The Short-Term Impact of Involuntary Migration in China's Three Gorges: A Prospective Study

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-92

  Hwang, Sean Shong ^a   Cao, Yue ^a   Xi, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Involuntary migration; Prospective research; Three Gorges

Indexed keywords

MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM;

EID: 79551559858     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9636-1     Document Type: Article

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