Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2017.1405826
Xiang Zhang
ABSTRACT Fast food is a widely used phenomenon in geography to analyze socioeconomic issues at both the national and city scales. Due to the increasing popularity of fast food as symbol of globalization, more participants have entered this competitive industry. This article examines two new elements in the industry: Japanese fast food, representing a new trend, and China, representing a new geography of consumption. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the distribution of these new fast food stores in China. By applying a series of quantitative and qualitative methods including cartographical mapping, regression modeling, and crowdsourcing label cataloging, it reveals that these Japanese fast food stores present an attractive catering choice for highly educated youth in China. Through the analysis of the spatial distribution of these stores, a new model of fast food is generating new social/cultural implications in the world's largest emerging economy.
{"title":"Spatial patterns and social/cultural implications of Japanese fast food chains in China","authors":"Xiang Zhang","doi":"10.1080/10225706.2017.1405826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2017.1405826","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Fast food is a widely used phenomenon in geography to analyze socioeconomic issues at both the national and city scales. Due to the increasing popularity of fast food as symbol of globalization, more participants have entered this competitive industry. This article examines two new elements in the industry: Japanese fast food, representing a new trend, and China, representing a new geography of consumption. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the distribution of these new fast food stores in China. By applying a series of quantitative and qualitative methods including cartographical mapping, regression modeling, and crowdsourcing label cataloging, it reveals that these Japanese fast food stores present an attractive catering choice for highly educated youth in China. Through the analysis of the spatial distribution of these stores, a new model of fast food is generating new social/cultural implications in the world's largest emerging economy.","PeriodicalId":44260,"journal":{"name":"Asian Geographer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10225706.2017.1405826","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46387760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2018.1431554
K. O'Connor, K. Fuellhart, Shengrun Zhang
ABSTRACT Air transport has been expanding rapidly in China over the past decade. That growth corresponded with economic development as well as liberalization in the regulations surrounding airline operations and city and provincial responsibilities for air transport infrastructure. This paper analyses the way the airline industry responded to those changes by identifying the rank of 37 cities on a series of measures of airline operations in 2005 and 2015. Results show that the ranks of the seven leading cities remain unchanged, and only a small change has been recorded on each of the measures at other cities over this time period. The results suggest that there is a level of inertia in the overall geography of China’s air transport. Closer attention to the activity of the airlines, with particular attention to small and large airlines, as well as those within corporate groups will be an important direction in future research.
{"title":"Change in the role of cities in China’s air transport 2005–2015","authors":"K. O'Connor, K. Fuellhart, Shengrun Zhang","doi":"10.1080/10225706.2018.1431554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2018.1431554","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Air transport has been expanding rapidly in China over the past decade. That growth corresponded with economic development as well as liberalization in the regulations surrounding airline operations and city and provincial responsibilities for air transport infrastructure. This paper analyses the way the airline industry responded to those changes by identifying the rank of 37 cities on a series of measures of airline operations in 2005 and 2015. Results show that the ranks of the seven leading cities remain unchanged, and only a small change has been recorded on each of the measures at other cities over this time period. The results suggest that there is a level of inertia in the overall geography of China’s air transport. Closer attention to the activity of the airlines, with particular attention to small and large airlines, as well as those within corporate groups will be an important direction in future research.","PeriodicalId":44260,"journal":{"name":"Asian Geographer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10225706.2018.1431554","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49618954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2017.1406863
Sai-Leung Ng, Yin Zhang, K. H. Ng, Hung Wong, Joanna Lee
ABSTRACT Population growth and urbanization have resulted in the emergence of mega cities in recent decades. While compact urban fabrics and high residential density imply intensive interactions between man and environment, the living environment may be one of the most important factors affecting quality of life (QOL) of city dwellers. With this in mind, this paper seeks to understand the manners in which the residents relate themselves to the places they live and how they derive neighborhood and QOL, in such way that the relationship between living environment and QOL can be understood. A random telephone survey (N = 1,114) was conducted in Hong Kong. Results showed that different levels of neighborhood satisfaction varied in residents of different housing types and living environment was a significant predictor of resident’s QOL. Other than the architecture of housing, this paper highlights the importance of services and facilities for the development of social relations and community building. This paper may supplement to the Western QOL studies and provide reference for urban planning initiatives for Asian cities.
