Environmental dimension of regional development in China, with special focus on grassland ecological compensation in Alxa League of Inner Mongolia

• Main Authors: Yeoh, Emile Kok Kheng, Suruna, -
• Format: Article
• Published: Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies - National Sun Yat-sen University 2019
• Subjects: HC Economic History and Conditions; HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22970/; http://icaps.nsysu.edu.tw/var/file/131/1131/img/CCPS5(1)-Yeoh-Suruna.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

There are four characteristics typical of the distribution of China’s population in poverty: (1) concentration in the mountainous areas; (2) concentration in the western region; (3) concentration in environmentally fragile areas; (4) concentration in ethnic minority areas. In particular, poverty in...