Abstract
To survive and develop, humans need to acquire resources from the environment for material production so as to improve the material conditions for their living. The ecological environment constitutes the fundamental for the survival and development of human society, and the foundation for sustainable economic development. As the resources repository for China’s economic development, and the birthplaces of many rivers in China, including the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Lancang River, pasturing areas not only make the strategic defense for national ecological security but also contribute significantly to economic construction. But for a long time, due to economic, natural, social and historical reasons, the ecological environment in China’s pasturing areas have been deteriorating as grassland desertification, water loss, soil erosion, natural disasters, environmental pollution in urban areas and other ecological problems exacerbated. The ever-worsening ecological environment, to some extent, has bottlenecked the economic development in China’s pasturing areas, not only hindering local economic construction, but also threatening the sustainable development of the country as a whole. Therefore, we need to, under the guidance of the scientific outlook on development, study how to achieve coordinated development between economy and ecological environment.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsNotes
- 1.
Liang Cunzhu, Zhu Tingcheng, Wang Deli, Lü Xinlong, Outlook on the Research of Grassland Ecology in China in the 21st Century, Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, Issue 6 of 2002, Pages 743–746.
- 2.
Analysis of Agricultural Development in Western Regions in 2005, January 16 of 2007, www.china.com.cn.
- 3.
Luo Hongbin, Brief Analysis of Major Ecological Problems in Western Regions, Inner Mongolia Forestry Investigation and Design, Issue 1 of 2007, Page 8.
- 4.
Liu Xiuguang, Policy Factors Contributing to Ecological Environment Vulnerability in Western Regions, Ecological Environment, 2007, Page 127.
References
Wang Xiaojun, Wang Yan (2007) Study on coordinative model of economy and ecological environment in West China. J Northwest A & F University (Social Science Edition) 3(3):105
Yan Junping, Zhang Zhimin, Zhang Xiaomin, Zhang Lu (2008) Study on coordinative approach of ecology and economy in grassland pasturing areas. J Arid Land Resour Environ 4(4):71
Zhang Xiaoli, Wang Chengzhang, He Lunzhi (2005) Theoretical model for mechanism of interaction between economic development and ecological environment and its coordinated optimization. Productivity Res 447(12):48
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Social Sciences Academic Press and Springer Science+Business Media Singapore
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Jianwei, P., Zhiyi, G. (2016). Conflicts Between Economic and Ecological Development in China’s Pasturing Areas and Reasons for These Conflicts. In: Qu, F., Sun, R., Guo, Z., Yu, F. (eds) Ecological Economics and Harmonious Society. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0461-2_11
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0461-2_11
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-10-0459-9
Online ISBN: 978-981-10-0461-2
eBook Packages: Economics and FinanceEconomics and Finance (R0)