scholarly journals Impacts of Social Trust on Rural Households’ Attitudes towards Ecological Conservation—Example of the Giant Panda Nature Reserves in China

Forests ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Wei Duan ◽  
Nan Su ◽  
Yicheng Jiang ◽  
Jinyu Shen
Keyword(s):  
Giant Panda ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Conservation Attitudes ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Ecological Conservation ◽  
The Impact

Understanding rural households’ conservation attitudes is crucial to achieving biodiversity conservation effectiveness, and one underlying predictor of household conservation attitudes is social trust. This study examined the impact of rural households’ social trust on their ecological protection attitudes based on 922 rural household data around 13 giant panda nature reserves in Shaanxi Province and Sichuan Province, China. The results show that: (1) Social trust has a significant positive impact on rural households’ conservation attitudes. (2) Males’ ecological conservation attitudes are influenced by all the social trust variables, whereas females’ attitudes are influenced mainly by interpersonal trust (trust in neighbors and villagers). The conservation attitudes of households with higher education levels and higher family incomes are mainly affected by trust in government, while those with lower education levels and lower family incomes are more significantly affected by the trust in villagers and village cadres. The above conclusions are helpful to understand the influencing mechanism of rural households’ conservation attitudes and improve the protection effects of nature reserves.

scholarly journals Impact of Social Support and Social Trust on Public Viral Risk Response: A COVID-19 Survey Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Song ◽  
Hyun Jung Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Risk Response ◽  
Response Efficacy ◽  
The Impact

Public health has been under continuous threat worldwide in recent years. This study examined the impact of social support and social trust on the activities and efficacy of the public’s risk response in the case of COVID-19. We conducted an online survey over eight days with 620 Korean adult participants. Data were analyzed using structural equation modelling and K-means cluster analysis. Our results showed that public support had a positive impact on response efficacy, while response efficacy had a positive impact on sanitation, distancing, and purchasing activities. In addition, social support positively moderated the impact of public and individual support on response efficacy, while response efficacy negatively moderated the impact on sanitation activities. These results suggest that, first, amid viral risk, governments should proactively supply tools and information for infection-prevention, and deliver messages that encourage and support infection-prevention activities among the public. Second, when viral risk occurs, governments, along with all other members of society, must engage in aggressive risk response measures. Third, there is a need for risk communication that further emphasizes the importance of personal sanitation activities in the face of viral risk.

scholarly journals The Effect of the Comprehensive Rural Village Development Program on Farm Income in South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6877
Author(s):  
Eunji Choi ◽  
Jonghoon Park ◽  
Seongwoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Rural Village ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
On Farm ◽  
The Impact

Faced with an aging and declining population, many governments around the world endeavor to revitalize their rural communities in a sustainable manner. In South Korea, the Comprehensive Rural Village Development Program (CRVDP) was carried out from 2004 to 2013 as a key strategy to reinvigorate rural areas. This study aims to conduct an ex-post quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness of the CRVDP in boosting rural households’ farm income. In doing so, the present study adopts quasi-experimental research design that is seldom utilized in assessing rural policies. As an alternative evaluation tool with flexibility for using readily available data, the study employed the combined application of the Heckman selection model and the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition method. The study revealed a significant positive impact of the Program on farm income of rural households in the program-supported areas from both cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives. A robust causal estimation of the impact of this bottom-up, multi-sectoral rural development program on farm income is achieved, which can be leveraged to widely promote similar type of rural development approach.

scholarly journals Impact of Homestead Agro-Forestry on Sustaining Livelihoods of Rural Poor in Mymensingh District of Bangladesh

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Jahan ◽  
MHA Rashid ◽  
T Jinan ◽  
S Islam
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
The Status ◽  
Vegetables And Fruits ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Agro Forestry

