77 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) ISSN: 2583-4053 Volume-2 Issue-3 || June 2023 || PP. 77-90 https://doi.org/10.55544/jrasb.2.3.11 Journal for Research in Applied Sciences and Biotechnology www.jrasb.com Socioeconomic Impacts of Development-Induced Displacement on Informal Settlement in Qalacha Khamdan, Kabul City, Afghanistan Mubarak Shah Hakimzai 1 , Naeemullah Zaheer 2 and Saber Shah Saberi 3 1 Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Shaikh Zayed University, Khost City, AFGHANISTAN. 2 Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Shaikh Zayed University, Khost City, AFGHANISTAN. 3 Civil Department, Faculty of Engineering, Shaikh Zayed University, Khost City, AFGHANISTAN. 1 Correspondence Author: Mubarak Shah Hakimzai. www.jrasb.com || Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023): June Issue Received: 21-05-2023 Revised: 02-06-2023 Accepted: 12-06-2023 ABSTRACT Development-induced displacement projects mainly involved locations with informal settlements, especially slum and squatter areas which left behind many socioeconomic impacts on displacement households. This forced displacement has caused breaking living patterns and social networks, destroying economic status, increasing infectious diseases, and other severe health problems. Many development projects, such as dam projects, airports, and road projects, have been implemented since 2001 in Afghanistan. The Kabul-Logar Road extension project, located on the southern side of Kabul city, has foreseen will destroy the existing socioeconomic status of Qalacha Khamdan's dwellers. Therefore, this paper examines the socioeconomic impacts of development-induced displacement on informal settlements in Qalacha Khamdan by the Kabul-Logar Road extension project. Data has been collected through site observation, questionnaires survey of heads of families affected, interviews with key informants, committees’ members, and some data from Cernea's model (IRR). The finding shows that the displaced population has lost social cohesion, social ties, close connectivity with brothers, relatives and neighbourhoods, businesses, valuable lands and well-designed homes. Finally, this study argues for more government and private sector involvement to manage the socioeconomic impacts of development-induced displacement after displacement. Keywords- Development-induced displacement, informal settlement, Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction Framework (IRR), and socioeconomic impacts. I. INTRODUCTION In emerging cities in developing countries, policies usually include land readjustment and displacement projects during urban redevelopment, significantly threatening informal settlements (Patel et al., 2015). In Afghanistan, the adopted visions and development plans for new construction cities and social housing aim to enhance and strengthen the local economies and quality of life through rapid urbanization (Jica, 2017). Those urban plans motivate investing in urban infrastructure, public facilities, housing development, and other services. Implementation of these plans has often hit urban dwellers, especially the squatter settlements located in central and well-located parts of the cities. (Hidayat & Kjita, 2020). Many urban development projects have significant consequences for localities. Development projects like mines, hydroelectric dams, and infrastructure increase job opportunities, enhance public services to environmental degradation, decrease poverty, and minimize displacement (Randell, 2016). Many development projects, such as dam projects, airports, and road projects, have been implemented during the new establishment in Afghanistan. Wazir Akbar Khan (Qala-e-Musa) was the first road- development project successfully implemented in Kabul capital of Afghanistan which has several socioeconomic impacts on displaced people (Hidayat & Kajita, 2020).