TY - JOUR
T1 - Post-Resettlement Support Policies, Psychological Factors, and Farmers’ Homestead Exit Intention and Behavior
AU - Shi, Peng
AU - Vanclay, Frank
AU - Yu, Jin
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.71573208; No.71373208; No.71874139), the National Key R&D Program “Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation” Key Project (Grant No. 2017YFE0181100), project supported by the Scholarship Council of China (Grant No. 201906300041).
Funding Information:
This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.71573208; No.71373208; No.71874139), the National Key R&D Program ?Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation? Key Project (Grant No. 2017YFE0181100), project supported by the Scholarship Council of China (Grant No. 201906300041).
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PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Ex situ poverty alleviation relocation (ESPAR) is a Chinese government program created to address rural poverty and land management issues. Affecting around 10 million people, the process involves encouraging smallholder farmers to leave their rural homesteads and move to new housing. By consolidating people into medium density accommodation, the amount of land available for other purposes can be increased. However, some farmers were reluctant to move, and many of those who accepted new housing failed to demolish their homestead and rehabilitate the land as required. This paper applies the ‘extended theory of planned behavior’ to examine the factors that influence farmers’ exit intention and behavior. Face-to-face interviews were carried out in Southern Shaanxi Province, China. Data relating to 830 farmers were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling. Our most important finding is that farmers had a poor perception of the post-relocation support, and this retarded their exit intention and behavior. We conclude that it is essential to improve post-relocation support, enhance the autonomy of farmers, and formulate relocation plans according to people’s age and likely future occupation.
AB - Ex situ poverty alleviation relocation (ESPAR) is a Chinese government program created to address rural poverty and land management issues. Affecting around 10 million people, the process involves encouraging smallholder farmers to leave their rural homesteads and move to new housing. By consolidating people into medium density accommodation, the amount of land available for other purposes can be increased. However, some farmers were reluctant to move, and many of those who accepted new housing failed to demolish their homestead and rehabilitate the land as required. This paper applies the ‘extended theory of planned behavior’ to examine the factors that influence farmers’ exit intention and behavior. Face-to-face interviews were carried out in Southern Shaanxi Province, China. Data relating to 830 farmers were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling. Our most important finding is that farmers had a poor perception of the post-relocation support, and this retarded their exit intention and behavior. We conclude that it is essential to improve post-relocation support, enhance the autonomy of farmers, and formulate relocation plans according to people’s age and likely future occupation.
KW - Development induced displacement and resettlement
KW - Disaster risk reduction
KW - Livelihood enhancement
KW - Livelihoods
KW - Multi-group SEM analysis
KW - Natural resource management
KW - Policy coordination
KW - Social impacts
KW - Targeted poverty alleviation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124407388&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/land11020237
DO - 10.3390/land11020237
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85124407388
SN - 2073-445X
VL - 11
JO - Land
JF - Land
IS - 2
M1 - 237
ER -