Overview

Syria’s massive displacement (from 2012 onwards) is one of the largest, most complex and intractable humanitarian emergencies of today. More than 5.7 million Syrian refugees live mainly in cities and urban areas throughout the Middle East. Urban Displacement examines multiple dimensions of this crisis from political and socioeconomic predicaments to questions of social belonging, the complexity of the international, regional and national responses and how they affect urban spaces. The volume brings together experts in the field of forced migration studies and displacement in the Middle East and presents a range of in-depth ethnographic data, cross-sectional surveys and policy analyses.

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Author:   Are John Knudsen ,  Sarah A. Tobin
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805393016

ISBN 10:   1805393014
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   01 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction Part I: Settling in Cities Chapter 1. Syrian Self-Settlement in Lebanon’s ‘Arrival Cities’: Refugee Livelihoods in Tripoli, Beirut, and Tyre Robert Forster and Are John Knudsen Chapter 2. At the Intersection of Economic and Family Networks: Female Syrian Refugees from Homs in Mafraq, Jordan Sarah Tobin Chapter 3. ‘Here, I’m a Syrian in Erbil’: Identities and Livelihoods of the Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Wirya, Khogir, Fuad Smail and Tine Gade Chapter 4. Aspiring Cosmopolitans: Syrian Youth in Urban Turkey Rebecca Bryant and Dunya Habash Part II: Refugee Urbanism and Urban Policies Chapter 5. The (Re-)Making of a Palestinian Ghetto:’Commercial Buildings’ and Syrian settlement in the Beddawi Refugee Camp Ismae’l Sheikh Hassan Chapter 6. ‘Give Them Shelter’: An Investigation of the Occupancy Free of Charge Refugee Response in Lebanon Watfa Najdi, Mona Fawaz and Nasser Yassin Chapter 7. Syrian Refugees in Urban Turkey: Between Migration Policies and Realities İçduygu, Ahmet and Souad Osseiran Chapter 8. Refugees and the Urban Fabric: Palestinian and Syrian Settlement Patterns in Jordan Doraï, Kamel Part III: Global Policy Approaches Chapter 9. Refuge in Syria: Where Duty Outweighs Human Rights Based Approaches Dawn Chatty Chapter 10. The Syrian Emergency and its Impact on the Evolution of Global Refugee Policy Jeff Crisp Chapter 11. Strategic Caution and Tactical Innovation: UNHCR Responses to Changing Patterns of Displacement Astri Suhrke Chapter 12. Global Frameworks for Urban (Displacement) Response Lien, Ida Z. and Synne Bergby Index

Reviews

“This book is a timely contribution to the literature on Syrian refugees and on contemporary refugee regime(s).” • Leonardo Schiocchet, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Author Information

Are John Knudsen is Research Professor at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and an International Fellow at Institute Convergences Migrations (ICM), Paris.

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