Pub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2018.1476255
M. A. Z. Mughal
ABSTRACT Rural urbanization is taking place rapidly in most areas of Pakistani Punjab. Although agriculture remains the backbone of Pakistan’s economy, many rural people have abandoned agriculture to adopt different occupations as a consequence of rural urbanization. This paper discusses the changing use of, and attitude toward, land in the rural areas of Pakistani Punjab in the context of rural urbanization. It offers a case study from Southern Punjab as an evidence of the effects of rural urbanization on rural social organization with regard to land and agriculture.
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Pub Date : 2018-11-17DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2018.1547201
Natalie W. M. Wong
ABSTRACT Growing the volume of solid waste disposal has been generating numerous social conflicts in recent years, and challenging the transitional societies like Guangzhou and Taipei. This essay compares the dynamics between two cities in the greater China region in reaching a consensus on changing solid waste management policy following anti-incinerator protests in Taipei, Taiwan, and Guangzhou, mainland China by exploring several related questions: How does environmental activism alter changes in the environmental policies of two cases with different political systems? What are the conditions for emerging environmental activism and policy changes? How has the changing coalition opportunity structure changed environmental activism and affected the change in policy? Finally, to what extent do environmental activism and policy change reinforce the process of political transition among these political systems? Through the lens of an advocacy coalition framework (ACF), drawing on the formation of political coalitions and interactions among policy actors are the variables that affect policy change related to incinerator construction in Guangzhou and Taipei, to explore the larger issue about the political transformation of environmental management in these transitional societies, and revisit the application of ACF in transitional societies.
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Pub Date : 2018-11-07DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2018.1544085
H. Lee, D. Zhang, Peter Brecke, Qing Pei
ABSTRACT Recent studies show that wars were more prevalent during colder periods in human history. Nevertheless, the temporal consistency of the climate-war correlation in Europe over extended period has rarely been examined systematically. In this study, we extended the European violent conflict record in the Conflict Catalog [Brecke 1999. “Violent conflicts 1400 A.D. to the present in different regions of the world.” Paper presented at the 1999 Meeting of the Peace Science Society (International), Ann Arbor, MI, 8–10 October 1999] back to the year AD900, and examined quantitatively the climate-war consistency in Europe in AD900–1999. The period covers the Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age, and twentieth-century warming. Grounded on a total number of 2309 recorded violent conflicts in Europe over the last 1100 years, our statistical results were: (1) the negative temperature-war correlation was significant in terms of multi-decadal cycles; (2) in the second half of the period (AD1450–1999): the climate-war relationship was more apparent during longer cycles; a large spatial extent of slight cooling was more pertinent than a small spatial extent of severe cooling in affecting social stability in Europe; and the overall temperature-war correlation was stronger; and (3) the climate-war association was temporarily distorted when population pressure was drastically reduced. The association became significant again once the population system pushed against its Malthusian constraints. In sum, the climate-war association in Europe was statistically significant at the multi-decadal timescale. Yet, its strength varied across different periods and was contingent upon population pressure during the time. The findings in this study may provide some hints in assessing the effectiveness of human adaptations to climate change in the long-term.
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Pub Date : 2018-09-25DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2018.1527237
H. Lee, Margherita Boccalatte
ABSTRACT Food safety crises have constituted a persistent challenge for the Chinese government and people. Because of international trade, consumers’ concern regarding the safety of food products imported from China is increasing in many countries. Yet, no systematic investigation has examined the perception of Western respondents regarding the safety of food imports coming from China. This study, based on an online survey (n = 289) between April and May 2017, is an initial attempt to investigate the perception of consumers in Europe and North America regarding different food safety issues and regulations in the People’s Republic of China and their attitudes towards food products imported from China. Our results show that socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and the influence of different types of media were not related to the perceptions and attitudes towards food safety. But, we found a strong relationship between the perception of the food safety regulations in China and the personal consumption of food products imported from China. In addition, a positive relationship was discovered between having been to China and the purchase of food products imported from China. Our findings suggest that investments in the promotion of the knowledge of food safety regulations implementation in China would lead to an increase in the export of food products. Also, the positive relationship between having been to China and the purchase of food products imported from China should be further investigated to consider the implications for tourism and food trade in China.
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Pub Date : 2018-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2018.1527236
I. Morley
ABSTRACT Baguio is a medium-sized city situated in the north of the Philippines. Developed as the American colonial summer capital, its centrally located roads, public spaces, and buildings are arranged in accordance with a grand plan composed in 1905 by American architect-planner, Daniel Burnham. Given this actuality the urban fabric has a disposition that contrasts from other settlements in the country: the city’s configuration is anchored to a large-sized green space (Burnham Park). In recent decades Baguio’s rapid urban growth has led to the manufacture of a number of worrying environmental predicaments. These include unplanned suburban districts being formed on steep hillsides, urban density in the inner quarters being increased/greenery being removed, plus traffic congestion and air pollution increasing to such a degree that the city’s air quality is now amongst the worst in the Philippines. To manage this situation the city government, headed by Mayor Mauricio Domogan, has since the 2009 Burnham Park Development Master Plan repeatedly advised that Burnham Park be utilized as a site for parking substantial numbers of motor vehicles. Notwithstanding the park being protected by heritage law, the city government stating its commitment to sustainable development, and in 2017 Baguio being the first Philippine city to receive UNESCO Creative City status, it is feared that should the city council go ahead with its intention to build multi-storey car parking structures within Burnham Park not only will the space’s character be irretrievably affected but the ongoing process of environmental degradation in Baguio amplified.
