Rural Ecological Environment Research Articles

Impact of new media use on farmers’ willingness to use clean energy: the role of topography and agricultural income

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the mechanisms by which new media use (NMU), media trust (MT), and ecological cognition (EC) influence willingness to use clean energy (WTUCE), with the aim of promoting the development of clean energy and improving the rural ecological environment. We employed a structural equation model to investigate the impact of NMU, EC, and MT on WTUCE. The users who answered the questionnaire were mainly from the Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan provinces in northern China. The study produced the following findings: (i) NMU directly affects the WTUCE of farmers. EC positively affects farmers’ WTUCE. NMU positively affects the EC level of rural families. (ii) MT has a moderating effect on the relationship between NMU and EC. EC has a mediating effect on the relationship between NMU and farmers’ WTUCE. (iii) Compared with plains-type areas, the higher the degree of MT in mountainous areas is, the greater the role of NMU in EC, and it plays a moderating role. Compared with that in mountainous areas, the direct effect of NMU on EC was 21.43% greater in plains areas, and the direct effect was stronger. (iv) Compared with those with a high proportion of nonagricultural income, the degree of MT of those with a low proportion of nonagricultural income is greater, the effect of NMU on EC is greater, and it plays a moderating role. Compared with the low nonagricultural income ratio, NMU for a high nonagricultural income ratio has a stronger direct effect on EC (14.30%), and the direct effect is stronger. This study enriches our understanding of the mechanisms of rural families’ WTUCE based on EC. It also provides theoretical support and practical experience, based on NMU, for the effective promotion of clean energy and energy transformation and upgrading.

Tapping and Cultivating the Main Force of Rural Ecological Environment Governance

Tapping and Cultivating the Main Force of Rural Ecological Environment Governance

The Influence of Rural Ecological Environment Development by China's Industrialization Process

This article aims to solve the problem of heavy pollution load in rural ecological environment at present. This article elaborates on the relevant concepts and theories of rural industrialization and ecological environment protection, mainly using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze the current situation of rural ecological environment pollution in the research area. The research results indicate that the current rural ecological environment pollution load in China is heavy and severe, especially the use of fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural plastic films, livestock and poultry breeding, rural life, and township enterprise production, which have caused varying degrees of harm to the regional rural ecological environment. Therefore, effective measures must be taken to achieve the organic combination of rural industrialization and ecological environment protection. This article provides guidance for promoting the optimization and upgrading of rural industrial structure, achieving a win-win situation of economic and ecological benefits.

Coupling Relationship Between Rural Eco-Environment and Tourism Economic Development Based on Data

With the rapid development of economy, the contradiction between the ecological environment and economic development has become increasingly serious. The ecological environment is the foundation and prerequisite for the development of rural tourism, which promotes the rural ecological environment. The coordinated development of the two is of great significance to the sustainable development of rural tourism and the construction of rural ecological civilization. On the basis of combing the existing related research results, by constructing a rural tourism-ecological environment evaluation index system, using a coupling coordination degree evaluation model, this paper makes a comparative analysis of coupling degree and coordinated scheduling. The results show that there are obvious inter-annual differences in the coupling and coordination of rural tourism and the ecological environment in the county, and the overall development trend is positive. However, the coupling degree and coordination between the two is still at a relatively low level.

Evolution and prediction of rural ecological environment quality in eastern coastal area of China

