Planned relocation of communities exposed to climate hazards is an important adaptation
measure. However, relocation planning and policies must recognize and support those who …

This paper reviews and classifies forms of environmental relocation, including retreat,
migration, and resettlement, which are increasingly being considered and promoted as …

This paper argues that the concept of 'uninhabitability'in the context of sea level rise risk is
culturally and socially experienced and open to multiple truth claims, with implications for …

In recent years, urban resettlement as a specific form of urbanisation has gained its
momentum in planning practices to accommodate newcomers of cities, in line with the …

Urbanisation is the key to China's modernisation. Extensive urban village redevelopment
projects (UVRPs) have recently been implemented in China, with the expectation of …

Since 2018, China's poverty alleviation resettlement (PAR) project has resettled 16 million
inhabitants living in deprived areas to more habitable cities or towns. Understanding the …

Resettlement thus far has been conceptualized as a large‐scale form of displacement taking
place within a short timeframe. In this article I attempt to reinterpret resettlement as a two …

Rural to urban resettlement is a widely used poverty alleviation strategy in China's Shaanxi
Province, with roughly 250,000 poor households being resettled between 2016 and 2020 …

Despite global academic interest, the field of urban China continues to be dominated by
exceptionalist theorising. Given that the unique properties of Chinese urbanisation present …

Displacement has become one of the most dominant analytical lenses invoked to
understand the impacts of urban redevelopment on local communities. There is now a rich …