This study determines the impact of homestead agro-forestry on livelihood of rural households in Mymensingh district. In total 100 homestead agro-forestry practicing farmers from three upazilas namely Mymensingh Sadar, Bhaluka and Muktagachha of Mymensingh district were randomly selected for this study following a purposive sampling technique. Analysis was done considering the pre (before) and post (after) homestead agro-forestry practicing condition of farmers. The major findings of the study showed that per hectare net returns for vegetables and fruits cultivation were Tk. 6,703.62 and Tk. 14,532.61 respectively considering all farms. On an average, the contribution of vegetables and fruits in total homestead income was 20.23 per cent in before and 22.46 per cent in the after homestead agro-forestry practicing situation indicating enough potentiality to generate income from homestead agro-forestry. It was found that vegetables cultivation was much better for small farmers compared to medium and large farmers. For fruits and vegetables enterprises, the performance of large farmers was better than small and medium farmers. Large farmers were more efficient than medium and small category in case of fruit production. Most of the variables included in the Cobb-Douglas production function model had significant impact on homestead agro-forestry. The study revealed that homestead agro-forestry had positive impact on improving the status of rural households and women empowerment.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v19i1.17367 Progress. Agric. 19(1): 169 - 178, 2008 

scholarly journals Range-wide assessment of the impact of China's nature reserves on giant panda habitat quality

2021 ◽  
Vol 769 ◽  
pp. 145081
Author(s):  
Hongbo Yang ◽  
Qiongyu Huang ◽  
Jindong Zhang ◽  
Melissa Songer ◽  
Jianguo Liu
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Quality ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Panda Habitat

scholarly journals Community Participation and Preferences Regarding Conservation and Development Policies in China’s Giant Panda Nature Reserves

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 4852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Ma ◽  
Yali Wen
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Conservation And Development ◽  
Development Policies

Community participation in conservation activities is an important mechanism to coordinate the conflicts between conservation and local development. Hence, it is necessary to understand farmers’ preferences for different conservation and development policies. By surveying households residing inside and outside the four giant panda nature reserves in the Qinling Mountains, China, in 2018, this study uses a choice experiment model to evaluate participation willingness and stated preferences regarding the establishment of national parks (NPs), ecotourism development, ecological public welfare forest compensation, and provision of ecological jobs. Our results suggest that these conservation and development policies all have a positive impact on community participation in conservation. Among the different conservation and development policies, farmers seem to prefer the government developing ecotourism most, followed by providing ecological jobs, establishing NPs, and finally the compensation amount and period of ecological public welfare forests. Moreover, farmers with different characteristics have different preferences regarding conservation and development policies. Age, education level, whether the respondent is a village cadre, family forestland area, family income, and whether the respondent lives in a nature reserve are relevant socio-economic characteristics of the affected farmers.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KONSEPTUAL TEORETIK PENDIDIKAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN SEBAGAI SOLUSI DAMPAK ERA INDUSTRI 4.0 DI INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sumarno Sumarno ◽  
Gimin Gimin
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
The Impact

This article aims to find out entrepreneurial education as a solution to the impact of the industrial era 4.0 (E.I.4.0). The data were collected by documentation techniques and observation, and then analyzed using descriptive exploratory techniques. The results indicate that E.I.4.0 had a negative impact is the loss of various jobs, but on the other hand had a positive impact, that are the emergence of business and employment opportunities. In E.I.4.0, human resources are required to have the ability to create, innovate, think critically, and collaborate and self-confidence. Entrepreneurship education provides knowledge and skills and develops attitudes that can be a solution to the impact of E.I 4.0. Entrepreneurial knowledge, skills and attitudes will shape human beings in accordance with E.I.4.0, which were the ability to create, innovate, think critically, collaborate, and be confident.  This ability will be able to reach opportunities that arise in order to replace lost jobs. At the level of pre-school education, basic education and general secondary education (SMA/MA), entrepreneurship education should be emphasized more on developing entrepreneurial attitudes and knowledge. At the level of vocational secondary education (SMK/MAK) and higher education, entrepreneurship education should be emphasized more on the development of entrepreneurial skills. Effective implementation of entrepreneurship education for E.I.4.0 requires synergy and integration between subjects or subjects, teachers / lecturers, education levels, and among various stakeholders in a sustainable.   Keywords: Industrial era 4.0, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education.

scholarly journals Impacts of the internet on perceptions of governance at the community level: the case of Jiangqiao Township in Shanghai, China

