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Food Security, Urbanization and Social Stability in China
Author(s) -
CHRISTIANSEN FLEMMING
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of agrarian change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1471-0366
pISSN - 1471-0358
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2009.00231.x
Subject(s) - food security , urbanization , china , agricultural productivity , agriculture , productivity , production (economics) , natural resource economics , social security , food processing , economic system , economics , business , development economics , economic growth , geography , political science , market economy , archaeology , law , macroeconomics
Chinese development in both the planned economy and reform periods was determined within narrow constraints of food security, agricultural productivity and social organization of production. The reforms and their effects, most prominently rapid urbanization while ensuring food security also caused the loss of cultivable land to agriculture, environmental decline, and new dietary demands on food production. The institutional trajectories and dynamics of these processes are explored in relation to global perspectives on China's global impact.