Research Catalog

Title

Resettlement in the Three Gorges Project / Yan Tan.

Author

Tan, Yan, 1964-

Publication

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press,; c2008.

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Details

Description

xxxv, 274 p. : ill., maps (chiefly col.); 24 cm.

Summary

The construction of the Three Gorges dam in China will involve the relocation of more than 1.3 million people over a period of 17 years. This book examines the factors influencing the sustainability of the Three Gorges rural resettlement, and the problems and coping strategies of the relocation program. The author uses geographical information systems, interviews, social surveys, and documentary analysis to analyze the different dimensions of the resettlement.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• San Xia shui li shu niu (China)
• Forced migration > China > Yangtze River Gorges
• Migration, Internal > China
• Rural development > Government policy > China
• Forced migration > China > Yangtze River Valley
• Yangtze River (China) > Regulation > Social aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-261) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Involuntary displacement: a review -- Fieldwork and methodology -- Developmental resettlement -- Framework for impact assessments of resettlement of the Three Gorges Project -- Rural women and displacement -- Land-use change and rural resettlement capacity: a case study -- Land protection and compensation for land inundation in peri-urban districts: the cases in Kaxian County -- Government-organised distant resettlement -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9789622098565 (hbk.)
• 9622098568 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 183918029
• SCSB-12000388

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library