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Towards a critical geography of resettlement by Rogers, Sarah, Wilmsen, Brooke

“…Resettlement is a governmental program with inherent spatial effects in that it drives the rearrangement of capital, labour, and land, and seeks to render…”
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A multidimensional framework for assessing adaptative justice: a case study of a small island community in the Philippines by See, Justin, Wilmsen, Brooke

“…Island communities are the targets for a wide range of interventions designed to help them adapt to climate change. A growing body of research explores the…”
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Family separation and the impacts on refugee settlement in Australia by Wilmsen, Brooke

“…In recent years, governments, researchers, non-government organisations, service providers and international institutions have become increasingly concerned…”
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Farmers’ cooperatives in Southwest China: Beyond the dichotomies of failure/success and (in) authenticity? by Wang, Ju-Han Zoe, He, Jun, Wilmsen, Brooke

“…China has provided strong policy support for Farmers’ Cooperatives (FCs) in a bid to achieve its agricultural ambitions; however, scholars are divided on their…”
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Apples and oranges: political crops with and against the state in rural China by Rogers, Sarah, Han, Xiao, Wilmsen, Brooke

“…In this article we bring together conceptual threads from political ecology, commodity geographies and agrarian studies to enable an inquiry into the political…”
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Progress, problems, and prospects of dam-induced displacement and resettlement in China by Wilmsen, Brooke

“…The construction of large dams continues apace in many developing countries. This is no more evident than in China, where half of the world’s large dams are…”
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After the Deluge: A longitudinal study of resettlement at the Three Gorges Dam, China by Wilmsen, Brooke

“…•The first publicly available longitudinal analysis of the outcomes of resettlement.•Since 2003 income, food security and wellbeing are improved for the…”
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Development for Whom? Rural to Urban Resettlement at the Three Gorges Dam, China by Wilmsen, Brooke, Webber, Michael, Yuefang, Duan

“…When farmers are dispossessed of their lands to make way for a development project it is often inevitable that there will not be enough land to go around. It…”
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FAMILY SEPARATION: THE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND CONSEQUENCES FOR REFUGEE BACKGROUND FAMILIES by Wilmsen, Brooke

“…Family is the social unit fundamental to human flourishing. An almost universal consequence of refugee experiences is the destruction of the family unit. What…”
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Is Land‐based Resettlement Still Appropriate for Rural People in China? A Longitudinal Study of Displacement at the Three Gorges Dam by Wilmsen, Brooke

“…ABSTRACT Now complete, the effects of the Three Gorges Dam on rural livelihoods can be observed. This article presents the first longitudinal analysis of the…”
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Just adaptation? Generating new vulnerabilities and shaping adaptive capacities through the politics of climate-related resettlement in a Philippine coastal city by See, Justin, Wilmsen, Brooke

“…•Climate-related resettlement is an exercise in political power.•Climate resilient housing was restricted to those with political connections.•Poorer…”
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What can we learn from the practice of development-forced displacement and resettlement for organised resettlements in response to climate change? by Wilmsen, Brooke, Webber, Michael

“…•DFDR is examined for applicability to resettlement related to climate change.•Flaws provide lessons for climate change related displacement and…”
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Resettling Refugees in Rural and Regional Australia: Learning from Recent Policy and Program Initiatives by McDonald-Wilmsen, Brooke, Gifford, Sandra M., Webster, Kim, Wiseman, John, Casey, Sue

“…Challenges facing regional refugee resettlement programs in Australia – benefits for both refugees and communities of well managed and well planned…”
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Damming China's rivers to expand its cities: the urban livelihoods of rural people displaced by the Three Gorges Dam by Wilmsen, Brooke

“…Over the next two decades, China, the country with the world's largest urban population, is orchestrating the urbanization of some 300 million rural people. In…”
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Expanding capitalism in rural China through land acquisition and land reforms by Wilmsen, Brooke

“…At the Third Plenary of the 18th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, the Party announced a number of rural reforms. Commentators were quick to pronounce…”
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Precarious resettlement at the Bui Dam, Ghana—Unmaking the teleological by Wilmsen, Brooke, Adjartey, David

“…One of the key challenges of constructing large‐scale water projects is determining how to manage social impacts such as the forced displacement and…”
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Dams and displacement: Raising the standards and broadening the research agenda by McDonald-Wilmsen, Brooke, Webber, Michael

“…The World Commission on Dams provided an analytical overview of the cumulative effects of years of dam development. A lack of commitment or capacity to cope…”
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Planned resettlement to avoid climatic hazards: What prospects for just outcomes in China? by Wilmsen, Brooke, Rogers, Sarah

“…Planned resettlement is being widely considered as a response to the impacts of climate change. As many millions of people are expected to be displaced in the…”
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Voluntary and involuntary resettlement in China: a false dichotomy? by Wilmsen, Brooke, Wang, Mark

“…The success of involuntary resettlement is contingent on recasting the involuntary as voluntary. To explore this proposition, this article presents two…”
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Putting ‘rupture’ to work at the Three Gorges Dam by Wilmsen, Brooke, Rogers, Sarah

“…This provocative article by Sango Mahanty and co-authors proposes rupture as a temporally and spatially expansive view of change and one that encompasses…”
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