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Anthropology of disaster urges community voice in river relocations

Study stresses displaced residents should decide where and how new homes are rebuilt.

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  1. 0:01A new study reveals that people
  2. 0:03forced to move from river areas
  3. 0:05must decide where and how their
  4. 0:06new homes are built
  5. 0:09Communities beside rivers face higher risk
  6. 0:11of flooding affecting homes farms
  7. 0:14and infrastructure
  8. 0:16Development projects change how people relate
  9. 0:19to rivers influencing vulnerability patterns
  10. 0:23The research argues that relocation plans
  11. 0:25must include the voices of those
  12. 0:27moving ensuring culturally appropriate reconstruction
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