Environment and resettlement politics in China
Subtitle: the Three Gorges Project
By: Gørild Heggelund
Series: King's SOAS studies in development geography
Publisher: Ashgate; Ashgate Publishing
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: San Xia shui li shu niu (China); Environmental policy -- China; Migration, Internal -- China; China -- Economic policy
Description: "The Three Gorges dam, currently being constructed on the Yantgze River in China, is controversial both inside and outside China, particularly because of the large number of people to be resettled (officially 1.2 million) and the environmental impacts. Using material previously unavailable in any Western language, it analyses the Chinese discussions over policy-making for the resettlement process and impacts. It concludes that the environment and resettlement policies have been linked in a new way in this project. However, despite these positive developments, it argues that the social impacts from resettlement have not yet reached a high level of political attention and that the Chinese authorities need to acknowledge that resettlement has social costs. The book provides an understanding of the social, political and economic factors of one of the largest and most controversial development projects currently being implemented. It also sheds light on China's policy-making procedures and political priorities over the past decade."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Based on the author's doctoral thesis

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-265) and index