Sustainable Development in Rural China: Farmer Innovation and Self-Organisation in Marginal Areas

ISBN-13: 9781138371088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 208 str.

Bin Wu

Opis

Wu explores how farmers have organised themselves to initiate technical innovation, and considers communication networks and co-operative mechanisms.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  1 Introduction  2 Sustainability and farmer innovation in the developing world  3 Marginal areas and marginalisation in rural China  4 Environment and innovation in rural Shaanxi  5 Environmental and development challenges in Zhidan  6 Farmer innovative capacity and communication networks  7 Farmer self-organisation for innovation: cases and model  8 Conclusion: sustainability and farmer innovation in China  Appendix 1: Map of fieldwork location  Appendix 2: survey map of Zhidan

O autorze

Before his academic career, Dr Bin Wu has spent many years in China's countryside, army camps and urban factory. Related to his interdisciplinary background, he has a wide range of research interests regarding the interrelation between environment, technology and society, with special consideration for the role of ordinary people.