Introduction: Rural ecological environment construction, as a pivotal component of the rural revitalization strategy and ecological civilization construction strategy, plays an indispensable role in promoting sustainable agricultural development and safeguarding ecological security. An accurate assessment and prediction of Rural Ecological Environment Quality (REEQ) serves as the theoretical basis to achieving these goals, and provide scientific guidance for future rural ecological environment construction and planning. The field of regional ecology, proposed in the mid-20th century, represents an emerging interdisciplinary domain that integrates ecology, geography, and economics. It plays a pivotal role in addressing large-scale ecological challenges and fostering social sustainability. As global urbanization continues to advance, urban ecological environments undergo significant transformations under the pressures of intense human activities. Scholars have increasingly focused on the essence, evolutionary patterns, and causal mechanisms shaping urban ecological environment quality. Consequently, ecological environment assessments have evolved from singular pollution evaluations to comprehensive ecological appraisals. However, coastal rural area with complex geographical conditions and fragile ecological environments are often neglected and marginalized. Currently, there are few specialized evaluation systems for REEQ, making it difficult to accurately reveal the evolution pattern of rural ecological environment. This weakens its guidance on practical rural ecological environment governance and restoration.Methods: The Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model can simplify the identification process of driving factors for REEQ, reflect the feedback mechanism between indicators, and is conducive to scientific and accurate evaluation of REEQ. Therefore, we constructed an evaluation index system for REEQ based on the PSR. We measured REEQ in the eastern coastal area of China, analyzed its spatiotemporal characteristics and development trends, and used the obstacle degree model to identify obstacle factors. It is beneficial for rural areas to grasp the evolution laws of REEQ, provide theoretical basis for the formulation of sustainable development policies, and provide scientific policy recommendations.Results: Our findings indicate that: 1) From 2000 to 2020, REEQ in the eastern coastal area of China has continuously improved, with the index value increasing from 0.454 to 0.525, a total growth of 15.64%. The number of high-level REEQ areas increased from 0 to 29, showing a positive development trend. 2) High-density areas of REEQ in the eastern coastal area of China are concentrated in the northern parts of Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces. The center of REEQ has shifted from the southwest to the northeast. 3) The obstacle degrees of various criteria layers in REEQ are relatively stable, with the response subsystem being the highest, followed by the state and pressure subsystems. Forest coverage, per capita grain production, effective irrigation rate of farmland, afforestation area in the current year, per capita disposable income of rural residents, and per capita mechanical power of farmers are the main obstacle indicators. 4) From 2020 to 2035, REEQ in the eastern coastal area of China will continue to improve. The standard deviation ellipse will move towards the northwest, the center will shift from the southwest to the northeast, the rotation angle will slowly decrease, showing a northwestward trend.

Problems and Countermeasures of Rural Ecol-ogical Environment in Anhui Province under the Background of Rural Revitalization

With the rapid development of economy, although people's living standards are constantly improving, the ecological environment has been destroyed. Improving the rural ecological environment governance is the only way for rural all-round revitalization. This paper starts from the present situation of rural ecological environment governance in Anhui province, puts forward the problems existing in the new era of rural ecological environment governance, explore the new era of rural ecological environment governance ways and methods, put forward to strengthen the villagers ecological protection consciousness, improve the rural population living environment, promote the green transformation of rural industry, policy oriented management mode innovation measures.

Study of the Impact of New Rural Cooperatives on the Implementation of the Rural Revitalisation Strategy

This study aims to explore the impact of new rural cooperatives on the implementation of China's rural revitalisation strategy, focusing on the roles and challenges of new cooperatives in promoting agricultural modernisation, facilitating the optimisation of socio-economic structures, and achieving an ecological civilisation. Through literature review, case study analysis and field research, this study comprehensively assesses the importance and impact of new rural cooperatives in rural revitalisation. The study finds that new rural cooperatives have significantly improved agricultural productivity and product quality and contributed to agricultural modernisation by pooling farmers' efforts and introducing modern agricultural technologies and management models. These cooperatives have also contributed to the optimisation of rural socio-economic structures by providing employment opportunities, skills training and increasing farmers' incomes. In addition, co-operatives have demonstrated a positive role in promoting rural ecological environment protection and sustainable development, such as promoting green agriculture, conserving resources and protecting the ecological environment. At the same time, this study also points out the challenges faced by new rural co-operatives in the process of development, including management and operational efficiency, market adaptability, balance between environmental protection and sustainable development, fund raising and resource allocation. In response to these challenges, the study proposes a series of countermeasures, such as strengthening the internal management of cooperatives, broadening market channels, promoting environmentally friendly agricultural practices, enhancing the effective use of funds and resources, and strengthening policy support and guidance. Overall, new rural cooperatives play an important role in promoting rural revitalisation strategies, and their successful experiences and challenges are of great reference value in guiding the implementation of rural revitalisation strategies. Through an in-depth study of new rural cooperatives, this paper provides practical insights and suggestions for policymakers, cooperative managers and rural development researchers.

How Does Information Acquisition Ability Affect Farmers’ Green Production Behaviors: Evidence from Chinese Apple Growers

Green production is crucial in promoting sustainable agricultural practices, ensuring food safety, and protecting the rural ecological environment. Farmers, as the main decision makers of agricultural production, and their green production behaviors (GPBs), directly determine the process of agricultural green development. Based on the survey data of 656 apple growers in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in 2022, this paper uses a graded response model to measure the information acquisition ability (IAA) of farmers and constructs an ordered Logit model to empirically explore the influence mechanisms of IAA, green benefit cognition (GBC), and new technology learning attitude (NTLA) on farmers’ GPBs. The results show the following: (1) IAA has a significantly positive impact on the adoption of GPBs by farmers, and farmers with a high IAA are more conscious to adopt green production technologies; (2) in the process of IAA affecting farmers’ adoption of GPBs, GBC plays a positive mediating role; (3) NTLAs have a positive moderating effect on the process of GBC affecting farmers’ GPB adoption; (4) there are generational, educational and regional differences in the impact of IAA on farmers’ GPBs. Policy makers should improve rural information facilities, strengthen agricultural technology promotion and training, improve farmers’ IAA and benefit awareness level, and formulate relevant policies to mobilize farmers’ enthusiasm for learning new technologies.

