Environment and Resettlement Politics in China
The Three Gorges Project
Seiten
2004
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-3859-9 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-3859-9 (ISBN)
As part of China's development and modernization process, the Three Gorges Project stands out above all others. Heggelund offers an analytical framework that explains how Chinese decision making has changed since the 1980s, to allow such a controversial scheme to go ahead.
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.
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.
Gørild Merethe Heggelund is a Senior Research Fellow at The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway
Contents: Introduction; The Three Gorges project: a story of development and modernization; Analytical framework; Resettlement experience in China; The Three Gorges project resettlement policy change: implementation challenges; China's environmental policymaking: trends and developments 1972-2001;The Three Gorges project environmental developments - 1972-2001: linkage between resettlement and environment; China's changing shape of decision-making and the Three Gorges project: interaction between leadership, knowledge and media; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.3.2004 |
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Reihe/Serie | King's SOAS Studies in Development Geography |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 582 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7546-3859-6 / 0754638596 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7546-3859-9 / 9780754638599 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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