Robert Forster ©
Book Chapter
| Mar 2024
Syrian Self-settlement in Lebanon’s ‘Arrival Cities’: Refugee Livelihoods in Tripoli, Beirut, and Tyre
Taking arrival cities as their point of departure, Robert Forster and Are John Knudsen compare settlement choices and outcomes for Syrian refugees living in the poorest neighbourhoods in Beirut, Tripoli and Tyre. The latter two are secondary cities trailing the capital and suffer from economic divisions and rampant inequality. The chapter demonstrates that Syrian refugees’ settlement choices and pathways are influenced by kinship networks, affordable housing and employment opportunities.
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https://doi.org/10.3167/9781805393016
https://doi.org/10.3167/9781805393016
Are John Knudsen
Research Professor, Coordinator HUMIG research group
Urban Displacement, Development and Donor Policies in the Middle East (URBAN3DP)
Feb 2019 - Mar 2024
Appears in:
Urban Displacement : Syria's Refugees in the Middle East
Knudsen, Are John and Sarah Tobin (Eds.)
Also in this volume:
- Introduction
Knudsen, Are John, Sarah Ann Tobin - At the Intersection of Economic and Family Networks: Female Syrian Refugees from Homs in Mafraq, Jordan
Tobin, Sarah Ann
