Involuntary rural resettlement: Resources, strategies, and outcomes at the three Gorges Dam, China

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-380

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

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; impoverishment; resettlement; rural; Three Gorges

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL SOCIETY; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM;

EID: 83355168067     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496511426478     Document Type: Article

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