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Lobo and Kumar deserve rich appreciation for arduously generating a goldmine of data sets on this subject and then incisively analyzing them…. The book is an excellent addition and it will have a long shelf life. -- Social Action The authors of this volume have painstakingly gathered data from various research centres, universities, government departments/project authorities, ministries and government gazettes on all the developmental projects in Gujarat and analyzed the impact of displacement and deprivation on various strata of society. The information presented covers 139 sites and 1,937 households from different parts of the state over a period of 60 years. This study also includes a sample survey of project-affected households, with special reference to tribal people, dalits, and Other Backward Castes…. The authors…see development-induced displacement, resettlement and rehabilitation not just from the academic point of view. They address the issue of public policies related to land acquisition, resettlement, and rehabilitastion as well. They also touch upon the trends in land acquisition and transfer in the state by referring to the Government of Gujarat Special Economic Zone Act, 2004…. This book is a welcome addition to the existing literature on land acquisition, displacement, and rehabilitation. -- Sociological Bulletin It provides a well documented data base to show the actual trend of displacement and dispossession over a period of time and leaves no room for speculation… a book that puts the facts and figures right for both those who are fighting for the rights of the dispossessed and the representatives of the democratic nation state is a welcome contribution. -- Contributions to Indian Sociology

Lobo and Kumar deserve rich appreciation for arduously generating a goldmine of data sets on this subject and then incisively analyzing them... The book is an excellent addition and it will have a long shelf life. -- Social Action The authors of this volume have painstakingly gathered data from various research centres, universities, government departments/project authorities, ministries and government gazettes on all the developmental projects in Gujarat and analyzed the impact of displacement and deprivation on various strata of society. The information presented covers 139 sites and 1,937 households from different parts of the state over a period of 60 years. This study also includes a sample survey of project-affected households, with special reference to tribal people, dalits, and Other Backward Castes... The authors...see development-induced displacement, resettlement and rehabilitation not just from the academic point of view. They address the issue of public policies related to land acquisition, resettlement, and rehabilitastion as well. They also touch upon the trends in land acquisition and transfer in the state by referring to the Government of Gujarat Special Economic Zone Act, 2004... This book is a welcome addition to the existing literature on land acquisition, displacement, and rehabilitation. -- Sociological Bulletin It provides a well documented data base to show the actual trend of displacement and dispossession over a period of time and leaves no room for speculation... a book that puts the facts and figures right for both those who are fighting for the rights of the dispossessed and the representatives of the democratic nation state is a welcome contribution. -- Contributions to Indian Sociology

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Lancy Lobo is Director at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. Earlier, he had served as the Director, Centre for Social Studies, Surat. He has conducted extensive studies on the tribes, Dalits, OBCs and minorities in rural and urban Gujarat. He has authored six books and has contributed several articles to professional journals. His published works include The Thakors of North Gujarat Poor in Urban India: Study of Surat Slums (co-authored with Biswaroop Das) and Communal Violence and Minorities: Gujarat Society in Ferment (coedited with Biswaroop Das). He was an International Fellow at the Woodstock Centre, Georgetown University, Washington DC (1999–2000) during which he worked on Globalisation, Hindu Nationalism and Christians in India. At present, he is working on degradation of forests and its impact on the tribals of Gujarat. Shashikant Kumar, planning consultant in the area of urban and regional planning, has focused his interests on development planning issues in India in general, and Gujarat in particular. He is presently involved in research related to development planning, evaluation and spatial analysis techniques in various organisations. Earlier he held the position of Vice President, Scanpoint Geomatics Limited (Ahmedabad); and Associate Project Director (DIDR Project), Centre for Culture and Development (Vadodara). At various stages of his professional career, he has provided consultancy to Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1999–2000; Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara, 2003 to till date; Green Eminent, 1997 to till date; and various other institutions. He is a visiting faculty in the Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda; and Bhaikaka Institute of Human Settlement, APIED, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar.

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