The Price of Land Acquisition, Conflict, Consequence
ISBN: 9780198089544 | 0198089546
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 4/19/2013
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Land acquisition for industry and infrastructure has become a source of major conflict in the last half decade in India. Sites like Singur, Nandigram, Niyamgiri, and Maha Mumbai, and phenomena like the Maoist insurgency are well-known. Some believe that land acquisition is the 'biggestproblem' in India's growth path. It is a central political issue in several states. A massive new land acquisition bill with serious long-term consequences is making its way through parliament. Stories about acquisition are in newspapers and on television every da... MORE
List of Tables and Figures
Overview: The Biggest Problem and the Best Solution
1. Conflicts
2. Prices
3. Agents
4. Flashpoints
5. A Roadmap
6. Before Independence
7. The Giving State
8. The Taking State
9. Land Markets
10. Laws and Consequences
Appendix
References... MORE
Index
Sanjoy Chakravorty is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia.
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