financing Resource for Urban Development,; 28. Financing Infrastructure for Railways using Railway Land,; 29. . Lessons for Leveraging Land: A case of Bangalore- Mysore Infrastructure Corridor,; SECTION VIII. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING LAND: ; 30. Land Related Rights, Land Markets and Institutional Framework: A Review of International Experiences,; 31. Land Administration in Countries with State Ownership of Land;; SECTION IX. INFRASTRUCTURE REVIEW: ; 32. The Infrastructure Sectors in India, 2008

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