2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Futurability of Rural China after the"Grain for Green(Tui Geng Huan Lin)"Project
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24710055
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University (2015-2016)
Keio University (2012-2014) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 国際研究者交流 / 中国 / アジア地域研究 / アジア食料安全保障 / 未来可能性 / 農村 / 代替産業 / 退耕還林 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In the history of man’s destruction of forests for increased food production, the Chinese "Grain for Green" project is an aggressive attempt to recover forests by reducing cultivated areas. This study aims at finding solutions to problems related to food production, environmental destruction, and poverty by evaluating the possibility (futurability) of residents living continuously in rural areas, which would persist in improving the quality of forests even after the end of the “Grain for Green” project. The results of the study suggest that environmental protection through forest recovery is insufficient for sustaining the rural lives of residents. Some conditions, such as alternative income sources for local residents , will lead to the promotion of alternative industries that could replace cultivation. This would be vital to securing the futurability of rural areas after the end of the "Grain for Green" project.
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| Free Research Field |
地域研究・地理学
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