This report takes a snapshot look at how urbanisation is impacting three of Cambodia's secondary cities – Sihanoukville, Battambang, and Siem Reap – and, in particular, their urban poor settlements. The report is based on desk review and field research. The report provides information on history, urban planning, urban poor settlements and interventions for each city.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2012Cambodia
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2014Cambodia
Since 1990, over 29,700 Cambodian families have been evicted or displaced from their homes in Phnom Penh. This document provides a list of evicted communities, collating information on year, settlement name, description of the event and numbers of households affected. Includes maps of displaced communities and relocation sites. Available in Khmer and English.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2014Cambodia
The report of a 2013 survey conducted to update previous research on urban poor settlements in the Phnom Penh and produce current maps of their locations. This report summarises the data collected, and provides analysis and recommendations for key stakeholders intended to help lead to positive outcomes for the urban poor. The study found 340 urban poor settlements in Phnom Penh. The research shows that the trend of a decreasing percentage of settlements in the inner Khans and a corresponding increase in outer Khan settlements has continued.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsCambodia
អង្គការលីកាដូធ្វើការស៊ើបអង្កេតទៅលើគម្រោង ការបែងចែកដីធ្លី ដើម្បីអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងសង្គម ( LASED ) ដែលមានតម្លៃ១៣លានដុល្លារ ដែលបានគាំទ្រដោយ ធនាគារពិភពលោក និងទីភ្នាក់ងារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍របស់អាឡឺម៉ង់ ជីអាយហ្សិត ( Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit ) ដើម្បីវាយតម្លៃថាតើ ប្រជាជនក្រីក្រកម្ពុជានៅតាមទីជនបទ ពិតជាដែលបានទទួលអត្ថប្រយោជន៍ពីគម្រោងនេះ ដូចដែលបានថ្លែងនៅក្នុងរបាយការណ៍គំរោងរបស់ទីភ្នាក់ងារទាំងពីរឬទេ។ -
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsDecember, 2011Cambodia
Political dynamics of the global land grab are exemplified in Cambodia, where at least 27 forced evictions took place in 2009, affecting 23,000 people. Evictions of the rural poor are legitimized by the assumption that non-private land is idle, marginal, or degraded and available for capitalist exploitation. This paper: (1) questions the assumption that land is idle; (2) explores whether land grabs can be regulated through a ‘code of conduct’; and (3) examines peasant resistance to land grabs.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2009Cambodia
This BMZ comissioned report by GTZ highlights the dramatic increase of land concessions and rising inequality in land distribution in Cambodia. Parts of the study refer to an earlier report by Uch Sophas “Foreign Direct Investment in Land for Biomass Production in Cambodia”. The South-East Asian country Cambodia has an area of 181,035 km2. The Government of Cambodia is adapting its activities to attract FDI, which has lead to a steady increase especially since 2007.
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