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Arid Land Geography ›› 2019, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (3): 673-580.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2019.03.24

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Evaluation of rural households livelihood resilience of the Relocation and Settlement Project in contiguous poor areas

LIU Wei1,2, LI Jie2,3, XU Jie3   

  1. (1 School of Public Administration,Xian University of Architecture and Technology,Xian 710055,Shaanxi,China;2 Shaanxi Migration and Relocation Research Center,Xi[JP8][JP]an 710049,Shaanxi,China;3 School of Public Policy and Administration,Xian Jiaotong University,Xian 710049,Shaanxi,China)

  • Received:2018-09-24 Revised:2019-02-15 Online:2019-05-25 Published:2019-05-21

Abstract:

Quantitatively exploring the drivers and impediments to the construction of the resilience of rural households under the background of Relocation and Settlement Projects can provide decision support for the effective implementation of Relocation and Settlement Projects in contiguous poor areas.In this paper, the three counties in the Southern Shaanxi Province,China,which were considered as the birthplace of the countrys Thirteenth FiveYear Plan poverty alleviation and relocation project,are used as the study areas.Using the 657 field survey data collected by the research team at the end of November 2015,the relocated are divided into voluntary,involuntary migrants and shortterm,longterm migrants according to the research requirement,then we adopt factor analysis methods and multiple linear regression models to analyze and evaluate the livelihood resilience and its influencing factors of the poverty alleviation migrants from the micro perspective.The results show that the distribution of physical and social capital of relocated rural households is imbalanced,and different type of the relocated and the timing in relocation have effect on the differentiation of livelihood capital of rural households.At the same time,the accumulation of physical,financial,and social capital and the accessibility of the environment and health services are the prerequisite and foundation for the relocated households to improve their livelihood resilience.The type of relocation has a significant negative effect on the livelihood resilience of the migrants,but the relocation time is not significant.The evaluation index system for the livelihood resilience of poverty alleviation migrants constructed not only provides the basis for the decisionmakers in the formulation and granting of assistance measures for the rehabilitation and development of different rural households,but also provides an assessment of the impact of poverty alleviation and relocation project at the livelihood level.The Relocation and Settlement Projects need to accurately identify the causes of poverty and recovery obstacles,and then develop specific support policy,and pay attention to the accumulation of physical and social capital of rural households,and the improvement of infrastructure and public services.

Key words: poverty alleviation resettlement, livelihood resilience, rural households, factor analysis, contiguous poor areas