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ABSTRACT China’s industrialization after the 1840s has been mainly regarded as a reaction to external shocks from Western countries. However, Rostow’s stages of growth theory states that industrialization should be achieved by adequate groundwork of agrarian economy. In this context, this study aims to quantitatively analyze China’s industrialization from 1874 to 1927 by comparing the external influences of foreign factors (including trade and finance) and the internal agrarian economy. Statistical results empirically supports China’s industrialization should be treated as a self-strengthening movement in response to the negative impact of foreign factors and weak basis of agrarian economy. The empirical findings could further supplement the current knowledge on the development of China’s industrialization and the case of such industrialization must be analyzed in the context of colonized economy from a macro-scale in time and space. Furthermore, current findings could also show the limitation of Rostow’s stages of growth theory as applied to a colonized society.
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Pub Date : 2018-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2018.1534324
L. T. Cheung, A. Lo
Interaction between human and environment has been a popular research topic for geographers. The rapid development in many Asian countries triggers further concern to Asian Geographers on the impacts of human activities to the environment. Many previous studies have conclusively indicated that human could bring both positively and negatively impacts to our surrounding environment that influences the quality of our life. In this regard, enhancing our understanding about the human activities and their impacts on environment are vital to formulate appropriate strategies to tackle the environmental problems caused by the development. In this special issue, scholars are invited to examine the above topics. The scope of research ranged from local to global scale and it is hoped that insights on the relationship between environment and development can offer the readers a holistic understanding on the human–environment relationship. This special issue is originated from the invitation of Prof. Xu Jiang – the Editor-in-Chief of Asian Geographer. Five papers are included in this special issue. Briefly, the first paper is about a comprehensive review on the role of climate change on wars in history. Lee (2018) offers a holistic review on the large-N quantitative studiesmeasuring the effect of climate change onwars in recent history. Two papers are about tourism in both rural areas in China and global geopark of Hong Kong. Chan and Zhang (2018) investigate the destination image of the Hong Kong UNESCOGlobal Geopark and Lee andAbrahams (2018) examine how tourism representations mirror state discourses and ideologies in amanner that reflects the highly state-managed nature of the nature’s tourism economy. Xu et al. (2018) andMorley (2018) articles focus on the industrialization of China and urban development in Baguio of Philippines.
人与环境的相互作用一直是地理学家研究的热点问题。许多亚洲国家的快速发展引发了亚洲地理学家对人类活动对环境影响的进一步关注。许多先前的研究已经明确地表明，人类可以给我们周围的环境带来积极和消极的影响，从而影响我们的生活质量。因此，提高我们对人类活动及其对环境的影响的认识，对于制定适当的策略来解决发展所带来的环境问题至关重要。在这期特刊中，学者们被邀请来研究上述主题。研究范围从地方到全球，希望通过对环境与发展关系的深入了解，使读者对人与环境的关系有一个全面的认识。本期特刊是应《亚洲地理》杂志总编辑徐江教授的邀请而创办的。这期特刊收录了五篇论文。简而言之，第一篇论文是关于历史上气候变化对战争的作用的全面回顾。Lee(2018)对近年来测量气候变化对战争影响的大n定量研究进行了全面回顾。两篇论文分别是关于中国农村地区和香港世界地质公园的旅游。Chan和Zhang(2018)研究了香港联合国教科文组织世界地质公园的目的地形象，Lee和abrahams(2018)研究了旅游表征如何以反映自然旅游经济高度国家管理性质的方式反映国家话语和意识形态。Xu et al.(2018)和morley(2018)的文章关注中国的工业化和菲律宾碧瑶的城市发展。
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Pub Date : 2018-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2018.1527235
Chung-Shing Chan, Yunan Zhang
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the destination image of Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark by comparing the projected image held by the park authority and the perceived image by Mainland Chinese park visitors. Through a qualitative categorization of the elements in official park promotional materials, this study identifies categories of image projection, which concentrate on key characteristics of geological features, interpretations and education, as well as accessibility and proximity to urban areas. The survey-based approach reveals that the Mainland Chinese visitors consider geological and marine scenery, ecological and natural environments to be the most important factor representing the perceived image of the Geopark. In this paper, components of the perceived image are discovered, showing that geological features and education, as well as ecological and natural beauty are the consistent aspects of projected-perceived image. The most apparent image gap lies in the discrepancy between the authority-projected high accessibility and visitor-perceived low park-city proximity.
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Pub Date : 2018-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2018.1505646
Anna Ka-yin Lee, R. Abrahams
ABSTRACT Tourism is often used in conjunction with the creation and consumption of knowledge to mold the ways in which people perceive, imagine and understand “other” places. This article examines how the imagery and framing of tourism promotion both utilizes and reciprocates constructions of China’s ethnic minority, rural places and peoples. Through an analysis of the promotional imagery of a rural and ethnic tourism resort, the discussion highlights how tourism representations mirror state discourses and ideologies in a manner that reflects the highly state-managed nature of the nation’s tourism economy. Utilizing a Foucauldian framework that conceptualizes the dissemination of power through the creation of knowledge and normalizing discourses, tourism is presented as a conduit through which the Chinese state is able to position and delimit spatial and ethnic groups. Thus, not only are tourism promotional materials understood as a key means through which to entice tourists, they become a nexus through which to understand China’s ethnic power imbalances. The examined promotional materials highlight the ways in which promotional imagery disseminates idealized narratives and imagery that locate minority groups spatially, and tie them socially and culturally.
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