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Beyond Relocation: The Imperative of Sustainable Resettlement emphasizes the need for reforming laws and policies dealing with displacement and resettlement on a global as well as local level. The issues of risks, impoverishment, entitlements and survival strategies of those displaced are discussed in this book from a gendered perspective.
China: The Three Gorges Project and the Experiences of Resettlees in Shanghai
China: The Three Gorges Project and the Experiences of Resettlees in Shanghai
At present China has the largest number of dams in the world—22,104 in operation, while the United States has the second position with 6,390 dams, and India, the third with over 4,000 dams.1 While the United States is destroying some of its old dams to return the rivers to their natural flow, China has added the Three Gorges Dam (TGD), the largest gravity dam in the world.2 The consequences of the TGD will be in proportion to its size and will be visible only after the completion of the project in 2009. The Chinese government has a long experience of dealing with ...
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