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Sustainable Rural Resiliencies Challenges, Resistances and Pathways

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 11 February 2025 | Viewed by 454

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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The process of rural change and restructuring has, at the global level, infinite faces and speeds. The same socio-political approach to the concept of ‘sustainable rural resiliences’ may be in dispute as it is interpreted unequally by different social or interest groups from scalar and local perspectives. Changes can be multiple, even in small areas, and can give rise to unequal resistance processes through different paths. The concept of resistance is usually more associated with processes of social and territorial change at the local level, while the concept of resilience is more linked to periods of relative stability regarding interactions between different social groups. Currently, there is greater attention in the literature on global processes; this Special Issue focuses on microprocesses that show notable diversity, even in regional spheres.


Dr. Angel Paniagua Mazorra
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • resistance
  • rural
  • local
  • resiliences
  • spatial processes

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Researching the Influence of Rural University Campuses on Rural Economic Development: Evidence from Chinese Counties between 2001 and 2020
by Cixian Lv, Xiaotong Zhi, Yuelong Ming, Kejun Zhang, Jia Sun, Haoran Cui and Xinghua Wang
Sustainability 2024, 16(10), 3974; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16103974 - 9 May 2024
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While there have been studies on the relationship between higher education institutions and regional economic growth, few have delved into the economic impact of decentralized higher education institutions at the county level and associated reginal disparities in terms of socio-economic development. Utilizing the [...] Read more.
While there have been studies on the relationship between higher education institutions and regional economic growth, few have delved into the economic impact of decentralized higher education institutions at the county level and associated reginal disparities in terms of socio-economic development. Utilizing the data of the Chinese universities that started to establish their campuses in counties since the year 1999, this study investigates the influence of rural university campuses on county-level GDP and industrial composition spanning from 2001 to 2020. It also delves into the temporal dynamics and regional discrepancies associated with this impact. The findings of this study show that (a) rural university campuses wield a notable positive influence on the GDP of their respective counties, particularly shaping the structure and ratio of secondary and tertiary industries; (b) the magnitude of this effect is contingent upon the duration of campus establishment and growth, intensifying over time; (c) variations in this impact are evident across the eastern, central, and western regions of China, where there are vast socio-economic differences. This study underscores the significant spillover effect of higher education decentralization on county-level economies and advocates for the pivotal role of rural university campuses in propelling county-level economic progress. Additionally, it proposes coordinated policy support from national, regional, and rural university campus authorities; the establishment of requisite support structures; and the comprehensive consideration of regional nuances. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Rural Resiliencies Challenges, Resistances and Pathways)
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