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Chongqing Longxi River Environment Resettlement Plan (Draft) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ April 2018 People’s Republic of China: Chongqing Longxi River Basin Integrated Flood and Environmental Risk Management Project —Liangping Subproject Prepared by the People’s Government of Liangping District, Chongqing Municipality for the Asian Development Bank. This resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Chongqing Longxi River Basin Integrated Flood and Environmental Risk Management Project ---- Liangping Subproject List of Abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank AAAOV Average Annual Output Value CMG Chongqing Municipal Government DI Design Institute EA Executive Agency FS Feasibility Study HD House Demolition IA Implementing Agency LA Land Acquisition LDG Liangping District Government LRB Land and Resources Bureau LAR LA and Resettlement M&E Monitoring & Evaluation NDRC National Development and Reform Commission PADO Poverty Alleviation And Development Office Chongqing Development And Reform CDRC Commission PRA Participatory Assessment RAP Resettlement Arrangement Plan RIB Resettlement Information Booklet SES Social Economic Survey SPS Safeguard Policy Statement of ADB TRO Town Resettlement Office m2 Square Meter Mu Equals To 666.7 Square Meters km Kilometer Chongqing Longxi River Basin Integrated Flood and Environmental Risk Management Project ---- Liangping Subproject DEFFINITION OF TERMS Affected people or In the context of involuntary resettlement, affected/displaced persons Displaced Persons: are those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas.. Compensation: Money or payment given to affected persons for property, resources and income losses. Entitlement : According to the losses categories of affected persons, they are entitled to get compensation, income restoration, relocation costs, income subsidies and resettlement to restore socioeconomic conditions. Income restoration: Rebuild the affected persons’ source of income and living standard. Resettlement : Rebuild houses and properties including productive land and Public Facilities at another area. Resettlement Material and Immaterial property losses, including residential houses, impact: communities, production land, income sources, subsidies, culture centers, social structure, network, culture characteristic and cooperative system. Resettlement plan: An action plan with timeline and budget, including resettlement strategies, targets, rights, action, responsibilities, monitoring and evaluation. Vulnerable group: Refers to a special group of people who may be impacted more seriously during the resettlement process. Chongqing Longxi River Basin Integrated Flood and Environmental Risk Management Project ---- Liangping Subproject Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ I 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. PROJECT BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. SUBPROJECT CONSTRUCTION CONTENTS AND IMPACT SCOPE ........................................................... 1 1.2.1. Content of project construction............................................................................................... 1 1.2.2. Impact Scope and summary ................................................................................................... 5 1.3. MEASURES TO AVOID AND/OR MINIMIZE LAR IMPACTS ....................................................................... 5 2. PROJECT IMPACTS ....................................................................................................................... 8 2.1. DESCRIPTION OF PRILIMINARY MEASUREMENT SURVEY AND METHODOLOGY .................................. 8 2.2. PROJECT IMPACT TYPES AND OVERVIEW ............................................................................................. 8 2.3. SPECIFIC IMPACTS OF THE SUBPROJECT ............................................................................................ 9 2.3.1. Permanent LA ........................................................................................................................... 9 2.3.2. Temporary occupied land ...................................................................................................... 10 2.3.3. State-owned land Occupation .............................................................................................. 11 2.3.4. Land Use Right Transfer (LURT) ......................................................................................... 11 2.3.5. House Demolition ................................................................................................................... 12 2.3.6. Affected ground attachments ................................................................................................ 13 2.4. AFFECTED POPULATION ..................................................................................................................... 14 2.5. AFFECTED VULNERABLE GROUPS ...................................................................................................... 14 3. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ....................................................................................... 16 3.1. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS IN AFFECTED AREAS ....................................................................... 16 3.1.1. Social and economic status in Chongqing.......................................................................... 16 3.1.2. Social & economic status in Liangping District .................................................................. 16 3.1.3. Social and economic status in affected towns and villages ............................................. 16 3.2. SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AFFECTED PEOPLE ..................................................... 19 3.2.1. Survey samples ...................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.2. Statistics feature ..................................................................................................................... 20 1 Chongqing Longxi River Basin Integrated Flood and Environmental Risk Management Project ---- Liangping Subproject 3.2.3. Population composition situation ......................................................................................... 23 3.2.4. Age status of population ........................................................................................................ 23 3.2.5. Education levels ..................................................................................................................... 23 3.2.6. Employment status of labors ................................................................................................ 23 3.2.7. Housing conditions ................................................................................................................. 23 3.2.8. Land resources ....................................................................................................................... 23 3.2.9. Annual income and expenditure of households ................................................................. 24 3.2.10. Survey on resettlement intention ..................................................................................... 24 3.3. BASIC SITUATION OF AFFECTED ENTERPRISES .................................................................................. 27 3.4. GENDER ANALYSIS IN THE PROJECT AREA ......................................................................................... 27 3.4.1. Analysis of gender differences in project area ................................................................... 27 3.4.2. The role of women in family life ............................................................................................ 28 3.4.3. Women’s views and needs ................................................................................................... 28 4. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................... 30 4.1. RESETTLEMENT LAWS, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES ........................................................................ 30 4.2. STATE & LOCAL LAWS & STIPULATIONS REGARDING LAR .............................................................. 31 4.3. CHONGQING CITY LEVEL LAWS AND REGULATIONS ........................................................................... 36 4.4. LIANGPING DISTRICT POLICIES
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