Evaluation of Community Resilience in Rural China—Taking Licheng Subdistrict, Guangzhou as an Example

Abstract

Resilience of rural communities is becoming increasingly important to contemporary society. In this study we used a quantitative method to measure the resilience regulating ability of rural communities close to urban areas—in Licheng Subdistrict, Guangzhou City, China. The main results are as follows: (1) Rural systems close to urban areas display superior adapting and learning abilities and have a stronger overall resilience strength, the spatial distribution of which is characterized by dispersion in whole and aggregation in part; (2) the resilience of most rural economic subsystems can reach moderate or higher levels with apparent spatial agglomeration, whilst the ecological subsystem resilience and social resilience are generally weaker; the spatial distribution of the former shows a greater regional difference while the latter is in a layered layout; (3) some strategies such as rebuilding a stable ecological pattern, making use of urban resources and cultivating rural subjectivity are proposed on this basis, in order to promote the sustainable development of rural areas and realize rural revitalization. This work also gives suggestion for the creation of appropriate and effective resilience standards specifically targeted for rural community-aiming to achieve the delivery of local sustainability goals.

Temporal and Spatial Differentiation in Urban Resilience and Its Influencing Factors in Henan Province

“…As shown in Table 2. [55] 0.132 Total actual utilization of foreign investment (USD 10,000) [59,60] 0.087 Per capita disposable income of urban residents (yuan) [55] 0.034 Ratio of the output values of the secondary and tertiary industries in the GDP (%) [56] 0.013 Social resilience 0.425 Urban registered unemployment rate (%) [59] 0.040 Number of regular colleges and universities per 10,000 people [60] 0.117 Health personnel per 10,000 people (person) [56,61] 0.015 Social security expenditure and employment as a proportion of the government expenditure (%) [ Green coverage rate in built areas (%) [61] 0.005 Green area per capita (m 2 ) [63] 0.056 Comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste (%) [64] 0.017 Wastewater discharge per unit of the industrial output value (ton/ten thousand yuan) [64] 0.006 Discharge of smoke and dust per unit of the industrial output value (ton/ten thousand yuan) [64] 0.008…”

Evaluation and Factor Analysis for Urban Resilience: A Case Study of Chengdu–Chongqing Urban Agglomeration

“…Greening coverage rate of built-up area (%) [52] + Per capita green space area in municipal area (m 2 ) [53] + Industrial wastewater discharge per unit GDP (t) [54] -Industrial sulfur dioxide emission per unit GDP (t) [54] -Industrial smoke (dust) emission per unit GDP (t) [54] -Centralized treatment rate of domestic sewage (%) [55] + Comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste (%) [52] +…”

“…Per capita water consumption (m 3 ) [56] -Per capita electricity consumption (kW•h) [56] -Fixed Internet users per 10,000 people (households) [50] + Gas penetration rate (%) [52] + Per capita Road area (m 2 ) [53] + Density of drainage pipeline in built-up area (km/km 2 ) [51] +…”

Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Influencing Factors of Rural Resilience from the Perspective of Sustainable Rural Development

“…Then, we built the rural resilience evaluation system for industrial resilience, ecological resilience, cultural resilience, organizational resilience and livelihood resilience. Meanwhile, the indexes were selected with reference to the existing studies [37][38][39][40], and 20 indexes were selected in this study to build the rural resilience evaluation index system (Table 1).…”

“…Cultural force reflects the identity and cohesiveness of the countryside based on culture [39]. Culture activities could make villages more cohesive and centripetal and could enhance residents' sense of identity and belonging to their own place.…”