{"title":"Living environment and quality of life in Hong Kong","authors":"Sai-Leung Ng, Yin Zhang, K. H. Ng, Hung Wong, Joanna Lee","doi":"10.1080/10225706.2017.1406863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2017.1406863","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Population growth and urbanization have resulted in the emergence of mega cities in recent decades. While compact urban fabrics and high residential density imply intensive interactions between man and environment, the living environment may be one of the most important factors affecting quality of life (QOL) of city dwellers. With this in mind, this paper seeks to understand the manners in which the residents relate themselves to the places they live and how they derive neighborhood and QOL, in such way that the relationship between living environment and QOL can be understood. A random telephone survey (N = 1,114) was conducted in Hong Kong. Results showed that different levels of neighborhood satisfaction varied in residents of different housing types and living environment was a significant predictor of resident’s QOL. Other than the architecture of housing, this paper highlights the importance of services and facilities for the development of social relations and community building. This paper may supplement to the Western QOL studies and provide reference for urban planning initiatives for Asian cities.","PeriodicalId":44260,"journal":{"name":"Asian Geographer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10225706.2017.1406863","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49514537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT Southeast China, characterized by a humid subtropical climate, is dominated by dense evergreen broad-leaved forests with the exception for the Changting area, which is one of the most eroded areas in southern China. Various methods have been employed to investigate regional soil erosion dynamics, yet these studies are limited to short periods and few sites. Dendrogeomorphological methods can alleviate this problem due to the long duration of tree rings and easy implementation for many sites. We present the first tree-ring-based soil erosion study in southeastern China, based on 123 exposed roots from 85 Pinus massoniana trees at six sites in Changting. The distinct reduction of cell lumen area of earlywood tracheids of exposed roots is a good bio-indicator for the first year of exposure due to soil erosion for this hot and humid area. The reconstructed soil erosion rates ranged from 4.26 to 43.50 mm/year with an average of 14.14 ± 8.05 mm/year. Soil erosion rate is the highest at the slopes of 10°–30°. This is in line with previous findings using other methods over the study area. In addition, soil erosion in this area is found to be closely related to vegetation types and summer precipitation.
{"title":"Reconstruction of soil erosion rates from exposed roots in southeast China","authors":"Yu Zhang, Keyan Fang, Feifei Zhou, Zhipeng Dong, Yingjun Li, Peng Zhang","doi":"10.1080/10225706.2017.1351380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2017.1351380","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Southeast China, characterized by a humid subtropical climate, is dominated by dense evergreen broad-leaved forests with the exception for the Changting area, which is one of the most eroded areas in southern China. Various methods have been employed to investigate regional soil erosion dynamics, yet these studies are limited to short periods and few sites. Dendrogeomorphological methods can alleviate this problem due to the long duration of tree rings and easy implementation for many sites. We present the first tree-ring-based soil erosion study in southeastern China, based on 123 exposed roots from 85 Pinus massoniana trees at six sites in Changting. The distinct reduction of cell lumen area of earlywood tracheids of exposed roots is a good bio-indicator for the first year of exposure due to soil erosion for this hot and humid area. The reconstructed soil erosion rates ranged from 4.26 to 43.50 mm/year with an average of 14.14 ± 8.05 mm/year. Soil erosion rate is the highest at the slopes of 10°–30°. This is in line with previous findings using other methods over the study area. In addition, soil erosion in this area is found to be closely related to vegetation types and summer precipitation.","PeriodicalId":44260,"journal":{"name":"Asian Geographer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10225706.2017.1351380","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42047982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2017.1394886
Feng Chen, Huiqing Wang, Yu-jiang Yuan
ABSTRACT Divergent responses of tree growth to climate change have been widely reported from the high altitude forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Here, we developed tree-ring width (TRW) and maximum latewood density (MXD) chronologies for the Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) from three sites (DHS, XXG, and TLC) with different hydrothermal conditions in the arid northeastern Tibetan Plateau, and we used these chronologies to observe climate-growth relationships and divergent growth responses of the Qinghai spruce. Cross correlations showed highly significant divergences among the TRW and MXD chronologies. Precipitation was most strongly related to TRW in different spruce trees. At the upper treeline site (XXG) and at the relatively wet site (TLC), where growth was limited by temperature, MXD showed similar growth trends over time. At the dry site (DHS), TRW showed a strong drought stress signal over time, and MXD lost sensitivity to temperature variations. We would like to highlight the necessity for additional studies investigating possible non-stationary growth responses of trees that are experiencing climate warming, especially for studies of MXD at dry sites that are used for temperature reconstruction in arid areas.
