Rural sustainability : a complex systems approach to policy analysis /: a complex systems approach to policy analysis. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Qing Tian.
• Authors: Tian, Qing
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 307.1/412; 333.7; Environment; Rural development -- China; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural; Rural development; Environment; Sustainable Development; Economic Geography; Natural Hazards; Regional Development; Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Social Science -- Regional Studies; Science -- System Theory; Economic geography; Natural disasters; Development studies; Social research & statistics; Sustainable development; Geography; Geology; Economic development; Science -- Environmental Science; Sustainability; China; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319526850; 3319526855; 3319526847; 9783319526843
• Related ISBNs: 9783319526843
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 6, 2017).
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