Progress, problems, and prospects of dam-induced displacement and resettlement in china

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Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-164

  Wilmsen, Brooke ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; dams; development induced displacement and resettlement; land acquisition; land administration; World Commission on Dams

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053064690     PISSN: 0920203X     EISSN: 1741590X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0920203X11407544     Document Type: Review

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