Study on Social Integration Identification and Characteristics of Migrants from “Yangtze River to Huaihe River” Project: A Time-Driven Perspective

Ziheng Shangguan, Mark Yaolin Wang, Jianyuan Huang, Guoqing Shi, Liangliang Song and Zhonggen Sun
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Ziheng Shangguan: School of Public Administration, National Research Center for Resettlement, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Mark Yaolin Wang: School of Geography, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
Jianyuan Huang: School of Public Administration, National Research Center for Resettlement, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Guoqing Shi: School of Public Administration, National Research Center for Resettlement, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Liangliang Song: School of Business, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Zhonggen Sun: School of Public Administration, National Research Center for Resettlement, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-22

Abstract: The “Yangtze River to Huaihe River” project is another large-scale trans-basin water diversion project in China, following the South-to-North Water Division Project. The reservoir project is in the period of China’s rapid development of modernization, informatization and marketization. During this period, reservoir-induced migrants have great differences in resource endowment and development opportunities, so they show different characteristics in the integration process. In order to clarify these characteristics and formulate corresponding policies based on these characteristics to help them integrate into the society of the resettlement area as soon as possible, this paper has completed two aspects of work: First, a method for identifying social integration is proposed. Second, the characteristics of social integration of different migrant groups in different time dimensions are analyzed. This study has two important findings: First, the extent of information sources and understanding of policies has a greater impact on the social integration of migrants. The wider the source of information and the more understanding of policies, the more it helps migrants to integrate into society. Second, the social network relationship established by the female migrant group in the maintenance activities will greatly promote their social integration.

Keywords: water diversion project; reservoir-induced migrants; social integration; time dimension; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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