Government-led Resettlement after Natural Disasters as a Durable Solution? The Case of Cyclone Idai

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Thousands of people had to flee their homes when Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique in 2019. In its aftermath, the government resettled more than 80,000 people from highrisk areas to safer ground. This article analyses resettlement as a durable solution to disaster response. The question of durable resettlement due to climate-related displacement is especially pertinent in the light of ongoing climate change. Based on empirical research, we show that, although the government succeeded in providing a short-term response to the disaster, there are two major impediments to using resettlement as a durable solution: the lack of citizen participation in the decision-making process leading to resettlement; and the gap between the short-term humanitarian perspective and a longer-term development viewpoint. Resettlement can hardly be seen as a durable solution to climate-related displacement as long as key principles are not respected.

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Jacobs, C., & Almeida, B. (2021). Government-led Resettlement after Natural Disasters as a Durable Solution? The Case of Cyclone Idai. Refugee Survey Quarterly, 40(2), 239–247. https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/hdaa041

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