{"title":"Divergent growth response of Qinghai spruce to recent climate warming in the arid northeastern Tibet Plateau","authors":"Feng Chen, Huiqing Wang, Yu-jiang Yuan","doi":"10.1080/10225706.2017.1394886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2017.1394886","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Divergent responses of tree growth to climate change have been widely reported from the high altitude forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Here, we developed tree-ring width (TRW) and maximum latewood density (MXD) chronologies for the Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) from three sites (DHS, XXG, and TLC) with different hydrothermal conditions in the arid northeastern Tibetan Plateau, and we used these chronologies to observe climate-growth relationships and divergent growth responses of the Qinghai spruce. Cross correlations showed highly significant divergences among the TRW and MXD chronologies. Precipitation was most strongly related to TRW in different spruce trees. At the upper treeline site (XXG) and at the relatively wet site (TLC), where growth was limited by temperature, MXD showed similar growth trends over time. At the dry site (DHS), TRW showed a strong drought stress signal over time, and MXD lost sensitivity to temperature variations. We would like to highlight the necessity for additional studies investigating possible non-stationary growth responses of trees that are experiencing climate warming, especially for studies of MXD at dry sites that are used for temperature reconstruction in arid areas.","PeriodicalId":44260,"journal":{"name":"Asian Geographer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10225706.2017.1394886","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43938474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT Summer climate variability in South China at decadal scales is not well understood due to the relatively short meteorological records and the scarcity of paleo-proxies. Herein, we explore the potential of using tree-ring latewood width (LWW) from Tsuga longibracteata to reconstruct summer climatic factors. Latewood usually forms in the mid- to late growing season, at least partly during summer. Tree-ring samples were collected at three sites (HS, QSZ, and SJD) close to the northern boundary of Guangxi province. We built three LWW chronologies and three adjusted LWW chronologies (LWWadj) after the removal of the influence of earlywood on latewood growth. Bootstrapped correlation and response analyses indicate that the LWW chronologies are significantly correlated with summer climatic factors, and the LWWadj chronologies show much higher correlations. The extent to which summer climatic signals can be extracted from LWWadj is site-dependent. At the well-drained sites (QSZ and SJD) with abundant sunshine, LWWadj shows significant positive correlations with July–August Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), owing to the positive response to precipitation and the negative response to temperature. In contrast, LWWadj only exhibits positive responses to July temperature on north-oriented slope (HS) with high water-holding capacity. Nearly 37% of the variance in the regional SPEI can be explained by the LWWadj chronology from the forest stand (QSZ) on well-drained southeast-facing slope with less endogenous disturbances. These results indicate that there is a great potential of using LWWadj to reconstruct summer SPEI in South China when suitable sampling sites are selected.
