Urban Displacement and Resettlement: Towards Facilitating Stakeholder Participation

The dataset consists of all data collected for a research on displacement and resettlement of informal settlements households in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda (doi.org.10.3990/1.9789036554596). The research focuses on the resettlement projects, either induced by disaster risks or development projects such us settlement redevelopment projects in the context of implementing the Master Plan. The entire research had four specific objectives: 1. To analyse the impacts of both the urban (re)development and disaster risks induced displacement and resettlement processes on the livelihood of affected informal settlement dwellers. The dataset for this first study is already published by DANS Easy with this doi: 10.17026/dans-zvv-xtb6 2. To examine the governance practices in the resettlement of informal settlement dwellers and how it influences participation and local affected people’s responses The dataset for this second study is already published by DANS Easy with this doi: 10.17026/dans-xae-2xdw 3. To analyse and integrate key stakeholders’ preferences in evaluating the suitability of potential resettlement locations 4. To develop and test a planning support tool that could support collaborative resettlement site identification The dataset for the third and fourth objectives is published by DANS Easy with this doi:10.17026/dans-xx3-xjfn

Social geography, Urban and rural planning, Development studies, Migration, ethnic relations and multiculturalism