Development-Induced displacement and resettlement: Negotiating fieldwork complexities at the three Gorges Dam, China

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-300

  McDonald Wilmsen, Brooke ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Applied research; Collaboration; Development Induced Displacement and Resettlement (DIDR); People's Republic of China; Research ethics; Three gorges project

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449348156     PISSN: 14442213     EISSN: 17409314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14442210903271320     Document Type: Article

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