Environmental Effects on Rural-to-Urban Migration in China
Environmental Effects on Rural-to-Urban Migration in China
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DOI：
10.1080/10042857.2012.10685096
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
9.3
通讯作者：
Hua, Qin
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作者：
Hua, Qin
迁移过程在近年来人口与环境研究中的重要性日益突出。大多数现有的移徙和环境文献都侧重于移徙的环境原因和决定因素。中国是世界历史上规模最大的农村人口向城市迁移的国家，随着经济的快速发展，人们对环境问题的关注也越来越多，这为移民与环境研究提供了一个特别重要的案例。本文回顾了主要的迁移理论和环境因素对迁移的影响的最新研究，特别关注环境因素对中国农村劳动力向城市迁移的影响。本文提出了一个多层次的概念框架，用于研究中国农村人口向城市迁移的环境原因。本文以中国农村地区为例，探讨了土地资源对家庭劳动力迁移决策的影响。
Migration process has become increasingly important in recent research on population and the environment. A majority of the existing migration and environment literature has focused on the environmental causes and determinants of migration. With the largest rural-to-urban migration flow in world history, and growing concerns about the environmental problems accompanying its fast economic development, China provides a particularly important case for migration and environment research. This paper reviews major migration theories and recent research on environmental effects on migration, with specific attention to the influences of environmental factors on rural-to-urban labor migration in China. A comprehensive multilevel conceptual framework is developed for studying the environmental causes of rural-to-urban migration in China. The effects of land resources on household labor migration decisions in rural China are explored to illustrate the application of this framework.