The Three Gorges: the unexamined toll of development-induced displacement

Abstract

In China, the context of forced displacement in its broadest sense centres on four issues: (1) coercive displacement for development; (2) political persecution resulting in controlled displacement; (3) massive labour dislocations; and (4) disaster-induced displacement. This article looks at the role of the state in displacement, focusing on the first of these issues: development-induced displacement.

Keywords

• development-induced displacement
• China
• Three Gorges Dam