Into the land rush: facing the urban transition in Hanoi's western suburbs

DiGregorio, Michael

doi:10.3828/idpr.2011.14

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“…This suggests that farming in peri-urban areas in particular, and in rural Vietnam in general, must be considered not only as a 'livelihood insurance' for the rural population or a fall-back option in case of adversity, but also a guarantee of household food security in the context of urban expansion. Rather than just being a source of income, the option to farm makes households less vulnerable to external shocks, as also observed in other peri-urban zones in Vietnam (Do, 2006;DiGregorio, 2011;Tuyen et al, 2014a), in china (Zhang and Lu, 2011), and in Ghana (Oduro, 2010). Secondly, livelihood outcomes many years after land loss are, overall, relatively positive in that most of the affected households have been able to regain their pre-land-loss income level.…”

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Compulsory land acquisition for urban expansion: livelihood reconstruction after land loss in Hue’s peri-urban areas, Central Vietnam

Nguyen¹,

Westen²,

Zoomers³

2017

International Development Planning Review

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Land acquisition for urbanisation in Vietnam has become a hot topic, attracting attention not only from land administrators, but also from the media and politicians. This paper draws on the case of Hue to investigate how farmers reconstruct their livelihoods after land loss. The findings indicate that the majority of people are able to reconstruct their livelihoods with better living conditions. Besides the employment opportunities derived from an expanding local economy, such as in Hue, remaining in the same physical environment and the retention of social networks are important factors for successful livelihood reconstruction. However, there are emerging issues that challenge equitable development and sustainable livelihoods, such as increased vulnerability for the elderly and infirm after land loss, in addition to the difficulties casual workers may face in the long term. The capacity of households to adapt to new situations, training, consultations and social security systems for the affected farmers should, therefore, be taken into account.

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Compulsory land acquisition for urban expansion: livelihood reconstruction after land loss in Hue’s peri-urban areas, Central Vietnam

Nguyen¹,

Westen²,

Zoomers³

2017

International Development Planning Review

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“…In recent years, real estate value in this area has skyrocketed. This motivates many local families to convert agricultural land to residential land and then sell a part of their land for a huge lump sum of cash [35]. Endogenous development (that is, by villagers) is different from exogenous development (through state appropriation or high-value developments by developers) as it is largely kinship-based.…”

Section: Food-based Social Safety Netmentioning

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Adaptation strategies used by low-income residents affected by land use changes in Hanoi, Vietnam

Vansintjan

Van

Quynh

et al. 2019

STCE

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Since Vietnam shifted to a market-economy in the 1980s, Hanoi has seen rapid urban expansion similar to that of other South East Asian cities - involving megaprojects, luxury developments, rural-to-urban migration, informal housing construction, and escalating speculation. Researchers have considered how unemployment and the disruption of community life followed the urbanization of rural areas. However, little has been said about how people adjusted their everyday life to cope with the changes. Through in-depth interviews, focus groups, participatory observation, oral histories, and surveys, this research investigated the adaptation strategies of low-income residents in the face of land use changes that are beyond their control. The main research site is Tay Ho district - previously a conglomeration of agricultural villages that has, in the past 20 years, witnessed rapid transformation through large-scale infrastructures, luxury housing, and smaller lodgings built individually for migrant workers. Four main adaptation strategies used by residents have been identified. First, people turn to food as a safety net. Running small street stalls, selling goods in local markets, and delivering to restaurants are common. Second, as farms transform into roads and buildings, people take advantage of public space to garden and socialize with neighbours. Third, gender division is significant as women are often excluded from the male-dominated land inheritance system and the formal economy, so they turn to informal trade, which offers autonomy and helps to develop social connections. Fourth, as land is confiscated and compensated by a lump sum of cash, people build social capital to persevere. This paper suggests that, in the context of rising globalization, the urbanization of the countryside, and the need to ensure the sustainability and inclusivity of cities, urban planners and policy-makers should take into account the way by which low-income residents continue to rely on environmental and social capital to adapt to changes. Keywords: urbanization; informality; adaptation; resilience; environmental capital; social capital; privatization. Received 18 July 2018, Revised 09 September 2018, Accepted 18 December 2018

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“…Depot owners thus consciously choose to stay either close to major construction sites or residential areas. Numerous New Urban Areas ( Khu đô thị mới ), as the government calls them, have been recently developed on the edge of Hanoi, where former farmland has been converted into residential, service, or industrial premises (DiGregorio ; Labbé and Boudreau ). Together with private housing, these developments have practically turned parts of Hanoi into giant construction sites, which are ample sources of waste for the depot operators.…”

Section: In the Urban Waste Depot: Place Making Gender Class And Pmentioning

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Trading in broken things: Gendered performances and spatial practices in a northern Vietnamese rural‐urban waste economy

Nguyen

2016

American Ethnologist

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Through their deeply gendered performative and place‐making practices, migrant waste traders take part in regenerating and revaluing urban space in Hanoi, Vietnam. Ethnographic research in the city and in their native rural district suggests that these practices are simultaneously strategic and contingent on the waste traders’ gender and class positions. This positioning is defined by their marginalization as rural migrants and the social ambiguity of waste, which they creatively use for their own purposes. Alongside creating value for the waste they deal in, the traders turn marginality and ambiguity into social and economic spaces essential for communal life and economy, albeit with uncertain outcomes. These spaces are not locally bounded but part of shifting trajectories of power in the global market and the urban order of Vietnam. [waste, rural migrants, performance, urban space, Vietnam]

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Into the land rush: facing the urban transition in Hanoi's western suburbs

Cited by 21 publications

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Compulsory land acquisition for urban expansion: livelihood reconstruction after land loss in Hue’s peri-urban areas, Central Vietnam

Compulsory land acquisition for urban expansion: livelihood reconstruction after land loss in Hue’s peri-urban areas, Central Vietnam

Adaptation strategies used by low-income residents affected by land use changes in Hanoi, Vietnam

Trading in broken things: Gendered performances and spatial practices in a northern Vietnamese rural‐urban waste economy

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