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Rural Sustainability: A Complex Systems Approach to Policy Analysis
Qing Tian
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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 the concept of sustainability and provides useful scientific analyses for sustainable development in less developed rural areas that are vulnerable to climatic hazards. The book uses a new sustainability framework that is centered on the concept of well-being to study rural development in PLR. The PLR study includes three major analyses: (1) ... Read more
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 the concept of sustainability and provides useful scientific analyses for sustainable development in less developed rural areas that are vulnerable to climatic hazards. The book uses a new sustainability framework that is centered on the concept of well-being to study rural development in PLR. The PLR study includes three major analyses: (1) ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
SpringerBriefs in Geography
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319526843
SKU
V9783319526843
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Ref
99-1
About Qing Tian
Qing Tian serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computational Social Science at George Mason University. Her interdisciplinary research covers land use, development, human-environment systems, and complex adaptive systems in general. This volume is based off of Dr. Tian's PhD thesis.
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