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Determinants of Farmers’ Willingness to Pay and Its Level for Ecological Compensation of Poyang Lake Wetland, China: A Household-Level Survey
Kong, Fanbin; Xiong, Kai; Zhang, Ning - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 6714-6728
compensation of the Poyang Lake Wetland in China. We developed a farmer household survey and gathered 292 effective responses. The … farmers are willing to pay ecological compensation, with an average price of $64.39/household per year. The influencing … factors that significantly influence farmers’ WTP include household income, residential location, emphasis on improvement of …
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The Spatio-Temporal Distribution and Development Modes of Border Ports in China
Wang, Jiaoe; Cheng, Yang; Mo, Huihui - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 7089-7106
Border ports play a substantial role in socio-economic exchanges, which reflect the diplomatic relations between neighboring countries. This paper maps and analyzes the evolution process of border ports in China since the 1930s, in terms of the spatial distribution, transport modes, cargo and...
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Eco-Industrial Parks from Strategic Niches to Development Mainstream: The Cases of China
Shi, Lei; Yu, Bing - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6325-6331
China has implemented eco-industrial park (EIP) initiatives as a mainstream strategy of a circular economy since the turn of the new century. This paper presents the sustainable transition processes and outcomes of three EIP cases, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area (TEDA),...
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Ecotourism Environmental Protection Measures and Their Effects on Protected Areas in China
Wang, Ling-en; Zhong, Linsheng; Zhang, Yangjian; Zhou, Bin - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 6781-6798
Ecological and environmental protection is the core content of ecotourism development. A quantitative evaluation of the effects of ecotourism environmental protection (hereinafter referred to as EEP) measures on protected areas is conducive to a deeper understanding of the key issues related to...
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A Study of Heavy Metal Pollution in China: Current Status, Pollution-Control Policies and Countermeasures
Hu, Hui; Jin, Qian; Kavan, Philip - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 5820-5838
In the past 30 years, China’s economy has experienced rapid development, which led to a vast increase in energy consumption and serious environmental pollution. Among the different types of pollution, heavy metal pollution has become one of the major environmental issues in China. A number of...
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The Impact of Agricultural Extension on Farmer Nutrient Management Behavior in Chinese Rice Production: A Household-Level Analysis
Pan, Dan - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 6644-6665
Agricultural nutrients play a critical role in food production and human nutrition in China. Against this backdrop, agricultural extension services are essential for providing farmers with knowledge and information about nutrient management. By using a propensity score-matching (PSM) approach,...
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Economic Growth and Expansion of China’s Urban Land Area: Evidence from Administrative Data and Night Lights, 1993–2012
Gibson, John; Li, Chao; Boe-Gibson, Geua - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 7850-7865
The relationship between economic growth, expansion of urban land area and the broader issue of cultivated land conversion in China has been closely examined for the late 1980s and 1990s. Much less is known about recent urban expansion and if the effects of economic growth on this expansion have...
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Evolving Corporate Social Responsibility in China
Zhang, Dongyong; Morse, Stephen; Kambhamptati, Uma; Li, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 7646-7665
With a unique cultural background and fast economic development, China’s adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become the center of discussion worldwide, and its successful implementation will have great significance for global sustainability. This paper aims to explore how CSR...
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Sustainability in China: Bridging Global Knowledge with Local Action
Xue, Bing; Tobias, Mario - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 3714-3720
As the biggest emerging and developing country, and the second largest economy on the planet, China’s road to sustainability has attracted global attention; therefore, we need to have a deeper understanding to address this issue at very different levels. This editorial mainly reviews the...
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Quantitative Diagnoses and Comprehensive Evaluations of the Rationality of Chinese Urban Development Patterns
Fang, Chuanglin; Wang, Zhenbo - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 3859-3884
China’s new urbanization development strategy needs to be supported by rational urban systems. Here, a comprehensive diagnostic index system that uses GIS technology and a Chinese urban scale structure rationality diagnostic model, functional structure rationality diagnostic model, spatial...
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