{"title":"Summer climate implications of tree-ring latewood width: a case study of Tsuga longibracteata in South China","authors":"Yesi Zhao, Jiangfeng Shi, Shiyuan Shi, Bowen Wang, Jian Yu","doi":"10.1080/10225706.2017.1377623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2017.1377623","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Summer climate variability in South China at decadal scales is not well understood due to the relatively short meteorological records and the scarcity of paleo-proxies. Herein, we explore the potential of using tree-ring latewood width (LWW) from Tsuga longibracteata to reconstruct summer climatic factors. Latewood usually forms in the mid- to late growing season, at least partly during summer. Tree-ring samples were collected at three sites (HS, QSZ, and SJD) close to the northern boundary of Guangxi province. We built three LWW chronologies and three adjusted LWW chronologies (LWWadj) after the removal of the influence of earlywood on latewood growth. Bootstrapped correlation and response analyses indicate that the LWW chronologies are significantly correlated with summer climatic factors, and the LWWadj chronologies show much higher correlations. The extent to which summer climatic signals can be extracted from LWWadj is site-dependent. At the well-drained sites (QSZ and SJD) with abundant sunshine, LWWadj shows significant positive correlations with July–August Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), owing to the positive response to precipitation and the negative response to temperature. In contrast, LWWadj only exhibits positive responses to July temperature on north-oriented slope (HS) with high water-holding capacity. Nearly 37% of the variance in the regional SPEI can be explained by the LWWadj chronology from the forest stand (QSZ) on well-drained southeast-facing slope with less endogenous disturbances. These results indicate that there is a great potential of using LWWadj to reconstruct summer SPEI in South China when suitable sampling sites are selected.","PeriodicalId":44260,"journal":{"name":"Asian Geographer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10225706.2017.1377623","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41783965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2017.1354770
Choyon Kumar Saha
ABSTRACT Livelihood in developing countries draws grave attention to the climatic and anthropogenic stressors that contribute to risk the livelihood despite diversification, and thus wane people’s adaptive capacity and capabilities to cope with unanticipated shocks. Following stratified purposive sampling techniques, a total of nine focus group sessions were performed at three island-chars of Mahishkhocha union in Lalmonirhat district, from February to May in 2013, and explores current livelihood practices and likely risks. The analysis explores evolving risks sprouted from climatic stressors including riverbank erosion, flooding, cold wave, erratic rainfalls and droughts that contribute to livelihood disturbances and slothful processes of sustainable livelihood renewal. The findings suggest that risks are compounded by anthropogenic stressors classifying into state and non-state engagements across manifold institutional scales and policy arrangements, providing insight for promoting rural livelihoods through different actors, formal and informal institutions. Despite challenges to addressing likely risks at different scales, this research demonstrates how public policies can elevate adverse conditions for the emergence of sustainable livelihood pathways.
{"title":"Dynamics of climatic and anthropogenic stressors in risking island-char livelihoods: a case of northwestern Bangladesh","authors":"Choyon Kumar Saha","doi":"10.1080/10225706.2017.1354770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2017.1354770","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Livelihood in developing countries draws grave attention to the climatic and anthropogenic stressors that contribute to risk the livelihood despite diversification, and thus wane people’s adaptive capacity and capabilities to cope with unanticipated shocks. Following stratified purposive sampling techniques, a total of nine focus group sessions were performed at three island-chars of Mahishkhocha union in Lalmonirhat district, from February to May in 2013, and explores current livelihood practices and likely risks. The analysis explores evolving risks sprouted from climatic stressors including riverbank erosion, flooding, cold wave, erratic rainfalls and droughts that contribute to livelihood disturbances and slothful processes of sustainable livelihood renewal. The findings suggest that risks are compounded by anthropogenic stressors classifying into state and non-state engagements across manifold institutional scales and policy arrangements, providing insight for promoting rural livelihoods through different actors, formal and informal institutions. Despite challenges to addressing likely risks at different scales, this research demonstrates how public policies can elevate adverse conditions for the emergence of sustainable livelihood pathways.","PeriodicalId":44260,"journal":{"name":"Asian Geographer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10225706.2017.1354770","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49397905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2017.1387161
G. Indraprahasta, B. Derudder
ABSTRACT This paper presents an analysis of the position of the Jakarta metropolitan area (JMA) in global inter-urban networks. Our starting point is our aim to provide a more nuanced understanding of the JMA’s connectivity in world city networks (WCNs). To this end, we steer clear of top-down approaches, which tend to analyze cities in singular taxonomies of global prominence, and instead propose a framework that is attuned to the JMA’s contexts to provide an alternative and complementary reading of how the JMA has been inserted into the WCN. To this end, by drawing on the interlocking network model, which helps to proxy inter-urban networks based on the multi-locational operations of manufacturing firms, we examine the JMA’s network positionality on the global and national scales. The results provide evidence of the JMA’s global inter-city relations being strongly geared toward East Asian cities. In addition, the results suggest that the JMA cannot be detached from its national geography, as evidenced by its strong connections with cities located on the island of Java.
