A systematic review of rural resilience
China Agricultural Economic Review
ISSN: 1756-137X
Article publication date: 16 June 2022
Issue publication date: 23 January 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Rural resilience plays an important role in maintaining rural stability and people's living standards in the face of risks and unexpected challenges. The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the concept and mechanism of rural resilience and discuss how rural resilience is measured and to propose ways to improve rural resilience.
Design/methodology/approach
Literature review of the theoretical interpretations and empirical studies of rural resilience are conducted in the paper.
Findings
Resilience acts in the process as rural communities respond to risks and disturbances so as to maintain system stability and minimize the loss. Rural resilience consists of the capacity of resistance, adaptation and transformation. Promoting multifunctional transformation, exercising bottom-up planning and enhancing social capital are proposed to improve rural resilience.
Originality/value
The study of the paper makes comprehensive review of rural resilience in the context of rural interaction with the changing external environment. The study contributes to the understanding of rural evolution and helps to initiate feasible ways to achieve rural revival.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: The written of the paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42171208).
Citation
Li, Y. (2023), "A systematic review of rural resilience", China Agricultural Economic Review, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp. 66-77. https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-03-2022-0048
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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