Sustainable poverty alleviation and green development in China’s underdeveloped areas

doi:10.1007/s11442-021-1932-y

摘要/Abstract

Abstract:

In 2020, the decisive victory of building a moderately well-off society in all aspects means that absolute poverty in rural China has been completely eliminated. Consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and establishing a long-term mechanism to solve relative poverty have become key issues in high-quality development of underdeveloped areas. In this study, human-earth system is employed to analyze the element composition, structural organization and functional state of underdeveloped areas. The results show that poverty in underdeveloped areas stems from the lack of the coupling and coordinating mechanism among human, economic, resource and environmental elements, which is not conducive to transforming the ecological advantages into the advantages of regional development. In the antipoverty stage, underdeveloped areas innovate the human-earth coupling and coordinating mechanism through a series of targeted measures, promote the organic combination of poverty alleviation, ecological conservation and sustainable development, and boost the transformation of regional development and the increase of farmers’ incomes. Focusing on the 14th Five-year Plan (2021-2025) and the long-term goal of 2035, governments in underdeveloped areas should make full use of the policy support to explore scientific methods of modern governance and sustainable development. In particular, it is necessary to practice the concept that “clear waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets” and take the road of the ecologicalization of industry and the industrialization of ecology by establishing a policy system of “green land”, “green people”, “green industry” and “green right”, thus building an endogenous growth mechanism of sustainable poverty alleviation and green development in China’s underdeveloped areas.

Key words: sustainable poverty alleviation, green development, human-earth system, underdeveloped areas, high-quality development, ecological civilization

. [J]. 地理学报(英文版), 2022, 32(1): 23-43.

GUO Yuanzhi, LIU Yansui. Sustainable poverty alleviation and green development in China’s underdeveloped areas[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2022, 32(1): 23-43.

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Areas	Main natural features
Liupan Mountain Area	Ravines and gullies crisscross, sparse vegetation, serious soil erosion, frequent occurrence of geologic hazard
Qinba Mountain Area	Complex environment, outstanding biodiversity
Wuling Mountain Area	Karst landform, frequent occurrence of geologic hazard
Wumeng Mountain Area	Frequent occurrence of geologic hazard, high mountains and precipitous paths, poor soil
Rocky DesertifiedArea in Yunnan- Guizhou-Guangxi	Complex terrain, fragile ecology, frequent occurrence of geologic hazard
Border Mountainous Area of Western Yunnan	Fragile ecology, frequent occurrence of geologic hazard
Mountainous Area in the South of Greater Hinggan Range	Cold climate, vast land with sparse population
Yanshan-Taihang Mountain Area	Broken surface, fragile ecology, frequent occurrence of geologic hazard
Luliang Mountain Area	Undulating terrain, poor soil, serious drought and soil erosion
Dabie Mountain Area	Low forest coverage, serious soil erosion
Luoxiao Mountain Area	Unbalanced ecology, serious soil erosion
Four Prefectures in Southern Xinjiang	Arid climate, frequent occurrence of geologic hazard, extremely fragile ecology
Tibetan Area in Four Provinces	Pervasive mountains and valleys, frequent occurrence of geologic hazard
Tibet	High-cold area, complex terrain and climate