Multi-designated geoparks face challenges in China's heritage conservation
Biodiversity ; China ; Comparative study ; Environmental management ; Europe ; Inherited features ; Natural resources ; Nature conservation ; Nature park ; Patrimony ; Regional geology ; Spatial distribution
The analyzed case study areas cover 5 National Geoparks of China in Sichuan Province, 18 UNESCO Global Geoparks in China, and 219 World Heritage sites in China and 8 European nations. Through analysis and synthesis, the A. concludes that doubled
designation, which also leads to unbalanced park distribution, is particularly prevalent in China other than in Europe. Therefore, on-site management agencies and related governments in China should carefully translate the doubled designations
Tourism and regional development in China. Dualist structures as barriers to development
China ; Employment ; Regional development ; Regional disparities ; Tourism
, and are aggravated by structural changes, which have social and economic consequences (Armstrong and Taylor 1993). It is widely realized that tourism can serve as an effective policy tool for regional and rural-urban disparities in China has not been systemically
examined. This paper attempts to fill this gap. Its main argument is that, in the case of China, the effectiveness of tourism development policies by a threefold dual structure of this development. - (IfL)
Rapid urbanization in China : a real challenge to soil protection and food security
Influences of rapid urbanization and industrialization on soil resource and its quality in China
China ; Cultivated land ; Environmental management ; Food security ; Land use ; Soil ; Soil conservation ; Soil pollution ; Urbanization ; Years 1990-99 ; Years 2000-2009
Based on official statistics and data derived from satellite imagery, dynamics of China's cultivated land over the past two decades is outlined and the causes and destinations of cultivated land loss are analyzed in this paper. Particularly
, urbanization-related land-use changes and their spatial variation across the country are demonstrated. Furthermore, impacts of urbanization and associated waste disposals, consequent shifts of soil utilization on areal soil quality are expatiated. China
Spatial concentration and diffusion of foreign direct investment in China
China ; Direct investment ; Economy ; Foreign investment ; Investment ; Regional disparities
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a feature of China's economy for more than two decades during which both the institutional and contextual environment and corporate investment strategies have changes evolutionary. Foreign direct investment
Globalisierung im Zeichen des Automobils. Soziokultureller und wirtschaftlicher Wandel in China
Car ; China ; Environment ; Globalization ; Road infrastructure ; Road traffic ; Transport
The increasing degree of worldwide motorization represents an important example of current globalization. Over the last two decades, countries such as China have been shaped extensively by the motor car. Modernization through motorization thus
the rising demand for mobility in China is undisputed, there is a need for improving traditional transport modes, and also for making car traffic more sustainable. The attractiveness of the car also demonstrates a socio-cultural dimension that is still poorly
Measurement of urbanization process and the paddy soil loss in Yixing city, China between 1949 and 2000
Influences of rapid urbanization and industrialization on soil resource and its quality in China
Aerial photography ; China ; Geographical information system ; Jiangsu ; Land use ; Satellite imagery ; Spatial analysis ; Twentieth Century ; Urbanization
This study used GIS technology, remote sensing images of 1949, 1966, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000, to analyze the spatial process of urbanization and its impact on the soil resources in Yixing city, southeast China. The results showed
Energie für Chinas Wachstum. Eine kritische Betrachtung zur Nutzung der Hydroenergie in Yunnan
China ; Economic growth ; Electricity ; Energy ; Energy consumption ; Yunnan
The southwestern province of Yunnan is not only very rich in bio- and geodiversity, it is also the most diverse ethnical province of China. Despite its impressive economic growth it belongs to the poor western provinces of China. It is expected
quintuble in Yunnan and the province is becoming the most important provider of energy in China. For that reason many new prestigious dams and hydropowerstations are planned or have been already under construction. Some of them are even controversial within
China. Contrary to the Three Gorges Dam many of these disputed projects are either not known in the West or getting rarely a focus of discussion there. - (IfL)