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dc.contributor.authorWei, J.
dc.contributor.authorZhao, D.
dc.contributor.authorMarinova, Dora
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:33:40Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:33:40Z
dc.date.created2011-06-28T20:01:38Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationWei, Juichang and Zhao, Dingtao and Marinova, Dora. 2010. What factors determine whether a community will choose the pathway to sustainable development in China? Local Environment. 15 (9-10): pp. 831-850.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39439
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13549839.2010.531251
dc.description.abstract

In this paper, we divide the communities in Central China into four groups, namely ecological high-poverty communities, non-ecological high-poverty communities, sustainable communities and non-ecological low-poverty communities. We use 2000 and 2006 data for 498 counties to conduct analysis and comparison between sustainable and unsustainable communities in order to define determinants of the development pathways to sustainable communities. The comparison of the variable means between the groups of ecological high-poverty communities and non-ecological high-poverty communities in 2006 indicates that there is no significant difference in the dimensions related to economy, society and environment, with the exception of average output value per industrial enterprise.The non-ecological low-poverty communities are more likely to have a higher proportion of secondary industry, higher total industrial output value, higher average output value per industrial enterprise and higher intensity of infrastructure construction, compared to the sustainable communities. The factors that determine whether the communities will choose the pathway to sustainable communities are found to be landscape, social conditions of secondary industry and agriculture and economic development level. Hence, the policies that aim at promoting sustainability for the unsustainable communities will have to focus on different strategies and actions for non-ecological high-poverty and non-ecological low-poverty communities.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjectsustainable communities
dc.subjectcounty-level economy
dc.subjectChina
dc.titleWhat factors determine whether a community will choose the pathway to sustainable development in China?
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume15
dcterms.source.number9
dcterms.source.startPage831
dcterms.source.endPage850
dcterms.source.issn13549839
dcterms.source.titleLocal Environment
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The attached document is the author's version of an article published as: Wei, Juichang and Zhao, Dingtao and Marinova, Dora. 2010. What factors determine whether a community will choose the pathway to sustainable development in China? Local Environment. 15 (9-10): pp. 831-850. Local Environment is available online at: www.tandfonline.com.

curtin.departmentSustainable Policy Institute (CUSP)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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