SOCIAL ENGINEERING, OCCUPYING POWERS AND EVICTIONS - THE CASE OF LHASA, TIBET

Authors
LECKIE S
Citation
S. Leckie, SOCIAL ENGINEERING, OCCUPYING POWERS AND EVICTIONS - THE CASE OF LHASA, TIBET, Environment and urbanization, 6(1), 1994, pp. 74-88
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Studies","Urban Studies
Journal title
Environment and urbanization → ACNP
ISSN journal
09562478
Volume
6
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
74 - 88
Database
ISI
SICI code
0956-2478(1994)6:1<74:SEOPAE>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Social engineering, occupying powers and evictions: the case of Lhasa. Tibet describes the forced evictions undertaken by the Chinese author ities in Lhasa, and the broader government housing and planning proces s of which they are part. It also considers their impact on the reside nts and on the urban form of Lhasa, the Tibetan capital.