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作者

Yingnan Zhang;Hualou Long;Mark Yaolin Wang;Yurui Li;Li Ma;Kunqiu Chen;Yuhan Zheng;Tianhe Jiang

来源

HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.102,P.102210

语言

英文

关键字

Rural transformation development;Rural environment;Farmers' behaviour;Farmland use transition;Land use policy;Urbanisation

作者单位

Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China;School of Geography, The University of Melbourne, 221 Bouverie Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia;Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia;School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China;Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China;School of Geography, The University of Melbourne, 221 Bouverie Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia;Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia;School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China

摘要

A comprehensive understanding of the reasons for over-fertilisation is critical to agro-environment sustainability, especially for the fast-growing farming areas under urbanisation. Previous studies are more quantitatively biased and in most cases, merely focus on demographical, economic and political factors whilst excluding in-depth qualitative and holistic investigation. To address this gap, this paper attempts to construct a conceptual framework to investigate the hidden mechanism of chemical fertiliser overuse through an empirical study in the Dancheng county of China. Such a framework is based on Kollmuss and Agyeman (2002), and Blake's (1999) works, but incorporates demographical factors and external barriers for explaining the awareness-behaviour gap. Results indicate that environmental awareness is not necessarily related with chemical fertiliser overuse as the reasons for farmers' inappropriate behaviours are embedded within an intricate network of economic, social-cultural and policy-influenced factors incorporating labour and time constraints, risk-averse decisions, intergenerational division, farm size, attachment to instant gratification, land attachment, peer pressure, distortion of agricultural and land use policies, which has roots in the agricultural marginalisation and urban-rural dichotomy. Based on the results, policy recommendations are provided.