Forced removals and hidden power: involuntary displacement and resettlement in Marange

In Marange, mining related displacement has exacted severe social, environmental and economic costs on vulnerable and marginalised communities, eroding fragile livelihoods and breaking many of the intra-community bonds and cohesions which in the past have helped communities to weather challenges to...

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Main Authors: Madebwe, Crescentia, Madebwe, Victor
Format: Book chapter
Language:English
Published: Weaver Press 2021
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Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc60md?turn_away=true
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60md.14
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4443
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description In Marange, mining related displacement has exacted severe social, environmental and economic costs on vulnerable and marginalised communities, eroding fragile livelihoods and breaking many of the intra-community bonds and cohesions which in the past have helped communities to weather challenges to their economic and environmental sustainability. This chapter examines one particularly disruptive form of displacement that took place in Marange with the development of mechanised mining: the involuntary forced removal and resettlement of Chiadzwa villagers in preparation for new mining installations. In the case studied here, a total of 600 families were moved during May-December 2011 and resettled at a...
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spelling ir-11408-44432022-10-15T20:14:10Z Forced removals and hidden power: involuntary displacement and resettlement in Marange Madebwe, Crescentia Madebwe, Victor Resettlement Mining In Marange, mining related displacement has exacted severe social, environmental and economic costs on vulnerable and marginalised communities, eroding fragile livelihoods and breaking many of the intra-community bonds and cohesions which in the past have helped communities to weather challenges to their economic and environmental sustainability. This chapter examines one particularly disruptive form of displacement that took place in Marange with the development of mechanised mining: the involuntary forced removal and resettlement of Chiadzwa villagers in preparation for new mining installations. In the case studied here, a total of 600 families were moved during May-December 2011 and resettled at a... 2021-06-10T08:45:53Z 2021-06-10T08:45:53Z 2016 Book chapter https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc60md?turn_away=true https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60md.14 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4443 en Facets of Power: Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds: by Richard Saunders and Tinashe Nyamunda;Chapter 8: p. 157-170 open Weaver Press
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Forced removals and hidden power: involuntary displacement and resettlement in Marange
title Forced removals and hidden power: involuntary displacement and resettlement in Marange
title_full Forced removals and hidden power: involuntary displacement and resettlement in Marange
title_fullStr Forced removals and hidden power: involuntary displacement and resettlement in Marange
title_full_unstemmed Forced removals and hidden power: involuntary displacement and resettlement in Marange
title_short Forced removals and hidden power: involuntary displacement and resettlement in Marange
title_sort forced removals and hidden power: involuntary displacement and resettlement in marange
topic Resettlement
Mining
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