This book aims to offer a comprehensive understanding of China's Poverty Alleviation resettlement (PAR) particularly under the Link Policy, and further analysing the impacts of PAR on China's rural transformation from multiple scales (regional and individual) and perspectives (social-economic development, urban-rural interactions and landscape changes), with a combination of multiple approaches including systematic literature review, content analysis, econometrical methods, spatial analysis, Cellular Automata modelling etc. Policy suggestions will also be provided to improve farmers' sustainable livelihood and resilience coping with the changes of lifestyles due to the resettlement. This book contributes to inspiring and provoking thought among policymakers, researchers, and individuals worldwide grappling with the pressing issue of poverty and its eradication. Understanding the Chinese experience may yield valuable insights that can be adapted and applied in diverse contexts aroundthe globe.

Reviews and analyzes China's poverty alleviation resettlement program Aims to understand the rationale of China's poverty alleviation resettlement and its impacts on rural society Interviews the resettled farmers to understand the changes and challenges after resettlement

Autorentext
Dr. Long Cheng currently works as Associate Professor at the School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, China. He also serves as Research Fellows at the Centre for Quality of Life and Public Policy Research, Research Base for Social Governance at Shandong University, and Research Institute of Spatial Governance at Ocean University of China. Dr. Cheng received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Queensland, Australia. His Ph.D. thesis has been published with Springer Nature titled Contemporary China's land use policy-the Link Policy which investigates China's ongoing rural resettlement policy and practices. Additionally, his research interests primarily focus on land use policy in China and China's urban-rural development issues. Related publications have come out in journals like Land Use Policy, Habitat International, etc.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Urbanisation and China's Urban-Biased development.- Displace and Resettlement: A Global review.- Methodological Issues.- China's Poverty Alleviation Resettlement: Progress, Practices and issues.- China's Rural Transformation under the Poverty Alleviation Resettlement.- To Leave or not to Leave? Intention is the Question. Investigating Farmers' Decision Behaviors on Contemporary China'S Poverty Alleviation Resettlement.- Can China's poverty alleviation resettlement increase farmers' income? Evidence from Shandong and Chongqing.- Modelling Urban Growth under China's Transferable Development Right Programme.- Conclusion.