Building a sustainable development model for China's poverty-stricken reservoir regions based on system dynamics

Cheng, Xin; Shuai, Chuan min; Wang, Jing; Li, Wen jing; Shuai, Jing; Liu, Yue

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.068

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“…Over time, the Chinese government has concentrated on poverty reduction (Bai et al, 2014; Shuai et al, 2016; Cheng et al, 2018b), and sustainable development (Cheng et al, 2018c). To implement development‐oriented poverty reduction, specific measures should be taken based on a region’s unique characteristics (Wang, 2016; Barrientos, 2017; Kanter et al, 2016).…”

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A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Spatial Coupling between Poverty and the Environment: A Case Study from China

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Poverty and environmental degradation is an interactive and complex issue, which needs to be addressed to pursue human sustainable development. The objective of this study was to create a theoretical framework for sustainable agriculture, considering the dynamic interaction between environment and multidimensional poverty. The model system used in this study was the region surrounding the Chinese Three Gorges reservoir. We constructed an evaluation index system to measure the dynamic interactions by employing Entropy-weight and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) methods. In this case study, we analyzed the dynamic interactive relationships between environmental degradation and rural poverty by adopting geographic information system (GIS) and comprehensive index evaluation, based on statistical (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) and remote sensing image data. We found that: (i) in the Three Gorges reservoir region (TGRR), a vicious cycle between poverty, environmental load, and livelihood is occurring; (ii) in areas stressed by environmental concerns the environmental load is the main stress factor, while in the areas stressed by poverty, livelihood is the main stress factor; and (iii) the coupling degrees between environmental degradation and poverty differ in different areas of the TGRR, and counties with adverse features have been spatially agglomerated over time; and the area with high coupling and high synergy accounts for the 38.1% of the total reservoir region. core Ideas• A coupling coordination model for the environment and rural poverty is built. • Both environment degradation and rural poverty in China's Three Gorges Reservoir Region have been deteriorated. • Coupling degrees differ observably in different areas of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region in rural China. • Main stress factors are environment load and livelihood.

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“…The impoverished population of China is relatively concentrated in special and contiguous extremely poverty‐stricken regions, such as reservoir areas (Wang & Kuang, ). The TGRR is the region directly or indirectly involved in the submersion of the water storage of the reservoir region of the Three Gorges Project (TGP), which is the world's largest hydropower project and the largest migrant programme of China in history (Cheng et al, ). The construction of the TGP has changed the natural and living environment of TGRR (Liang, ).…”

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“…Sustainable agriculture is place specific, that is, an agricultural system that is sustainable in one type of area may not be sustainable in another (Horrigan et al, ). Like other reservoir regions affected by the construction of hydroelectric power generations, the TGRR is always facing a series problem of pollution, earthquakes, land degradation, and poverty (Cheng, Shuai, Wang, Li, Shuai, & Liu, ; Liu, Shuai, Cheng, Wenjing, & Shuai, ; Shuai et al, ). However, little research has put forward strategies to solve these problems for the sustainable agricultural development in TGRR from a systemic perspective.…”

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Modelling environment and poverty factors for sustainable agriculture in the Three Gorges Reservoir Regions of China

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Modelling is a good tool for understanding the complex interactions of the agricultural systems; however, few studies have used a combined method of text mining and system dynamics to analyse and simulate the agricultural system. We propose the topic modelling-system dynamics modelling (TM-SDM) analytical framework to extract, synthesise, and dynamically simulate the factors of land management, disaster, pollution, and poverty in the system. Specifically, 1,598 English language publications were collected to analyse the main concerns and conceptual structure of the sustainable development in the case study area based on topic modelling. Historical data from 2000 to 2014 are used for simulation and prediction based on system dynamics modelling, exploring and comparing different policy scenarios. The results show that policies about education and training, sewage treatment, infrastructure construction, and soil erosion control would help poverty reduction significantly. Sewage treatment policy reduces the incidence of human disease and sewage discharge significantly.Education and training policy has the greatest impact on the improvement of poverty reduction and yield of crops, and the environmental protection scenario has the best performance on maintaining the cultivated land. The balanced development scenario benefits both the poverty reduction and environmental protection concurrently.Focussing on a systems approach to improve the sustainability of agriculture, this paper could have a positive impact on the development and implementation of sustainable agricultural systems. The TM-SDM analysis and modelling framework that we proposed has a generic nature, which could be applied to the further research and decision-making on sustainable agriculture and other fields involving complex systems.

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“…The disparity in regional economic development has caused more problems for China's economic sustainability than the restriction of resources and the environment. The goal of sustainable development is economic sustainability, but the implementation of sustainable development has weakened economic growth [14][15][16]. The Addressing the issue of sustainable development requires the scientific and reasonable measurement of the ecology, environment, and resources thresholds, and accurately judging whether economic activities exceed these thresholds [6][7][8].…”

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“…The disparity in regional economic development has caused more problems for China's economic sustainability than the restriction of resources and the environment. The goal of sustainable development is economic sustainability, but the implementation of sustainable development has weakened economic growth [14][15][16]. The regional disparity problem will considerably effect future sustainable economic development.…”

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Sustainable Development of the Economic Circle around Beijing: A View of Regional Economic Disparity

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The economic circle around Beijing is a very important area that supports the development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in China. The economic growths of the economic circle around Beijing are deeply affected by the regional economic disparity. Besides the resources and environment problems, economic factors may be more prominent of regional sustainability. The objective of this paper is: (1) To find out what caused the regional economic disparity of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region; and (2) to assess the economic sustainable development status of the cities around Beijing, and give suggestions to narrow the regional disparity from the economic growth view. We used an assessment method based on the economic sustainable index system—the order relation method named G1 method, revised by standard deviation. The results showed that the fundamental reason for the differences lies in the disparity in production efficiency. The disparity in the regional economy increases the flow of talent to Beijing and Tianjin, so the labor productivity of Hebei Province will not improve. Thus, the economic gap among Hebei, Beijing, and Tianjin will continue to grow. This negative feedback will further exacerbate the economic growth problem. In terms of narrowing regional disparity, some implications are highlighted. Rational industrial structure, a high level of development in the manufacturing industry, and a high proportion of strategic emerging industries are important for the cities around Beijing to achieve high-level industry transfer, and the technological progress needed to promote economic growth.

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Building a sustainable development model for China's poverty-stricken reservoir regions based on system dynamics

Cited by 54 publications

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A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Spatial Coupling between Poverty and the Environment: A Case Study from China

A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Spatial Coupling between Poverty and the Environment: A Case Study from China

Modelling environment and poverty factors for sustainable agriculture in the Three Gorges Reservoir Regions of China

Sustainable Development of the Economic Circle around Beijing: A View of Regional Economic Disparity

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