Description
Resettlement, also called planned relocation or managed retreat, has emerged as a popular but highly contested policy to manage the impacts of weather extremes and global climate change. This talk will present the results of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-funded project which critically examines the processes and impacts of resettlement as a social policy to help vulnerable and disaster-affected communities in the Philippines, a southeast Asian country considered most at-risk to climate change. Drawing on empirical data from a two-week intensive fieldwork in July 2024, I will present how a local, international, and national government agency differently implemented resettlement in three municipalities in a province devastated by two consecutive super typhoons more than ten years ago. This will be followed by a discussion on the long-term impacts of resettlement based on the lived experiences, current challenges, and critical reflections of resettled residents themselves. Ultimately, this presentation aims to distill the contrasts and parallels on resettlement implementation strategies employed by state and non-state actors as well as its potentially positive and negative outcomes to disaster-affected communities in order to understand its social and policy implications in the Philippines and other climate-vulnerable countries in the global South.| Period | 9 Nov 2024 |
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| Event title | 2024 Asia Pacific Comparative Development and Policy Symposium |
| Event type | Symposium |
| Location | Hong Kong, ChinaShow on map |