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Evaluation of Community Resilience in Rural China—Taking Licheng Subdistrict, Guangzhou as an Example

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  • Jianhong Fan

    (School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, China
    Key Laboratory of Urban Land Resources Monitoring and Simulation, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shenzhen 518034, China)

  • You Mo

    (China City Development Academy, Beijing 100009, China)

  • Yunnan Cai

    (School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, China)

  • Yabo Zhao

    (School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, China
    Key Laboratory of Urban Land Resources Monitoring and Simulation, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shenzhen 518034, China)

  • Dongchen Su

    (School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, China)

Abstract

Resilience of rural communities is becoming increasingly important to contemporary society. In this study we used a quantitative method to measure the resilience regulating ability of rural communities close to urban areas—in Licheng Subdistrict, Guangzhou City, China. The main results are as follows: (1) Rural systems close to urban areas display superior adapting and learning abilities and have a stronger overall resilience strength, the spatial distribution of which is characterized by dispersion in whole and aggregation in part; (2) the resilience of most rural economic subsystems can reach moderate or higher levels with apparent spatial agglomeration, whilst the ecological subsystem resilience and social resilience are generally weaker; the spatial distribution of the former shows a greater regional difference while the latter is in a layered layout; (3) some strategies such as rebuilding a stable ecological pattern, making use of urban resources and cultivating rural subjectivity are proposed on this basis, in order to promote the sustainable development of rural areas and realize rural revitalization. This work also gives suggestion for the creation of appropriate and effective resilience standards specifically targeted for rural community-aiming to achieve the delivery of local sustainability goals.

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  • Jianhong Fan & You Mo & Yunnan Cai & Yabo Zhao & Dongchen Su, 2021. "Evaluation of Community Resilience in Rural China—Taking Licheng Subdistrict, Guangzhou as an Example," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-15, May.
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