Individual Land Tenure and the Challenges of Sustainable Land Use and Management in a Semi-arid Region of China

China’s farmland tenure, characterised by a household responsibility system (HRS) and collective landownership, has contributed to the continuation of poverty and natural resource deterioration in semiarid regions. Incongruent with local ecological, social and political conditions, the HRS has been...

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Main Author: Yongjun Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Brasília 2010-12-01
Series:Sustentabilidade em Debate
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Online Access:http://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sust/article/view/1683