Trends and determinants of compulsory land recovery on households’ income in industrialized and urbanized areas: A case study of My Phuoc town - Ben Cat district - Binh Duong province

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to examine trends and determinants of compulsory land recovery on households’ income in Binh Duong Province through a case study of My Phuoc industrial zone development project. More precisely, it aims at investigating what impacts of compulsory land recovery have on farm households’ livelihoods and how new livelihood strategies adapted and what factors determine on making their income both ante- and ex- land recovery periods of time. The qualitative and quantitative analysis methods were applied in this study. Research findings figure out households’ livelihoods have been drastically transformed due to compulsory land recovery towards diversifying their income and shifting into non-farm activities. This livelihood adjustment was strongly determined by both ante- and ex - land recovered farm households’ livelihood assets. More importantly, research findings insist that ex-land recovered farm households’ income has been improved, but unstable and highly vulnerable to external conditions. Determinants of ante- and ex-land recovered farm households’ income were significantly different. It comes to conclude firmly that farm households’ livelihood transformation due to compulsory land recovery for the industrialization and urbanization process is both adaptive and coping strategies.