Resettlement definition

Resettlement means the impact of an involuntary taking of land under the Project, which taking causes affected persons to have their: (i) standard of living adversely affected; or (ii) right, title or interest in any house, land (including premises, agricultural and grazing land) or any other fixed or movable asset acquired or possessed, temporarily or permanently; or (iii) access to productive assets adversely affected, temporarily or permanently; or (iv) business, occupation, work or place of residence or habitat adversely affected, temporarily or permanently.
Resettlement means: (i) the involuntary (i.e., an action that may be taken without a person’s informed consent or power of choice) taking of land, including anything growing on or permanently affixed to such land, such as buildings and crops, resulting in: (A) relocation or loss of shelter; (B) loss of assets or access to assets; or (C) loss of income sources or means of livelihood, whether or not the affected persons must move to another location; or (ii) the involuntary restriction of access to legally designated parks and protected areas resulting in adverse impacts on the livelihoods of the affected persons, and encompassing restrictions on the use of resources imposed on people living outside a park or protected area, or on those who continue living inside the park or protected area during and after Project implementation.
Resettlement means the relocation of displaced persons into new residential locations.

Examples of Resettlement in a sentence

  • Monitoring will be a regular activity for PIU and Resettlement Officer at this level will see the timely implementation of R&R activities.

  • Analysis on the resettlement plan be conducted based on ADBs Hand Book on Resettlement, A Guide to Good practice 1998 as amended time to time/ World Bank Guidelines / Government of India Guidelines, as applicable.

  • The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCT in LARR Act - 2013) has been effective from January 1, 2014 after receiving the assent of the President of Republic of India.

  • The aim of this Resettlement Plan (RP) is to mitigate all such unavoidable negative impacts caused due to the subproject and resettle the displaced persons and restore their livelihoods.

  • Involuntary Resettlement Category B: Not Significant include involuntary resettlement impacts that are not deemed significant as per the ADB Operational manual Involuntary Resettlement Category C: No involuntary resettlement impacts.


More Definitions of Resettlement

Resettlement means the process whereby, on a request from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (‘UNHCR’) based on a person’s need for international protection, third-country nationals are transferred from a third country and established in a Member State where they are permitted to reside with one of the following statuses:
Resettlement means the legal process of return of uprooted population groups and individuals to their place of origin or another place of their choice in Guatemalan territory, and their relocation and integration therein, in accordance with the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala.
Resettlement. Instrument” or “RI” means a resettlement instrument prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Resettlement Policy Framework, and acceptable to the Association setting out the arrangements, including related compensation measures, to be applied in the event of the physical or economic displacement of persons affected by activities to be implemented under the Project (including Sub-projects), as the same may be modified from time to time with the prior written agreement of the Association, and such term includes any schedules or annexes to said instrument.
Resettlement means the process of providing sufficient opportunities to affected persons to restore productivity, income and standard of living. Compensation for assets is usually insufficient to realize full restoration.
Resettlement means the transfer of individual displaced persons in clear need of international protection, on request of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, from a third country to a Member State, in agreement with the latter, with the objective of protecting against refoulement and admitting and granting the right to stay and any other rights similar to those granted to a beneficiary of international protection.
Resettlement means the direct impact of an involuntary taking of land under the Project, which taking causes affected persons to have their: (i) standard of living adversely affected; or (ii) right, title or interest in any house, land (including premises, agricultural and grazing land) or any other fixed or movable asset acquired or possessed, temporarily or permanently; or (iii) access to productive assets adversely affected, temporarily or permanently; or (iv) business, occupation, work or place of residence or habitat adversely affected, temporarily or permanently, as determined by the Bank.
Resettlement means ‘resettlement’ as defined in Article [2] of Regulation (EU) ../.. [Union Resettlement [and Humanitarian Admission] Framework];