title: The social implications of population displacement and resettlement:  an overview with a focus on the Arab Middle East.
abstract: "Recent decades have witnessed a global increase in the collective displacement of populations as a result of natural disasters, wars and development projects.  The social implications of displacement, and its corollary process of resettlement, are explored in this article, with a focus on the Arab world....[The author suggests that] an approach which emphasizes the relation between the causes and consequences of displacement, examines cases in their historical contexts, and selects the appropriate unit of analysis is essential in developing an adequate framework of analysis."
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shami
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004190:Disasters; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004777:Environment; D008877:Middle East; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012036:Refugees; D012922:Social Change; D012946:Social Welfare; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014857:Warfare
keywords: Arab Countries; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Plans; Economic Factors; Environment; International Migration; Migrants; Migration; Natural Disaster; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Refugees; Settlement And Resettlement--determinants; Social Welfare; War