Displacement and development: The Paradoxes of India's Tehri dam

Geographical Bulletin - Gamma Theta Upsilon

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-32

  Newton, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dam building; Development; Displacement; India; Migration; Relocation; Resettlement

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; FORCED MIGRATION; MODERNIZATION; RELOCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TEHRI DAM; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 58049126077     PISSN: 07313292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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