New Land, New Life: A success story of new land resettlement in Bangladesh

• Main Author: Jenkins, Andrew (auth)
• Other Authors: Haider, Natasha (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: CABI 2020
• Subjects: Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Development economics & emerging economies; resettlement; land development; Bangladesh; Commonwealth of Nations; development projects; Asia; livelihoods; rural development; Least Developed Countries; Developing Countries; South Asia
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna deltas has newly emerged 'char' islands, which are very vulnerable, socially, institutionally and environmentally. This book explains how the governments of Bangladesh and the Netherlands cooperated on a land-based rural development project to give settlers se...