Livelihood changes and evolution of upland ethnic communities driven by tourism: a case study in Guizhou Province, southwest China

Li, Yajuan; Yu, Hu; Chen, Tian; Jing, Hu; Haiyang, Cui

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“…The approach of sustainable livelihood has changed the research trend and shifted to a more comprehensive perspective to investigate agricultural and rural issues, which have been accepted and promoted by many scholars [27][28][29][30]. Sustainable livelihood also switches the research on tourism from the traditional perspective that only addresses the economic, trade, and environmental impacts to a broader perspective that comprehensively assesses the effect of tourism on community [15,26,[31][32][33][34]. In recent years, some scholars have noted that in the framework of sustainable livelihood, evaluation with the combination of income and livelihood assets in studying community livelihoods is more comprehensive than that with only livelihood assets or income [35].…”

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Study on Livelihood Assets-Based Spatial Differentiation of the Income of Natural Tourism Communities

Zhang

et al. 2018

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Livelihood assets have a significant impact on the livelihood options and income of tourism communities. The level of tourism development and the type of natural tourism communities often exhibit spatial differences. By using the method of sustainable livelihood and examining the main factors that affect community income from the perspective of spatial heterogeneity, it is possible to identify the livelihood assets that play the most critical role in the development of sustainable livelihoods and income generation in the community, which helps provide more reasonable advice on tourism destination management. In this article, we conducted a case study on 16 communities in and around Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, China, and divided the communities into three types, i.e., core attraction areas, service support areas, and secondary service support areas, according to the geographical and spatial characteristics, tourism development level, and livelihood type. The participatory assessment method was adopted to obtain in-depth interviews and questionnaire data from 256 rural households, which was utilized to construct four multivariate regression models to investigate the effect of livelihood assets on community income and the spatial difference of the factors that affect community income. The results showed that (1) livelihood assets exert a significant impact on community income in tourist areas, with a remarkable spatial difference; (2) the types of livelihoods and the effective utilization of livelihood assets have a significant impact on farmers' incomes; (3) the type and amount of livelihood assets have a certain impact on the choice of livelihood; and (4) a farmer's livelihood type determines the utilization method and the effective utilization of livelihood assets.

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Study on Livelihood Assets-Based Spatial Differentiation of the Income of Natural Tourism Communities

Zhang

et al. 2018

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“…The determination of impact zones and mountain areas in Giresun mountains enabled the formulation of suitable conditions regarding the specification of their socio-economic characteristics. Studies emphasizing the importance of the socio-economic characteristics of mountain areas (European Commission, 2004); (Warren, 2002); (Price, Jansky and Iatsenia, 20049;(Zaman 2017); (Koday et al 2017);(Kaymaz et al 2017); (Li et al 2016); (Kohler, Hurni, Wiesmann and Kläy, 2004); (Messerli and Bernbaum, 2004); (Messerli, 2012;Gönençgil, 2009); (Dudley, 2008); (IUCN n.d, ICIMOD n.d, Mountain Partnership n.d, Mountain Forum n.d) and Brundtland and Agenda 21 reports containing pivotal sustainability policies for these areas were utilized to formulate socio-economic analysis criteria. The classification of the socio-economic characteristics that flourish under natural environmental conditions and their impact into 11 criteria based on the prospective relimitations to different mountain ecosystems.…”

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“…The abundance of natural resources in the study area has enabled the development of opportunities such as mountain tourism and green tourism. Protected and sensitive areas developed thanks to tourism, diversification of value qualities with tourism potential shine out in the development of mountainous areas of Giresun as in other similar areas (Li et al 2016). Some of those areas are Eğribel- Kurtbeli prospective national park area, Ağaçbaşı nature park, Koçkayası nature park, Kuzalan waterfall nature park (Figure 14), Yedideğirmenler cave and nature park, Köroğlu nature park, Şebinkarahisar waterfall prospective nature park area, Gölyanı Plateau sensitive area for conservation and Aymaç prospective nature park (Bekdemir and Sezer, 2016;Koday, Kaymaz and Kaya, 2018).…”

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Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas: Relimitation of Mountain Areas in Giresun Province and A Socio-Economic Analysis

Kızılkan¹,

Koday²

2021

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The integration of sustainability to the concept of development and the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations added another dimension to the relationship between human and environment. The Brundtland Report and Agenda 21 report published in 1987 and 1992, respectively, diversified the mountainous area approaches and they have become a research subject for sustainability research. Studying developmental aspects of sustainability approaches towards mountainous areas and determining their limits have posed challenges since the beginning. Recently, these impediments are overcome by various Geographic Information Systems and criteria for mountainous area relimitations based on environmental and topographic characteristics. However, socio-economic assessments for the mountainous area relimitations are yet to be performed. This article highlights the importance of international and national scale in, several relimitation projects and analysis of Giresun's mountainous areas focusing on topographical and the socioeconomic characteristics. A three-step approach has been adopted for socio-economic analysis of mountainous areas. The first step is the introduction of the physical integrity of the mountainous areas and the natural environmental conditions. The second is to determine the boundaries of mountainous areas and zones affected by mountainous areas in social and economic terms by adhering to natural conditions. Third, the socio-economic analysis of the mountainous areas in Giresun Province through 11 criteria. An assessment proposal based on socio-economic characteristics regarding human-nature interactions in mountainous areas has been presented, as well. The diversity of aspects that affect the sustainability of mountainous areas is explained with practical examples.

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“…However, excessive exploitation of tourism activities will inevitably increase the human interference to the ecological environment and threaten the regional ecological security. In addition, the over-commercialization of ethnic culture probably resulting in the gradual vanish of agricultural knowledge and collapse of neighboring relationship should be on guard [42]. Therefore, the local authorities should reasonably develop ecotourism brands centered on the elements of natural resource, sacred environment and ethnic culture, which could not only promote the sustainable development of regional ecology, society, and economy, but also facilitate the exchange and inheritance of ethnic culture.…”

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Regional Features and Spatial Distribution of Fifty-Eight Ethnic Groups in Southwest China

Shen

Wang

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Eco-environmental variability was the basis of ethnic diversity with a persistent influence on the regional development. The unique geographic conditions and multi-ethnic characteristics in southwest China were valuable for exploring sustainable development of ethnic regions. In this study, the regional features of distribution areas of ethnic groups in southwest China were analysed, and it was found that average altitude, slope, water coverage and water form ratio of each ethnic group differed apparently. Additionally, regional features of southern minorities were relatively stable, while those of northern minorities changed evidently from 1990 to 2010. Furthermore, taking the spatial coordinates and regional features as parameters, fifty-eight ethnic groups were clustered into six categories via spatial cluster analysis. Moreover, based on the county-level population data, the ethnic similarities in southwest China were identified by correlation analysis, and the results were in accordance with those of spatial cluster analysis but more detailed. In addition, the eco-environmental adaptability of various ethnic groups was discussed in terms of living and production as well as regional sustainable development. This research was of referential meaning for population settlement, natural resources utilization and biodiversity conservation in multi-ethnic regions.

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Livelihood changes and evolution of upland ethnic communities driven by tourism: a case study in Guizhou Province, southwest China

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Cited by 26 publications

References 36 publications

Study on Livelihood Assets-Based Spatial Differentiation of the Income of Natural Tourism Communities

Study on Livelihood Assets-Based Spatial Differentiation of the Income of Natural Tourism Communities

Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas: Relimitation of Mountain Areas in Giresun Province and A Socio-Economic Analysis

Regional Features and Spatial Distribution of Fifty-Eight Ethnic Groups in Southwest China

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