Socioeconomic vulnerability in China's hydropower development

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 614-627

  BROWN, Philip H ^a   MAGEE, Darrin ^b   XU, Yilin ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

013; Dams; Displacement; Electricity supply; Hydropower; Nu River; P28; Q2

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349114820     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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