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===Origins of the Project=== | ===Origins of the Project=== | ||
The HDD is the brainchild of Kiravian development guru P.D. Cavriolan. Cavriolan's approach to large-scale holistic development emphasises the spatial dynamics of the development process, noting that the beneficial effects of successful development interventions radiate spatially from their epicentres. Appropriating the revolutionary socialist concept of a {{wp|Revolutionary base area|compact revolutionary zone}}, Cavriolan introduced the 'compact ''evolutionary'' zone' model for organising development projects. Cavriolan's thesis states that successful development efforts are multi-dimensional (addressing different and overlapping human needs, such as nutrition, sanitation, housing, education, social capital), that successes in development compound one another and can become subject to a law of increasing returns, and that the benefits of these successes diffuse radially across space. Therefore, he argues, it is most effective to concentrate efforts addressing all aspects of development intensively in a few compact geographic areas, rather than to independently address different development needs in many locations across a wide area, which he perceived to be the norm. Later in his career, he expanded these same principles into the related concept of the 'development {{wp|Mandala (political model)|mandala}}' as a model for harnessing the synergistic effects of multiple autonomous development projects over an extended geographic area. | The HDD is the brainchild of Kiravian development guru [[P.D. Cavriolan]]. Cavriolan's approach to large-scale holistic development emphasises the spatial dynamics of the development process, noting that the beneficial effects of successful development interventions radiate spatially from their epicentres. Appropriating the revolutionary socialist concept of a {{wp|Revolutionary base area|compact revolutionary zone}}, Cavriolan introduced the 'compact ''evolutionary'' zone' model for organising development projects. Cavriolan's thesis states that successful development efforts are multi-dimensional (addressing different and overlapping human needs, such as nutrition, sanitation, housing, education, social capital), that successes in development compound one another and can become subject to a law of increasing returns, and that the benefits of these successes diffuse radially across space. Therefore, he argues, it is most effective to concentrate efforts addressing all aspects of development intensively in a few compact geographic areas, rather than to independently address different development needs in many locations across a wide area, which he perceived to be the norm. Later in his career, he expanded these same principles into the related concept of the 'development {{wp|Mandala (political model)|mandala}}' as a model for harnessing the synergistic effects of multiple autonomous development projects over an extended geographic area. | ||
The HDD is a large-scale realisation of Cavriolan's development mandala. Its creation was proposed by a high-level study committee inside the Overseas Development Executive tasked with providing the [[Executive College|Cabinet]] with recommendations for a national reconstruction strategy in the aftermath of the dissolution of Nanseetucket, after which the Kiravian Federacy found itself in possession of half of the former country, inheriting its pervasive preëxisting development deficiencies and the devastating effects of the war. Following Cavriolan's theory, the committee recommended adopting a clear distinction between relief efforts and development efforts, and initially concentrating most development efforts for the native population in a single, reasonably central area of the country that would also serve as a "hub" for relief services, logistics, and subsequent expansions of development work into more peripheral regions. | The HDD is a large-scale realisation of Cavriolan's development mandala. Its creation was proposed by a high-level study committee inside the Overseas Development Executive tasked with providing the [[Executive College|Cabinet]] with recommendations for a national reconstruction strategy in the aftermath of the dissolution of Nanseetucket, after which the Kiravian Federacy found itself in possession of half of the former country, inheriting its pervasive preëxisting development deficiencies and the devastating effects of the war. Following Cavriolan's theory, the committee recommended adopting a clear distinction between relief efforts and development efforts, and initially concentrating most development efforts for the native population in a single, reasonably central area of the country that would also serve as a "hub" for relief services, logistics, and subsequent expansions of development work into more peripheral regions. | ||
===Implementation=== | ===Implementation=== | ||
The area that would become the HDD was selected by the ODE's Compact Development Zone Planning Board for its reasonably central location in Mid-Atrassic Crona, and because it had been the site of extensive fighting during the Nanseetucket Civil War, resulting in the depopulation of large swathes of land and thus providing an abundance of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNxPVj0hejg "unoccupied" land for development]. Establishment of the District was authorised in 212XX by the [[Index of Kiravian Legislation|Trans-Atrassic Security & Development Act II]], and subsequently enacted by an Ordinance of the Mid-Atrassic Crona Executive Council. | |||
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The [[Final War of the Deluge]] forced the mass evacuation of native civilians from the [[Southern Military District]] near the Varshan border. In response to this sudden wave of {{wp|internally displaced persons}} and anticipation of large waves of escaped slaves fleeing behind Kiravian lines should the Kiravian Army's incursion prove successful, {{wp|ministerial orders|Cabinet orders}} were issued directing the HDD authorities to halt many development projects, such as the planned eco-towns and agro-forestry programmes, and focus instead on refugee accommodation and processing, freedmen's affairs, infant nutrition, and disease control. | The [[Final War of the Deluge]] forced the mass evacuation of native civilians from the [[Southern Military District]] near the Varshan border. In response to this sudden wave of {{wp|internally displaced persons}} and anticipation of large waves of escaped slaves fleeing behind Kiravian lines should the [[Kiravian Army]]'s incursion prove successful, {{wp|ministerial orders|Cabinet orders}} were issued directing the HDD authorities to halt many development projects, such as the planned eco-towns and agro-forestry programmes, and focus instead on refugee accommodation and processing, freedmen's affairs, infant nutrition, and disease control. | ||
==Human Development Initiative== | ==Human Development Initiative== | ||
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*'''Dhovasar''' - (Eng. "Women's City") Resettlement block in Gardens County primarily serving widows, orphans, former slaves, and domestic abuse victims transferred from other settlements in the District. Dhovasar boasts thriving microfinance programmes, quality women's health services, and cottage enterprises. | *'''Dhovasar''' - (Eng. "Women's City") Resettlement block in Gardens County primarily serving widows, orphans, former slaves, and domestic abuse victims transferred from other settlements in the District. Dhovasar boasts thriving microfinance programmes, quality women's health services, and cottage enterprises. | ||
*'''Čebureki''' - Resettlement block in Horizon County for ethnic Chikibriki expelled from Chappaqua and other easterly parts of Mid-Atrassic Crona, such as the Patapsco and Choptank SAZ's. Most residents belong to the former managerial class of Nanseetucket and work for the Kiravian government and other organisations. | *'''Čebureki''' - Resettlement block in Horizon County for ethnic Chikibriki expelled from [[Chappaqua]] and other easterly parts of Mid-Atrassic Crona, such as the Patapsco and Choptank SAZ's. Most residents belong to the former managerial class of Nanseetucket and work for the Kiravian government and other organisations. | ||
*'''Tékakviþakova''' - Mission village operated by Catholic Relief Services and the Franciscan Mission Board of Farravonia. | *'''Tékakviþakova''' - Mission village operated by Catholic Relief Services and the Franciscan Mission Board of Farravonia. | ||