Ecological Migration, Development and Transformation

After over 30 years of reform and opening up, China's aggregate economic volume is now the second largest in the world. Over the past decade many provinces in the western region of China have implemented ecological migration projects of different scales, which have attracted considerable attention both in China and abroad. The projects indicate, first, that there is an urgent need for this type of endeavor: whether the goal is to reduce poverty or to protect the environment, we need to move the poor populations out of the ecologically fragile regions. Secondly, the projects indicate that the Chinese government is capable of meeting this need. Migration projects are complex and costly and without sufficient financial resources and systematic planning, migration may fail to reduce poverty, and could even aggravate it. The rapid economic growth in China, however, makes such migration projects viable.

Shows that the needs of ecological migrants are more demanding than earlier migrants Places a great importance on maintaining social harmony and stability in the process of ecological migration Provides methods of helping the migrants settle down and catch up with the rapid economic and social development in northern Ningxia Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Introduction: Poverty Reduction, Ecological Migration and Sustainable Development.- The History and Present Condition of the Ecological Migrants in Ningxia.- The Economic, Social and Living Conditions of Ecological Migrants in Ningxia.- The Social Relation of the Ecological Migrants in Ningxia and Their Social Evaluation.- Problems of Social Management Facing Ningxia's Ecological Migration Zones and Their solutions.- Ningxia's Ecological Migration and the Sustainable Development.- Intra-County Migration in Ningxia: a Case Study of Pengyang County and Xiji County.- Inter-County Ecological Migration Promotes the Building of New Rural Areas and the Development of Small Towns.- The Policy Needs of Ningxia's Ecological Migrants and Evaluation of Their Satisfaction Level