{"title":"Probing the position of the Jakarta metropolitan area in global inter-urban networks through the lens of manufacturing firms","authors":"G. Indraprahasta, B. Derudder","doi":"10.1080/10225706.2017.1387161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2017.1387161","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper presents an analysis of the position of the Jakarta metropolitan area (JMA) in global inter-urban networks. Our starting point is our aim to provide a more nuanced understanding of the JMA’s connectivity in world city networks (WCNs). To this end, we steer clear of top-down approaches, which tend to analyze cities in singular taxonomies of global prominence, and instead propose a framework that is attuned to the JMA’s contexts to provide an alternative and complementary reading of how the JMA has been inserted into the WCN. To this end, by drawing on the interlocking network model, which helps to proxy inter-urban networks based on the multi-locational operations of manufacturing firms, we examine the JMA’s network positionality on the global and national scales. The results provide evidence of the JMA’s global inter-city relations being strongly geared toward East Asian cities. In addition, the results suggest that the JMA cannot be detached from its national geography, as evidenced by its strong connections with cities located on the island of Java.","PeriodicalId":44260,"journal":{"name":"Asian Geographer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10225706.2017.1387161","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43365290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2017.1328606
Yiwen Shao, Jiang Xu
ABSTRACT There has been a growing tendency in recent years to use resilience theory when drawing up guidelines for formulating urban plans. However, restorative resilience analysis, which is the application of resilience thinking to introspect the planning system, has not yet been well addressed in existing academic inquiry. This article attempts to fill this gap by examining whether urban resilience features in China’s reconstruction planning regulation on different geographical levels, using carefully selected proxy resilience attributes. Reconstruction planning legislation and policies (RPLPs) are the focus of this study because they are perceived to play an important potential role in defining normative planning discourses and legitimizing planning practices. The article develops three major arguments. Firstly, while urban resilience does not yet feature explicitly on the agenda for reconstruction planning in China, specifications of RPLPs do convey certain attributes of urban resilience, but in a distorted form which reflects a failure to fully represent the evolutionary resilience perspective. Secondly, these RPLPs enable, at least rhetorically, a highly connected and efficient environment for post-disaster reconstruction efforts across levels and among institutions, especially through the adoption of a multilayered partner support program (PSP). Thirdly, based on the second argument, resilience is more usefully interpreted as a process rather than an outcome, as the performance of planning regulations would suggest. These arguments are elaborated through a case study of reconstruction planning in Wenchuan County following the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.
{"title":"Regulating post-disaster reconstruction planning in China: towards a resilience-based approach?","authors":"Yiwen Shao, Jiang Xu","doi":"10.1080/10225706.2017.1328606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2017.1328606","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There has been a growing tendency in recent years to use resilience theory when drawing up guidelines for formulating urban plans. However, restorative resilience analysis, which is the application of resilience thinking to introspect the planning system, has not yet been well addressed in existing academic inquiry. This article attempts to fill this gap by examining whether urban resilience features in China’s reconstruction planning regulation on different geographical levels, using carefully selected proxy resilience attributes. Reconstruction planning legislation and policies (RPLPs) are the focus of this study because they are perceived to play an important potential role in defining normative planning discourses and legitimizing planning practices. The article develops three major arguments. Firstly, while urban resilience does not yet feature explicitly on the agenda for reconstruction planning in China, specifications of RPLPs do convey certain attributes of urban resilience, but in a distorted form which reflects a failure to fully represent the evolutionary resilience perspective. Secondly, these RPLPs enable, at least rhetorically, a highly connected and efficient environment for post-disaster reconstruction efforts across levels and among institutions, especially through the adoption of a multilayered partner support program (PSP). Thirdly, based on the second argument, resilience is more usefully interpreted as a process rather than an outcome, as the performance of planning regulations would suggest. These arguments are elaborated through a case study of reconstruction planning in Wenchuan County following the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.","PeriodicalId":44260,"journal":{"name":"Asian Geographer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10225706.2017.1328606","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42939662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2017.1296366
N. Banu, Shahab Fazal
ABSTRACT The present study is an attempt to depict the picture of livelihoods and its sustainability in the transforming economy of peri-urban interface (PUI). The study assumes that process of peri-urbanization adds complexity to household livelihood security and the process of peri-urbanization has been considered as stress. To measure this stress, the study adopts the Sustainable Livelihood Approach targeted to understand the livelihood status of households. It also evaluates the coping strategies adopted by households for surviving in transforming economic and social PUI environment.
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