The perception of desertification, its social impact and the adaptive strategies of ecological migrants in the desertification area, China
Based on social influence theory, the Risk-Coping-Social Appraisal model, and data on land desertification, its social influence, and the adaptive measures of 506 households surveyed in Ordos and Bayan Nur, Inner Mongolia, China, we used the Heckman two-stage model and a multinomial logistic model a...
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| author | Xiujun Tai Liguang Lu Quanbao Jiang Dongni Chang |
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| description | Based on social influence theory, the Risk-Coping-Social Appraisal model, and data on land desertification, its social influence, and the adaptive measures of 506 households surveyed in Ordos and Bayan Nur, Inner Mongolia, China, we used the Heckman two-stage model and a multinomial logistic model and found the following. First, the perception of land desertification was a prerequisite for eco-migrants to employ adaptive strategies but did not necessarily indicate the adoption of adaptive countermeasures. Second, the social influences eco-migrants experienced at their resettlement site had a significant effect on their ability to employ countermeasures to land desertification. Third, asset variables that reflected migrant's coping ability positively affected perceptions of land desertification and subsequent adaptive countermeasures. To mitigate the negative effects of climate change and land desertification, the local government should encourage migrants to accumulate assets and help migrants to integrate into their new community. This can be achieved by propagandizing information on climate change through a range of channels, diversifying publicity content, and guiding migrants to learn about new technologies and methods for reducing land desertification to minimize related economic losses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4219ac8c6fbc4c06855793c14ba8df6a2022-12-22T04:23:15ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Chinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment2325-42622020-12-01184324330The perception of desertification, its social impact and the adaptive strategies of ecological migrants in the desertification area, ChinaXiujun Tai0Liguang Lu1Quanbao Jiang2Dongni Chang3College of Economics and Management, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, 041004, ChinaCollege of Economics and Management, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, 041004, ChinaCollege of Public Management and Public Policy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, ChinaCollege of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China; Corresponding author.Based on social influence theory, the Risk-Coping-Social Appraisal model, and data on land desertification, its social influence, and the adaptive measures of 506 households surveyed in Ordos and Bayan Nur, Inner Mongolia, China, we used the Heckman two-stage model and a multinomial logistic model and found the following. First, the perception of land desertification was a prerequisite for eco-migrants to employ adaptive strategies but did not necessarily indicate the adoption of adaptive countermeasures. Second, the social influences eco-migrants experienced at their resettlement site had a significant effect on their ability to employ countermeasures to land desertification. Third, asset variables that reflected migrant's coping ability positively affected perceptions of land desertification and subsequent adaptive countermeasures. To mitigate the negative effects of climate change and land desertification, the local government should encourage migrants to accumulate assets and help migrants to integrate into their new community. This can be achieved by propagandizing information on climate change through a range of channels, diversifying publicity content, and guiding migrants to learn about new technologies and methods for reducing land desertification to minimize related economic losses.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2325426221000176Eco-migrantsClimate changeLand desertificationInner Mongolia |
| spellingShingle | Xiujun Tai Liguang Lu Quanbao Jiang Dongni Chang The perception of desertification, its social impact and the adaptive strategies of ecological migrants in the desertification area, China Chinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment Eco-migrants Climate change Land desertification Inner Mongolia |
| title | The perception of desertification, its social impact and the adaptive strategies of ecological migrants in the desertification area, China |
| title_full | The perception of desertification, its social impact and the adaptive strategies of ecological migrants in the desertification area, China |
| title_fullStr | The perception of desertification, its social impact and the adaptive strategies of ecological migrants in the desertification area, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The perception of desertification, its social impact and the adaptive strategies of ecological migrants in the desertification area, China |
| title_short | The perception of desertification, its social impact and the adaptive strategies of ecological migrants in the desertification area, China |
| title_sort | perception of desertification its social impact and the adaptive strategies of ecological migrants in the desertification area china |
| topic | Eco-migrants Climate change Land desertification Inner Mongolia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2325426221000176 |
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