Full Description
This book explores the development process of the agricultural areas in the central plains of China under rapid urbanization, especially the changes in the daily lives of rural residents. Taking the Jianghan Plain as the study case, this book summarizes the rural transformation and reconstruction process of the region, as well as the changes in the daily activities of rural households under the context of urbanization and rural transformation. This book introduces and applies theories such as the mobilities paradigm, behavioral geography, and time geography, expanding the scope of their application and enriching the theoretical framework of rural geography and rural sociology research. This book could be used as a reference for graduate students, as well as researchers in the fields of geography, planning, sociology, etc.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Literature Reviews of Rural Life Space from a Perspective of Geography.- Chapter 3. Theoretical Perspective on the Changes in Rural Life Space in Contemporary China.- Chapter 4. The Patterns of Rural Life Space Change in the Jianghan Plain.- Chapter 5. The Process of Rural Life Space Change in the Jianghan Plain.- Chapter 6. Mechanism of the Changes in Rural Life Space in the Jianghan Plain.- Chapter 7. The Impact of Rural Life Space on the Human Settlement Environment in the Jianghan Plain.- Chapter 8. Conclusions and Discussions.
