Dams and displacement: Raising the standards and broadening the research agenda

Water Alternatives

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-161

  McDonald Wilmsen, Brooke ^a   Webber, Michael ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR); Environmental change; Refugee studies; World Commission on Dams (WCD)

Indexed keywords

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISPLACEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; REFUGEE; RESEARCH WORK; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77956633394     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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