Resettlement Programmes and Environmental Capacity in the Three Gorges Dam Project
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5103178 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gørild Heggelund (0000-0003-1848-4691, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 179-199 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0012-155x.2006.00474.x |
| OpenAlex | W2136144918 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 15 |
This contribution looks at the Three Gorges dam project, and specifically at the resettlement programme, focusing on two major aspects. It examines the resettlement programme in relation to the environmental capacity in the reservoir area; and it assesses the existence of a risk consciousness and a reconstruction strategy, seen in terms of the ‘impoverishment risks and reconstruction’(IRR) model. The author argues that issues related to the environment and natural resources are highly significant and have led to changes in the resettlement programme, including a change in policy towards moving rural people out of the reservoir area, as well as the issuing of new resettlement regulations. The IRR model is a useful tool to identify risks and can serve as a guide to the reconstruction of livelihoods for the resettled people. The limitations of using the model in the Three Gorges project concern specific Chinese environmental, social, economic and political conditions that influence efficient resettlement implementation. The Chinese authorities’ emphasis in resettlement has been on rebuilding relocatees’ livelihoods: it focuses less — if at all — on the social aspects and the social trauma of broken networks. The IRR model could therefore be useful in the context of focusing more on the social costs of resettlement
Agriculture · Business · Context (archaeology) · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Livelihood · Natural resource · Political science · Politics · Three gorges · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · Engineering · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,35 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |