简介:RuralChinahasexperiencedarapidandfar-reachingtransitioninthepastthreeorfourdecadessinceDengXiaopinglaunchedeconomicreformsin1978.AsChinaevolvesintoamajorityurbancountry,theseprocessespresentanumberofchallengestotheruralareaswhichhavebeenconfrontedwithsignificantchangesandsubsequentrestructuringofruralsocio-economicmorphologyandterritorialspatialpatterns,includingchangesindemographicstructures,employmentopportunities,communityorganization,lifestylesandstandardsofliving,accessibility,ruralcultureaswellastherestructuringofruralindustriesandruralproduction,livingandecologicalspace(Woods,2005;Longetal.,2012;Long,2014).