Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 10, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su10114018
Keywords
dam projects; displacement and resettlement; social impact assessment; comparative case study; China
Funding
- National Social Science Foundation [12BJY021]
- Hong Kong General Research Fund [9041988]
- City University of Hong Kong [7004633]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71502032, 71872039]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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Dam projects are inevitably accompanied by massive displacement and resettlement, which imposes intricate social impacts on the host community. This study aims to investigate the social impacts of dam-induced displacement and resettlement in China through a comparative case study where both the control and experimental groups were investigated. Data were collected through a mix of questionnaire-survey, archival files, and face-to-face interviews. The results show that dam-induced displacement and resettlement was conducive to improving residence conditions and facilitating the acceptance of rural cooperative medical insurance. But it had negative impacts on employment, income level and income resource, and overall well-being. Implications for theory and for practice are provided in the end.
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