Identifying and analyzing the consequences of residential displacement: An ethnographic study of the Gorazi village in Taybad County

Authors

1 Assistant Professor in Social Welfare Management Research Center-University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

2 h.D. Candidate in Agricultural Development, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor in Institute of Humanity and Social Science ACECR, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Displacement is one of the phenomena which are considered in residential areas. Such phenomenon is often implemented after occurring the natural or human disasters. Undoubtedly, the residential displacement, which involves the displacement of a population from a location to another location, has a desirable and undesirable consequence, that affects the various aspects of the life of the target group. Accordingly, identifying the consequences of displacement processes plays an important role in managing these processes. In this regard, the main purpose of this study was to analyze the consequences of residential displacement in Gorazi village, located in Bakherz district in Khorasan Razavi province. This qualitative study employed the critical ethnographic methodology. The population of the study was consisted of the residents of Gorazi village who have experienced the residential displacement. Data were collected through purposive sampling to reach theoretical saturation. Individual semi-structured interviews technique and participant observation were employed to data collection. Generally, the results showed that the consequences of residential displacement in the Goriza village consisted of physical, social and economic dimensions. Ignore to the social and physical contexts of the former village, has caused the adverse social consequences and then has changed the job structures. In fact, the adverse consequences have caused social consequences, such as social conflictions, and economic consequences, such as increased debt levels.

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