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Displacement and the public interest in Nigeria: contesting developmental rationales for displacement

Walker, JH; Lipietz, B; Ohaeri, V; Onyebueke, V; Ujah, O; (2020) Displacement and the public interest in Nigeria: contesting developmental rationales for displacement. Development in Practice , 30 (3) pp. 332-344. 10.1080/09614524.2019.1694642. Green open access

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Abstract

The displacement of urban households and livelihoods by state institutions is typically justified on the basis of the developmental purposes of land clearance, purportedly in the public interest. However, conflicts around such displacement highlight both the contested nature of the “public interest” and the unequal position that different urban actors are into shape consensus about what this should constitute. This article draws on research into the relationship between urban infrastructure development and displacement in Nigeria, to explore how actors negotiate their positions vis-a-vis displacement and contest its developmental rationale.

Type: Article
Title: Displacement and the public interest in Nigeria: contesting developmental rationales for displacement
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2019.1694642
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2019.1694642
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Civil society, Governance and public policy, Conflict and reconstruction – Forced displacement, Sub-Saharan Africa
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10089221
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