scholarly journals A New Livelihood Sustainability Index for Rural Revitalization Assessment—A Modelling Study on Smart Tourism Specialization in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiqin Li ◽  
Peter Nijkamp ◽  
Xuelian Xie ◽  
Jingjing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Level ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Significant Rise ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Sustainability Index ◽  
Coordination Model ◽  
Rural Revitalization

In our rapidly urbanizing world, the problem of rurality versus urbanization is becoming a source of concern. Rural tourism development may become a new important stimulus for promoting a sustainable transformation of the farmers’ livelihood. This calls for a smart specialization in rural tourism where the focus is on a balanced rural revitalization strategy. As part of the empirical research, this paper introduces a livelihood sustainability index. This index helps to construct a balanced system for the evaluation of livelihood sustainability achievements in rural tourism destinations. It is based on livelihood capital, livelihood strategy, and the interlinkage between livelihood and environment, in order to dynamically assess the livelihood sustainability of rural households. Taking Huangpi District of the Wuhan area in China as our applied case study, the livelihood sustainability index appears to show over the past years a significant rise, based on a comprehensive index method, an entropy method, and a coupling coordination model. Our findings show that the development of rural tourism has clearly promoted livelihood sustainability. This has inter alia resulted in the accumulation of livelihood capital, an asset of which both social and cultural capital have benefitted greatly; livelihood strategies have also improved, and therefore so have livelihood diversity and stability; and finally, the interlinkage and coordination degree between livelihood and the environment has also changed positively from a primary to intermediate balanced development. However, the livelihood sustainability index in the area concerned is still relatively low, and has not yet reached its possible optimal level. Hence, there is still much room for improvement. Various approaches can be proposed to achieve a more sustainable livelihood, such as enhancing livelihood capital; narrowing the economic gap between farmers by participating in professional tourism activity; establishing the mechanism of industrial integration and the development of rural eco-tourism; and coordinating a balanced development of livelihood and environmental quality.

scholarly journals Coordination Effect and Dynamic Relationship of Green Governance and Corporate Performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Ji Wang
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Coordination Model ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Coordination Effect ◽  
Green Governance ◽  
Relationship Of

This paper uses entropy method and coupling coordination model to empirically analyze the coupling coordination effect and dynamic relationship between green governance and corporate performance of listed manufacturing companies. The results show: (1) Green governance has shown a steady growth from 2009 to 2019, but it is still in its infancy. The overall governance index is low, and there is more room for improvement. (2) The relationship between green governance and corporate performance is fluctuating in the short term, but from a long-term perspective, they have a balanced development. With the improvement of green governance, the positive effects continue to expand, bringing more obvious economic effects in the long run. (3) The degree of coupling coordination between green governance and corporate performance has fluctuated upwards, and the coordinated development has been continuously optimized. However, green governance and corporate performance have not yet reached high coupling, showing a state of primary coordination.

scholarly journals An Empirical Study on Scientific Research Performance of Universities in Different Regions of China Based on PCA and Malmquist Index Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Cun-Yang Xia ◽  
Ze-Hui Yuan ◽  
Wen-Yu He ◽  
Ju-Hui Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Research Performance ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Output Efficiency

This paper uses principal component analysis (PCA) and entropy method to construct the evaluation index system of the scientific research performance of universities in 31 provinces and cities in China. Based on the traditional DEA model, the development trend of the scientific research performance of the research objects from 2015 to 2019 is dynamically evaluated by the Malmquist index method. The results show that the scientific research performance of universities in various regions of China is not ideal, and the level of scientific research performance is declining. The total factor productivity of scientific research in the central and western regions is much higher than that in the eastern region. The main factor that hinders the improvement of scientific research performance is the efficiency of technological progress. Finally, aiming at the existing problems, some feasible suggestions are put forward to further improve the input-output efficiency of scientific research in universities.

