Involuntary resettlement as an opportunity for development: The case of urban resettlers of the three gorges project, China

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-102

  Mcdonald, Brooke ^a   Webber, Michael ^a   Yuefang, Duan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Development; Involuntary resettlement; Partnership Support Programme; Three Gorges Project

Indexed keywords

INCOME; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION MIGRATION; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; URBAN POPULATION;

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

EID: 40349111107     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fem052     Document Type: Article

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