Land-Use and Land-Cover Change and Farmer Vulnerability in Xishuangbanna Prefecture in Southwestern China |
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| Authors: | Xu Jianchu Jefferson Fox John B Vogler Zhang Peifang Fu Yongshou Yang Lixin Qian Jie Stephen Leisz |
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| Institution: | (1) Kunming Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P.R.C.;(2) East-West Center, 1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii;(3) Yunnan University, Kunming, P.R.C.;(4) Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and the Center for Agricultural Research and Ecological Studies, Hanoi, Vietnam |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated land-use and land-cover change in three hamlets and two state rubber farms in the Nan-e watershed
of the Xishuangbanna prefecture of Yunnan province in Southwestern China. The overall objective of the study was to understand
how state policies affected land use and land cover and how changes in these variables affected farmer vulnerability to economic,
social, and political events. Emphasis was placed on the cultivation of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis), promoted in southern Yunnan province since the 1950s as a means to meet the demands of rapid economic development. The
study combined remote sensing analysis with secondary data and in-field interviews in order to understand the coupling between
land-use and land-cover change and farmer vulnerability in light of the geographic, historical, and sociopolitical situation. |
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| Keywords: | Land-use/land-cover change GIS Farmer vulnerability Plantations China Yunnan |
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