中国における農業と農地利用、環境の変容 Transforming Agriculture, Farmland Use and the Environment in China

著者名：Yingnan, Zhang/Hualou, Long

Springer（2026/04/09発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9789819543519
• eISBN：9789819543526

Description

This multidisciplinary book examines the interactions between agriculture, farmland use and the environment in the farming regions of China through the frame of “theoretical explanations-spatial pattern and process analysis-mechanism analysis-simulation of future trajectories-policy recommendations”. Developing a general framework building on complex adaptive system theory, it provides the means to understand the changing agricultural practices and farmland use, and its environmental responses. Then, it explores the process of agricultural transformation in China via the lens of rural population, farmland use, and agriculture-related industry, as well as investigates the dynamics and performances of multifunctional agriculture. Taking a system perspective, this book, then, presents a rich blend of national and regional scale statistical analysis on the nexus between agriculture, farmland use and environment, combining quantitative and qualitative data and adding sophisticated critical and theoretically-informed analysis. It also interrogates the what contributes to the environmental consequences and the ways in which those effects manifest. In order to predict the future trajectory of the evolution of their interactions, a system dynamics approach was employed to describe relationships among variables in complex agricultural system. Finally, this book formulates a range of sustainable agricultural policy recommendations. Together these elements make for an authoritative and important volume, which will foster a broader understanding of the subject matter of sustainable agriculture and farmland use, and how they are related to the environment.

 

Table of Contents

Agriculture, farmland use and environment.- The process of agricultural transformation in China.- Examining the nexus between agriculture, farmland use and environment.- Potential mechanism of the environmental effects of transforming agriculture.- Future trajectories of the environmental effects of agricultural production.- Towards sustainability: Solutions for the future agriculture.