Rural sustainability : a complex systems approach to policy analysis
This volume applies the science of complexity to study coupled human-environment systems (CHES) and integrates ideas from the social sciences of climate change into a study of rural development amid flooding and urbanization in the Poyang Lake Region (PLR) of China. Author Qing Tian operationalizes...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
2017.
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| Series | SpringerBriefs in geography.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9783319526850 9783319526843 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Introduction; Rural Development in the Context of Climate Variability (and Change); Abstract; Contents; Chapter 1: Complex Adaptive Systems and a Sustainability Framework; 1.1 The Science of Complexity and Sustainability of Human-ƯEnvironment Systems; 1.2 A Sustainability Framework for Policy Analysis; 1.3 Potential Usefulness of the Sustainability Framework; 1.4 Implementation of the Sustainability Framework; 1.4.1 Assessing Well-Being; 1.4.2 Analyzing the Complex Processes Underlying Well-Being; 1.4.3 Exploring Future Paths of the System; 1.5 Looking Ahead; References.
- Chapter 2: Rural Development in the Poyang Lake Region amid Floods2.1 The Dynamic Human-Environment System around Poyang Lake; 2.2 Broader Development and Policy Context in China; References; Chapter 3: Assessing Human Well-Being in the Poyang Lake Region; 3.1 Mapping Flood Risk; 3.2 Measuring Well-Being at the Township Level; 3.3 Assessment Results; 3.4 Implications for Future Development and Policy Interventions; 3.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Understanding the Complex Processes Underlying Well-Being of Rural Households.
- 4.1 Micro- and Macro-level Processes Affecting Rural Livelihoods4.2 Measuring Well-Being of Rural Households; 4.3 Household Surveys and Interviews; 4.4 The Use of Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses; 4.5 Results; 4.5.1 Differences among Villages and Local Social, Environmental Factors; 4.5.2 Low-Income Households; 4.5.3 High-Income Households and Successful Livelihood Strategies; 4.5.4 Most Households and Constraints on Rural Livelihoods; 4.5.5 Sensitivity to Flooding and Inequality in Flood Impacts; 4.6 Reflections on Policy; 4.6.1 Urbanization and Rural Development.
- 4.6.2 Flood Impacts and Equitable, Sustainable Development4.7 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Exploring Future Rural Development in the Poyang Lake Region; 5.1 Modeling Future Rural Development; 5.1.1 Shaping the Future: Three Different Subsidy Policies; 5.1.2 Plausible Economic and Environmental Shocks and Resilience of Rural Development; 5.2 Model Conceptualization: Entities, Interactions, and Feedbacks; 5.3 Empirical Data Used in the Model; 5.4 Model Design and Implementation; 5.4.1 Agents: Farmer Households; 5.4.2 Land Rental Market; 5.4.3 Migratory Work Efficiency Function.
- 5.4.4 Rice Yield Functions5.4.5 Major Model Parameters and Model Initialization; 5.5 Model Verification and Validation; 5.6 Effects of Subsidy Policies at Different Stages of Development; 5.6.1 Model Experiments for Exploring the Effects of Policies; 5.6.2 Future Development in Villages with Poor, Average, and Good Farmland; 5.6.3 Policy Effects in Villages with Poor, Average, and Good Farmland; 5.6.4 Differentiating Policy Interventions across Villages and Adaptive Policy; 5.7 Resilience of Rural Development; 5.7.1 Potential Effects of Severe Floods.