Sustainable Agriculture and Food: Four volume set (Earthscan Reference Collections)

Social Connectedness in Marginal Rural China 275 on rural communities of north Shaanxi of China and the phenomenon of ‘farmer in ...

276 Communities and Social Capital The importance of social capital for the rural poor in marginal areas can be assessed by stud ...

Social Connectedness in Marginal Rural China 277 mainly because of poor quality farmland, cultivation on steep slopes and the lo ...

278 Communities and Social Capital ‘villager group’ in official terms, village hereafter) were included in the survey. In order ...

Social Connectedness in Marginal Rural China 279 whilst others have only middle and remote villages. Thus comparisons at townshi ...

280 Communities and Social Capital Households with high innovative capacity are those with the capacity to seek, adopt or develo ...

Social Connectedness in Marginal Rural China 281 major features and relevant factors influencing the distribution of the HIC in ...

282 Communities and Social Capital nearby villages, distant close relatives deliberately also facilitate household technol- ogy ...

Social Connectedness in Marginal Rural China 283 However, not all households are able to exchange their labour or tools with nei ...

284 Communities and Social Capital these marginal areas. Compared with the HCN, those groups are characterized by closer social ...

Social Connectedness in Marginal Rural China 285 to learn, diffuse and share new technologies. However, the role of such social ...

286 Communities and Social Capital over-cultivation, when the area of cultivated land reached a peak of 1100mu in 1984, nearly 4 ...

Social Connectedness in Marginal Rural China 287 development in Taoliwa was originated by an urban kin, the son of General Liu. ...

288 Communities and Social Capital leader’, or ‘innovative core’, is thus an important element to drive such collabora- tive act ...

Social Connectedness in Marginal Rural China 289 References Carney D. 1998. Sustainable Rural Livelihoods. London: Department fo ...

290 Communities and Social Capital Röling N R and Wagemakers M A. (eds). 1997. Social Learning for Sustainable Agriculture. Camb ...

Part IV Ecological Restoration and Design ...

...

16 Ecological Design and Education David W. Orr Ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will te ...

294 Ecological Restoration and Design level of harmony. For the ancient Jews, the basis of order was otherworldly, a moral order ...