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Impact of Land Acquisition on the Sustainable Livelihoods in Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam

Author(s)

Ngo Thi Phuong Thao

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5526/2016.11.008

Affiliation(s)

The National Economics University, Vietnam

ABSTRACT

The concept of sustainable livelihood is an attempt to go beyond the conventional definitions and approaches to poverty eradication. These had been found to be too narrow because they focused only on certain aspects or manifestations of poverty, such as low income, or did not consider other vital aspects of poverty such as vulnerability and social exclusion. It is now recognized that more attention must be paid to the various factors and processes which either constrain or enhance poor people’s ability to make a living in an economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable manner. Construction of nuclear power plants in Vietnam is in the first step of implementing and will be allocated in Thuan Nam and Ninh Hai districts, Ninh Thuan province, an agricultural and poor province in Vietnam. This requires a large area of land mobilized, thus a part of popupation living in the project area has to move far away. Besides the positive effects of this project, there are significantly negative impacts on the people living in the project areas and nearby, and their livelihoods are seriously affected. This paper aims at assessing the impact of the nuclear power plants construction on the livelihoods of people in two districts in Ninh Thuan province, in order to have mechanisms and policies to support reasonably and effectively, contributing to stabilize people’s lives and local development.

KEYWORDS

Sustainable livelihood, land acquisition, compensation, resettlement

Cite this paper

Sociology Study, November 2016, Vol. 6, No. 11, 737-743

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