The social and ecological effects of industrialisation in a tribal region: The case of the Rourkela Steel Plant

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 429-458

  Meher, Rajkishor ^a  

^a Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; ROURKELA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1042275433     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670303700302     Document Type: Article

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