Development for whom? rural to Urban resettlement at the three Gorges Dam, China

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-42

  Wilmsen, Brooke ^a   Webber, Michael ^b   Yuefang, Duan ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c China Three Gorges University   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Chinese land acquisition policy; Forced displacement; Rural to urban resettlement; Three Gorges Dam

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951966002     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357823.2011.552707     Document Type: Article

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