Social learning and dynamics of farmers? perception towards hollowed village consolidation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2022
Abstract
Current literature about the effectiveness of land consolidation especially hollowed village consolidation (HVC) is dominated by static studies interpreting the failures and success of certain project in a specific stage. However, HVC as a complex progress takes time to take effects with social learning modifying perceptions of those affected. Based on survey data on residents' characteristics, living conditions and perceptions, and K-means Clustering Method and ANOVA analysis, this paper depicted how farmers' perceptions of HVC are changed. Under the guidance of social learning theories, this research found that farmers' acceptance of HVC gradually increased with the progressive integration of the rural community in regional development. However, inter-group differ-entiation could be detected, with their household characteristics. The authors argue that the decision makers should pay attention to the three-stage authority and policy foci development process in HVC program implied by social learning theory. The decision maker should respect the development procedures and underpin the key driving factors affecting rural households' satisfaction at a every stage thus ensuring the effectiveness of HVC: (stage 1) sufficient publicity, participation promotion, and stakeholder integration should be highlighted before implementation; (stage 2) communal administration, community activities, industrial development and sector integration should be given more attention to achieve better construction performance in the developing stage; and (stage 3) self-innovation, mutual coordination, community awareness, common well-being are key factors for sustainable development of newly built key settlements/communities.
Keywords
Social learning, Hollowed village consolidation, Key settlements, Dynamic perceptions, Rural revitalization, China
Divisions
china
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC),MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Youth Foundation Project of Human- ities and Social Sciences (41971220),MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Youth Foundation Project of Human- ities and Social Sciences (41571166),MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Youth Foundation Project of Human- ities and Social Sciences (21YJC790116)
Publication Title
Habitat International
Volume
128
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher Location
THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND