Rural areas in the K?odzko Region were subject to a long-term depopulation,marginalization,and long-lasting socio-economic decline since the 19th century.In recent years,however,the study area has been subject to a sh...Rural areas in the K?odzko Region were subject to a long-term depopulation,marginalization,and long-lasting socio-economic decline since the 19th century.In recent years,however,the study area has been subject to a shift in socio-economic trends that show rural revival.The main goal of the research is to assess the actual role of tourism in socio-economic revival of rural areas in the K?odzko Region.To determine the dynamics of the tourism function development,statistical data were used and an inventory of tourism beds in accommodation facilities was conducted.The results show that there was a substantial development of the tourism function in the study area and its most intense scale was noted in the depopulating villages,as evidenced by the increase in the numbers of tourism facilities and numbers of tourism beds.Therefore,it can be concluded that the development of tourism contributed to the limitation of negative socioeconomic processes in the area and,in the case of some villages,even to the reversal of these trends,which might testify to the rural revival.Moreover,the improvement of the socio-economic situation is visible also in the villages that do not have significant tourist values but are in the neighbourhood of tourism hotspots.This observation might be important for forecasting future development and planning of rural areas.展开更多
Wei Zhou has worked in Beijing for more than 10 years, and operated a restaurant in Yizhuang, southeast Bei jing＇s Daxing District. ＂My res taurant is very popular. I only use organic products. All the vegetables us...Wei Zhou has worked in Beijing for more than 10 years, and operated a restaurant in Yizhuang, southeast Bei jing＇s Daxing District. ＂My res taurant is very popular. I only use organic products. All the vegetables used in my restaturant are from Shouguang, my hometown.＂ he said. Shouguang in east China＇s Shandong Province is famous for growing organic vegetables.展开更多
With the help of professionally trained agricultural scientists, the Guomindang＇s Nationalist government drafted a large-scale program for agricultural reconstruction in the late 1920s and early 1930s. At the heart o...With the help of professionally trained agricultural scientists, the Guomindang＇s Nationalist government drafted a large-scale program for agricultural reconstruction in the late 1920s and early 1930s. At the heart of the program was a scientific rice-breeding experiment with the potential to produce great numbers of new high-yield rice varieties. However, this scientific achievement could not assure success of the new rice varieties in the market because the marketability of rice was determined not by the scientific productivity improvement but by a series of processes required before the rice reached consumers. For this, local and practical contexts had to be considered. By juxtaposing two different forms of ＂rice expertise,＂ this paper illuminates the incompatibility between the state＇s productivist understanding of agricultural improvement and the quality issue in the grain market.展开更多
基金financed by the National Science Centre in Poland by project no.2017/27/B/HS4/01220。
文摘Rural areas in the K?odzko Region were subject to a long-term depopulation,marginalization,and long-lasting socio-economic decline since the 19th century.In recent years,however,the study area has been subject to a shift in socio-economic trends that show rural revival.The main goal of the research is to assess the actual role of tourism in socio-economic revival of rural areas in the K?odzko Region.To determine the dynamics of the tourism function development,statistical data were used and an inventory of tourism beds in accommodation facilities was conducted.The results show that there was a substantial development of the tourism function in the study area and its most intense scale was noted in the depopulating villages,as evidenced by the increase in the numbers of tourism facilities and numbers of tourism beds.Therefore,it can be concluded that the development of tourism contributed to the limitation of negative socioeconomic processes in the area and,in the case of some villages,even to the reversal of these trends,which might testify to the rural revival.Moreover,the improvement of the socio-economic situation is visible also in the villages that do not have significant tourist values but are in the neighbourhood of tourism hotspots.This observation might be important for forecasting future development and planning of rural areas.
文摘Wei Zhou has worked in Beijing for more than 10 years, and operated a restaurant in Yizhuang, southeast Bei jing＇s Daxing District. ＂My res taurant is very popular. I only use organic products. All the vegetables used in my restaturant are from Shouguang, my hometown.＂ he said. Shouguang in east China＇s Shandong Province is famous for growing organic vegetables.
文摘With the help of professionally trained agricultural scientists, the Guomindang＇s Nationalist government drafted a large-scale program for agricultural reconstruction in the late 1920s and early 1930s. At the heart of the program was a scientific rice-breeding experiment with the potential to produce great numbers of new high-yield rice varieties. However, this scientific achievement could not assure success of the new rice varieties in the market because the marketability of rice was determined not by the scientific productivity improvement but by a series of processes required before the rice reached consumers. For this, local and practical contexts had to be considered. By juxtaposing two different forms of ＂rice expertise,＂ this paper illuminates the incompatibility between the state＇s productivist understanding of agricultural improvement and the quality issue in the grain market.
