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p. 19 of 79 BACK | NEXT Foreword Abbreviations Glossary 1. Introduction 2. The Resettlement Plan in the Project Cycle 3. Resettlement: Key Planning Concepts 3.1 Avoiding or Minimizing Resettlement 3.2 Policy Framework 3.3 Developing a Resettlement Policy 3.4 Defining Entitlement and Eligibility 3.5 Resettlement Planning for Vulnerable Groups 3.6 The Entitlement Matrix 3.7 Resettlement Budget and Financing 3.8 Land Acquisition and Resettlement Time Line 3.9 Checklist: Key Planning Concepts 4. Consultation and Participation 5. Socioeconomic Information 6. Relocation 7. Income Restoration 8. Institutional Framework 9. Monitoring and Evaluation Selected Reading List Appendix 1: The Bank's Policy on Involuntary Resettlement Appendix 2: Sample Terms of Reference for Full Resettlement Plan Appendix 3: Resettlement Policies in Selected DMCs Appendix 4: Resettlement Monitoring: Sample Formats for Monthly Progress Reports

Handbook on Resettlement: A Guide to Good Practice : 3. Resettlement: Key Planning Concepts

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3.1. Avoiding or Minimizing Resettlement

Some projects can be redesigned to avoid resettlement effects. For example, a water supply project planning to use a reservoir source might, instead, draw on groundwater or river offtakes. This might avoid widespread disruption for isolated communities in environmentally vulnerable areas. Resettlement effects can be minimized through careful technical design. Alignments for roads, railways, power lines, canals, and embankments can be altered to reduce resettlement effects in heavily populated areas or in productive agricultural lands. Rights of way can sometimes be narrowed. Sites for infrastructure or borrow pits can be carefully selected to use land of low value. Water and sewerage pipes can be sited along existing road corridors. The dam height for reservoir projects might be lowered to reduce the inundation area, while still providing reasonable storage. Buffer walls might be utilized to minimize noise or other environmental effects which might otherwise have led to relocation.

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