China Three Gorges Project resettlement: Policy, planning and implementation

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 422-434

  Yuefang, Duan ^a   Steil, Shawn ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORCED MIGRATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INTERNAL MIGRATION; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; SETTLEMENT PLANNING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES;

EID: 1242321210     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/16.4.422     Document Type: Article

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