...Kensuke Otsuyama; Tomoyuki Mashiko; Haruka Tsukuda Purpose Studies on land acquisition (LA) and recovery simulations have garnered considerable attention amidst climate change. Previous literature has reported that LA and relocation contribute to reducing repetitive disaster losses or downzoning...

... resulting from social fragmentation, livelihood loss, food insecurity and landlessness (Hall, 1994 ; Cernea, 1997 ; Usamah and Haynes, 2012). Pakistan Housing Rehabilitation Relocation Sustainability Recovery Community participation Model village Disasters have now become more frequent...

...Emmanuel Mavhura; Andrew Collins; Pathias Paradzayi Bongo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine vulnerability conditions to flood disasters in Tokwe-Mukorsi community, Zimbabwe and identifies the barriers that constrained the community from relocating to safe sites. Design/methodology...

... or proactive relocation stratagems to avoid ethnocide. Their pragmatic methodologies provide valuable data for any crisis management efforts. Originality/value – This research gives a voice to the voiceless, and conveys their existential struggles from within – unlike most studies of endangered...

... – As flood mitigation programs demand relocation of people, the argument forwarded in the paper is that general social and economic security systems have to be strengthened, enhancing capacity for mobility, before instigating flood mitigation programs. Originality/value – Studies of disasters and risk...

...Ngai Weng Chan In disaster management, relocation/resettlement is more often seen as the worst option as it gives the impression that nothing else can be done about the hazard and people have to be moved. Relocation is unpopular, as plans to relocate entire communities are costly, mainly because...