scholarly journals Study on the Sustainability of Rural Tourism under the Background of Rural Revitalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 02075
Author(s):  
Yang Xuyan ◽  
Gong Na
Keyword(s):  
Communist Party ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Central Committee ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Communist Party Of China ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Revitalization ◽  
Long Time

For a long time, the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have attached great importance to rural development. At the report of the 19th National Congress, the Communist Party of China clearly pointed out that we should firmly “implement the Rural Revitalization Strategy” and “adhere to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas”. With the improvement of rural ecological environment and the development of economic construction, rural tourism has become more and more popular among the public, and has become one of the important pillars of Rural Revitalization and poverty alleviation. At the same time, rural tourism has greatly increased villagers’ income, improved villagers’ quality of life, and improved villagers’ happiness index. It can be seen that the rural tourism industry and the implementation of Rural Revitalization Strategy promote each other, and the positive development of rural tourism is the only way to promote the construction of new socialist countryside. This paper discusses how to realize the sustainable development of rural tourism in the context of Rural Revitalization from the perspective of the long-term significance of rural tourism to Rural Revitalization and the ways to develop rural tourism.

scholarly journals Sustainable Livelihood Capital and Strategy in Rural Tourism Households: A Seasonality Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 4833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Su ◽  
Joshua R. Aaron ◽  
Yang Guan ◽  
Hongchen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Seasonal Impact ◽  
Capital Efficiency ◽  
Better Than

As an inherent characteristic and pervasive market phenomenon of the tourism industry, seasonality plays an important role in tourist business survivability and sustainability. It is also a significant factor for rural households involved in tourism as they plan their livelihood strategies around it. In this study, household surveys were conducted in The Beautiful South, an area for rural tourism in Guangxi of Southern China. We analyzed the livelihood capital and strategy of different household types in response to seasonal fluctuations in tourism by applying a mixed method that integrated livelihood capital index (LCI) evaluation and data envelopment analysis. The results indicate that LCI of tourism income-oriented households ranks second among the four types of households, while the LCI of tourism-engaged households in peak season performed better than that of those not engaged. However, the number of households participating in tourism nearly halved during the off season, and they are mainly diverted to temporary labor work, which may be one of the reasons for the low livelihood capital efficiency of tourism households. The implications of the findings and empirical solutions to mitigate the negative seasonal impact are discussed.

Optimization Model of Local Policy on Rural Tourism Income Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Zhonghui Kang

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1152-1159
Author(s):  
Zhonghui Kang
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Operation Mode ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Agricultural Resources ◽  
Rural Revitalization

Under the background of the implementation of Rural Revitalization Strategy, rural tourism has become another important way to drive rural development and realize rural revitalization after the mechanized operation mode. Relying on the characteristics of rural resources, rural tourism gives full play to its role. Aiming at the problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, it optimizes the resource allocation structure in rural areas, coordinates the industrial development, and constructs the characteristic rural tourism mode to meet the spiritual needs of contemporary people. With the development of new rural tourism mode relying on agricultural resources, such as research base, agricultural industrial park, characteristic towns and so on, more and more people love rural tourism. The development of rural tourism injects new vitality into rural areas, promotes the growth of rural regional economy, effectively increases farmers’ employment, promotes industrial integration, and is conducive to solving the “three rural” problems, reducing poverty, and promoting the construction of a well-off society.

scholarly journals Rural Tourism in Globalizing Beijing: Reproduction of the Mountainous Suburbs into a New Space of Leisure Consumption

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1719
Author(s):  
Ran Liu ◽  
Tai-Chee Wong
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Large City ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Public Investments ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Remote Sites

