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Sustainable development in marginal areas, especially in those where rural poverty and environmental degradation are interwoven, is a great concern of development agencies worldwide, and much effort is put into development programmes, technology transfer schemes and so on. The problem is particularly acute in China, where increasing regional differences and inequality are eroding governmental poverty reduction efforts and exacerbating ecological crises. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the situation in China, especially in the Loess Plateau of Shaanxi Province. It expl

Agricultural innovations - China. --- Agriculturally marginal lands - China - Management. --- Rural development - China - Regional disparities. --- Rural development - Environmental aspects - China. --- Sustainable development - China. --- Sustainable development. --- Sustainable development --- Rural development projects --- Economic History --- Business & Economics --- China --- Economic conditions --- S20/0280 --- S20/0253 --- China: Agriculture forestry, fishery, natural disasters--Rural economic development --- China: Agriculture forestry, fishery, natural disasters--General works: since 1979 --- Development projects, Rural --- Projects, Rural development --- Economic development projects

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Based on an intensive fieldwork in a southern Hebei village in northern China (1992/3), the author takes an institutional approach and focuses on the way deliberate Chinese state policies driven by new economic and social agendas since the late 1970s have impacted on marriage, family relations and consequently on the way fertility trends have been adversely affected; the study is also very much concerned with the human dimension and the way in which such social and economic changes are perceived and applied in a rural community. The research presented in this study goes a long way to unravelli

Economic development -- Social aspects -- China. --- Fertility, Human -- Economic aspects -- China. --- Rural development -- China. --- Economic development --- Fertility, Human --- Rural development --- Social aspects --- Economic aspects --- Human fertility --- Natality --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- S11/1050 --- S11/0484 --- S11/0485 --- China: Social sciences--Family planning --- China: Social sciences--Rural life, rural studies: since 1976 --- China: Social sciences--Rural change --- Demography --- Human reproduction --- Infertility --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- S11/1070 --- S10/0251 --- China: Social sciences--One child policy --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--General works and economic history: since 1989