Dam-Induced Displacement and Agricultural Livelihoods in China’s Mekong Basin

摘要: Households in China’s Yunnan Province were surveyed to understand the impacts of hydropower development and resettlement on agricultural livelihoods rural villagers. Household-level data from this survey are analyzed test whether income landholdings vary by status. Independent sample t-tests one-way ANOVAs used examine how status relates income, land allotments, crops, government subsides. Results showed that, contrary predictions, corresponds higher household incomes, while differences mixed. indicate that productive less for resettled households, new wage labor, subsidies, intensified agriculture may contribute a annual mean at level. However, tradeoff receiving reduced be significant vulnerability affected households Mekong River Basin, since loss long-term social security.