Rural tourism is increasingly becoming an important complementary service sector of major Chinese cities operating at their immediate adjacent suburban or rural zones. By promoting a green economy, such zones of rural–urban interface/interactions attract more and more public investments, business investors, and leisure seekers. Taking the Yanqi Nightless Valley of Huairou District, and the Ganyugou Village and Xibailianyu Village of Miyun District of Beijing as case studies, this paper investigates the private entrepreneurship, the local peasants’ business drive, and the role of the local governments in integrating the mountainous “backwater” into Beijing’s globalizing economy. Their joint efforts in reconstructing and branding rural tourism resorts, and the ways in which the rural socioeconomic setting was transformed into a post-productive, consumption-dominated, and creative-cum-quality service center is analyzed. The paper analyzes the success and failure of Beijing’s rural tourism business operations, and links their marketing with the capital city’s ambition to brand itself into a globalizing city. Results show that success is highly dependent on physical connectivity. Those seated at the “semi-periphery” with highways or other access corridors are capable of attracting large city clientele. Remote sites, on the contrary, can hardly benefit from the trickle-down process. Hence, a more integrative framework in favor of a more balanced development is finally addressed.

The Comparative Study on Peasant Sustainable Livelihood Models in Rural Tourism Areas — A Case from Jixian, Tianjin

2015 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 1550014
Author(s):  
Ruiying ZHANG ◽  
Jianchao XI ◽  
Nan ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Livelihood Strategy ◽  
Industry Chain ◽  
History Of ◽  
Evaluating Methods ◽  
The Comparative Study

The differences exist among rural areas of different tourism types in the aspects of peasant livelihood capital, livelihood strategy, and livelihood outcome. This paper conducts the comparative studies on peasant sustainable livelihood on two representatives, Maojiayu village and Changzhou village in Jixian (a county in Tianjin), based on the fieldwork and participatory country evaluating methods. The study finds that: (1) in rural areas of different tourism types, where their natural background, history of development, resources endowment, and regional policy are different, their tourism livelihood capital is various. The comparison finds huge differences in natural capital, material capital, and financial capital, but tiny difference in human resources capital and social capital for Maojiayu village and Changzhou village. (2) For the comparison of livelihood strategy and livelihood outcome, Maojiayu village mainly focus on the tourism-program-driven livelihood, while Changzhou village's livelihood is driven by tourism facilities and natural environment. The transformation and upgrading of tourism accommodation can significantly promote the tourism livelihood outcome; meanwhile, the introducing of new tourism programs can also bring the same effect. (3) The peasants in Maojiayu village and Changzhou village feel more comfortable, confident, and healthier by realizing the integration and localization of living and employment, as well as solving the issues of Three Rural Issues, for example left-behind children and empty-nest elderly in rural areas. If the local government can help to further improve the livelihood capital and extent tourism industry chain in the rural tourism areas, the peasants will have more livelihood strategy choices to promote the rural tourism industry.

scholarly journals Research on the Development of Characteristic Tourism Towns in Northern Anhui under Rural Revitalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
Maolin Zhao ◽  
Suyu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
The Road ◽  
Rural Revitalization ◽  
Comparative Advantages ◽  
Urban Rural

Characteristic towns are the continuation and development of the construction of "small towns", and have become an important node of the development of "urban-rural integration". Characteristic tourism town is one of the important models of rural tourism development. It plays an important role in promoting the solution of "Three rural issues", increasing farmers' opportunities for entrepreneurship and employment, improving farmers' income, building a beautiful countryside and finally realizing rural revitalization. The restrictive factors and main problems of the development of characteristic tourism towns in Northern Anhui are: single business model and shallow cultural excavation level. The development foundation is relatively weak, and the industrial products are not closely related. The essence of cultural characteristics is not fully reflected, which needs to be deeply excavated. Through the analysis, the following development ideas and countermeasures of characteristic tourism towns in Northern Anhui are formed: first, give full play to the resources with the most comparative advantages and take the road of characteristic development. Second, make leisure tourism closely related to the characteristic industries and products of small towns. Third, deeply excavate and fully absorb traditional culture, and create a new idea of developing characteristic tourism towns in Northern Anhui with the combination of culture and tourism. Fourth, actively explore the new mode of "Internet plus tourism".

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