简介:SoutheastChinaisoneoftheseveresoildegradationareasinChina.Thispapertheoreticallyexaminestheimpactofsomeimportantinstitutionalarrangementsandpolicies,likelandmanagementpattern,theruraloff-farmemployment,landpropertychangeandchangesinpricesofagriculturalproducts,onsoildegradationinthisarea.Itfurtherconductssomecasestudiestoconfirmthepotentialrelationshipbetweentheinstitutions&policiesandsoildegradation,applyingthesurveyedandthesecondhanddata.Thepaperatlastmakessomeconclusionsandproposessomesuggestionsonhowtopromotesoilconservationbyimprovingthewaysofpolicydecision-makingandtheeffectsofpoliciesonlanduse.