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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 4(8), pp. 751 - 763
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040810
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Ecological Spatial Regulation in China: Understanding Conservation from the Strategic Relational Approach
Dan Lin *
Department of Landscape Architecture, Shenzhen Tourism College of Jinan University, China
ABSTRACT
Recent theories and practices have demonstrated the evolving approaches to ecological conservation reflecting not merely a transition in ecological technology, but more a question of social power, in particular the power of the state and its capabilities in balancing other forces and demands from society. A framework that is based on the strategic-relational approaches is able to capture the multidimensionality of the relations between nature and society increasingly mediated by the state. The evolving approaches to ecological designation in China provide a paradigmatic example of how the scope of ecological conservation is being shaped by particular political, economic and social context in China. The empirical results based on qualitative research methods show that, the designation of ecological conservation areas in China is part of broader strategies to reorder state space serving socio-political as well as ecological ends. What matters is the political structuration of choices about ecological conservation, i.e. the 鈥榮trategic and selectivity' of the state.
KEYWORDS
Ecological Conservation Policy, China, Strategic Selectivity
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Dan Lin , "Ecological Spatial Regulation in China: Understanding Conservation from the Strategic Relational Approach," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 751 - 763, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040810.
(b). APA Format:
Dan Lin (2016). Ecological Spatial Regulation in China: Understanding Conservation from the Strategic Relational Approach. Sociology and Anthropology, 4(8), 751 - 763. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040810.