Natural Resource Management and Local Development in China

Cary Hendrickson

ISBN 10: 3844393633 / ISBN 13: 9783844393637

Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jun 2011, 2011

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Neuware -The outcomes of natural resource management are some of the most contentious issues in sustainability research. In particular, the Chinese experience in developing protected areas for both tourism and to meet environmental policy objectives illustrates many of the complexities within current sustainable development approaches elsewhere in the world. This research seeks to explore a case study of biodiversity protection and rural development within the context of the Jiuzhaigou Biosphere Reserve, Sichuan Province, China. Although Jiuzhaigou is often promoted as the ¿success story¿ of Chinese nature-based tourism, the findings of this study suggest that it should also be seen by taking into account its unexpected implications. A number of strengths and weaknesses are identified and analyzed: the distribution of the economic benefits and environmental burdens of tourism and participation issues in managing the biosphere reserve. By assessing the impacts of the NRM strategies applied in the case of Jiuzhaigou, this study seeks to extract a valuable lesson for both policy-makers and researchers.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Natural Resource Management and Local Development in China
• Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jun 2011
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3844393633
• ISBN 13: 9783844393637
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto

The outcomes of natural resource management are some of the most contentious issues in sustainability research. In particular, the Chinese experience in developing protected areas for both tourism and to meet environmental policy objectives illustrates many of the complexities within current sustainable development approaches elsewhere in the world. This research seeks to explore a case study of biodiversity protection and rural development within the context of the Jiuzhaigou Biosphere Reserve, Sichuan Province, China. Although Jiuzhaigou is often promoted as the “success story” of Chinese nature-based tourism, the findings of this study suggest that it should also be seen by taking into account its unexpected implications. A number of strengths and weaknesses are identified and analyzed: the distribution of the economic benefits and environmental burdens of tourism and participation issues in managing the biosphere reserve. By assessing the impacts of the NRM strategies applied in the case of Jiuzhaigou, this study seeks to extract a valuable lesson for both policy-makers and researchers.

L'autore

PhD. candidate in Economic Geography and Environmental Science and Technology, MSc. in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science. Focus on theoretical and empirical intersections of critical geography and ecological economics, equity issues in carbon markets, and institutions for environmental management.