Socio-Ecological Adaptation of Agricultural Heritage Systems in Modern China: Three Cases in Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
2.1. Qingtian County and Rice-Fish Culture
2.2. Location of Case Villages
3. Material and Methods
3.1. The Framework of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS)
3.2. Data Collection and Processing
4. Results
4.1. Longxian Village
4.2. Xiaozhoushan Village
4.3. Renzhuang Village
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Village | Registered Residents | Present Residents * | Percentage of People “out” | Arable Land in Village (mu **) | Arable Land Used (mu) | Percentage of Abandoned Land |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Longxian | 869 | 300 | 65% | 450 | 300 | 33% |
Xiaozhoushan | 1160 | 160 | 86% | 700 | 540 | 23% |
Renzhuang | 4686 | 2325 | 50% | 420 | 300 | 29% |
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Jiao, W.; Fuller, A.M.; Xu, S.; Min, Q.; Wu, M. Socio-Ecological Adaptation of Agricultural Heritage Systems in Modern China: Three Cases in Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province. Sustainability 2016, 8, 1260. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8121260
Jiao W, Fuller AM, Xu S, Min Q, Wu M. Socio-Ecological Adaptation of Agricultural Heritage Systems in Modern China: Three Cases in Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province. Sustainability. 2016; 8(12):1260. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8121260
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiao, Wenjun, Anthony M. Fuller, Siyuan Xu, Qingwen Min, and Minfang Wu. 2016. "Socio-Ecological Adaptation of Agricultural Heritage Systems in Modern China: Three Cases in Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province" Sustainability 8, no. 12: 1260. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8121260
APA StyleJiao, W., Fuller, A. M., Xu, S., Min, Q., & Wu, M. (2016). Socio-Ecological Adaptation of Agricultural Heritage Systems in Modern China: Three Cases in Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province. Sustainability, 8(12), 1260. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8121260