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yili Yao ◽  
Xianghong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Participation ◽  
Community Governance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe rate of urbanisation in China has accelerated community heterogeneity, and yet it has also led to challenges and problems in community governance. This trend has been accompanied by the rapid expansion of information and communication technology (ICT) and online activities. Based on the example of Jiangqiao Township in Shanghai, this paper aims to probe the link between online participation using the internet and its impacts on social capital formation and community development.Design/methodology/approachA literature review was conducted, and a case study method based on quantitative data was applied to test the theoretical framework in the interactions of users’ online participation and perceptions of community governance.FindingsParticipation in an online community through the internet was found to foster new social capital. Distributed social capital had a positive impact on perceptions of governance at the community level, which was due to the resulting network density and social trust of the locality.Originality/valueThis study offers an expanded perspective on the impact of the internet on the behaviour of netizens in China in the context of community governance in new settlements and townships. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is interesting to investigate how the use of mass communication channels, such as the internet and other digital platforms, affects social behaviour and generates new social norms. This study offers quantitative evidence from China to support the theory of Putnam (1993; 1995a). It thus extends beyond the field of sociology to the fields of public administration and urban development.

scholarly journals Does Social Capital Benefit the Improvement of Rural Households’ Sustainable Livelihood Ability? Based on the Survey Data of Jiangxi Province, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10995
Author(s):  
Feixue Xiong ◽  
Shubin Zhu ◽  
Hui Xiao ◽  
Xiaolan Kang ◽  
Fangting Xie
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Quantile Regression ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the influence of social capital on the sustainable livelihood ability of rural households who are out of poverty, in order to promote the sustainable development of their livelihood. Based on the survey data of 371 out-of-poverty households in rural Jiangxi, we analyzed the relationship between social capital and households’ sustainable livelihood ability using “Ordinary Least Square (OLS) + robust standard error” regression models and quantile regression models. Households’ social capital was measured from the following three dimensions: social network, social participation, and social trust. The benchmark regression models showed that social capital index, social network, and social participation all had a significant positive effect on the sustainable livelihood ability of out-of-poverty households. However, the impact of social trust on sustainable livelihood ability was not significant. In addition, the quantile regression analysis results showed that social capital index, social network, social participation, and social trust all contributed the most to households with a low sustainable livelihood ability. Therefore, it is suggested to improve the social capital accumulation of out-of-poverty households from multiple dimensions, so as to enhance the sustainable livelihood ability of households and consolidate poverty-alleviation achievements.

Multidisciplinary team decision is rare and decreasing in percutaneous vascular interventions despite positive impact on in-hospital outcomes

VASA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian-Alexander Behrendt ◽  
Tilo Kölbel ◽  
Thea Schwaneberg ◽  
Holger Diener ◽  
Ralf Hohnhold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidisciplinary Team ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Invasive Treatment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hospital Outcomes ◽  
Vascular Intervention ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Team Decision ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Background: Worldwide prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is increasing and peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) has become the primary invasive treatment. There is evidence that multidisciplinary team decision-making (MTD) has an impact on in-hospital outcomes. This study aims to depict practice patterns and time changes regarding MTD of different medical specialties. Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study design. 20,748 invasive, percutaneous PVI of PAD conducted in the metropolitan area of Hamburg (Germany) were consecutively collected between January 2004 and December 2014. Results: MTD prior to PVI was associated with lower odds of early unsuccessful termination of the procedures (Odds Ratio 0.662, p < 0.001). The proportion of MTD decreased over the study period (30.9 % until 2009 vs. 16.6 % from 2010, p < 0.001) while rates of critical limb-threatening ischemia (34.5 % vs. 42.1 %), patients´ age (70 vs. 72 years), PVI below-the-knee (BTK) (13.2 % vs. 22.4 %), and rates of severe TASC C/D lesions BTK (43.2 % vs. 54.2 %) increased (all p < 0.001). Utilization of MTD was different between medical specialties with lowest frequency in procedures performed by internists when compared to other medical specialties (7.1 % vs. 25.7 %, p < 0.001). Conclusions: MTD prior to PVI is associated with technical success of the procedure. Nonetheless, rates of MTD prior to PVI are decreasing during the study period. Future studies should address the impact of multidisciplinary vascular teams on long-term outcomes.

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