Assessing the Adaptability of Rural Households to Tourism from the Perspective of a Social-ecological System: A Case Study of Two Villages in Beijing Suburbs

A framework is established for evaluating the adaptability of rural households to tourism disturbance in the suburbs of a metropolis, based on the theory of the social-ecological system with tourism as the system disturbance. Two traditional villages in Beijing suburbs are selected as study cases an...

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Main Authors: Linlin Dai, Lun Liu, Jingjing Cui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.17.417
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Summary:A framework is established for evaluating the adaptability of rural households to tourism disturbance in the suburbs of a metropolis, based on the theory of the social-ecological system with tourism as the system disturbance. Two traditional villages in Beijing suburbs are selected as study cases and compared in terms of the development stage of tourism and the phases and approaches of adaption by rural households to tourism disturbance. Stepwise regression and grey relational analysis are applied to investigate the factors influencing the functionality and stability of the rural social-ecological system.
ISSN:1347-2852