Analysis of the Current Situation of Rural Water Environment Pollution and Governance

With the development of China's economy and the improvement of people's living standards, water pollution has become increasingly serious. Based on the current situation of rural water pollution, this paper analyzes the existing problems and proposes targeted prevention and control measures to promote the sustainable development of the rural ecological environment.

Evaluation of rural ecological resilience from the perspective of communities and farmers: a study on Laochehe ethnic minority village in China

The ecological problems of tourism villages in the context of globalization cannot be ignored. Rural tourism has destroyed the rural ecological environment, and it is of great significance to explore the ecological resilience of tourism villages to achieve sustainable development. This study introduces an analytical framework with which to assess the ecological resilience of rural tourism locales, focusing on micro-level perspectives involving communities and farmers. Ecosystem service values and a comprehensive index are utilized as proxies to characterize ecological resilience, and its evolutionary characteristics and mechanisms are investigated. The results are as follows. (1) From the community perspective, rural land use has changed significantly from the agricultural function to the tourism compound function. During this transition, the ecological resilience index has decreased by 2.05 × 106. (2) From the perspective of farmers, the rural ecological resilience index and various dimensional indices have altogether increased. Notably, the transformation capability index has increased by 30.34%, the interference capability index has increased by 21.78%, and the response capability index has increased by 14.72%. The ecological resilience indices for different livelihood types, from highest to lowest, are ranked as follows: tourism-oriented farmers (0.4412), tourism-participating farmers (0.4274), and migrant-oriented farmers (0.4066). (3) Socio-economic factors and farmers’ livelihoods lead to the imbalance of the rural social ecosystem. The adaptive transformation of tourism villages has facilitated the dynamic evolution of ecological resilience. This study contributes to the enrichment of ecological resilience research perspectives and may offer valuable insights for the sustainable development of tourism villages in similarly developing countries around the world.

The impact of green-listed companies on rural ecological environments in China: A spatial heterogeneity and empirical analysis

Based on the panel data of 22 inland provinces in China from 2010 to 2020, this study constructs and measures the level of rural ecological environment in China. The impact of the financial performance of green-listed companies on the rural ecological environment and its moderating and threshold effects are analyzed. The following conclusions are drawn: (1) During 2010–2020, China's rural ecological environment shows a trend of “fluctuating-decreasing-rising” with significant regional non-equilibrium characteristics. (2) The financial performance of green-listed companies has a significantly negative impact on rural ecology. This negative impact has a crucial heterogeneous feature, with a more significant negative impact in areas with a higher rural ecological environment index and less substantial performance in regions with a lower rural ecological environment index. (3) There is a significant positive moderating effect of education level and digitalization on the relationship between the financial performance of green-listed companies on the level of rural ecological development. As moderating variables, the digitalization and education level weakens the negative impact of green-listed companies' performance on the ecological environment. The positive impact of the financial performance of green-listed companies on the development level of the rural ecological environment is more vital in areas with higher per capita education levels and digitalization in rural areas. (4) There is a significant threshold effect on the financial performance of green-listed companies on the level of rural ecological development. When the financial performance of green-listed companies exceeds a particular threshold value, the impact of the financial performance of green-listed companies on the development level of the rural ecological environment is significantly positive. Based on the above findings, this paper puts forward corresponding countermeasure suggestions.

Analysis on the Influence of Rural Tourism on Farmers' Income in Western Hunan

Background and Aim: In 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China first proposed the Rural Revitalization Strategy, and two months later, the Rural Work Conference clarified the three goals of implementing this strategy, pointing out that comprehensive rural revitalization should be achieved by 2050. The vitality of rural areas is linked to the vitality of the nation; the strength of the rural areas is tied to the strength of the nation. Implementing the Rural Revitalization Strategy is a significant measure to promote national prosperity and people's happiness, achieve common prosperity, and construct a modern economic system. It points the way to solving the "issues relating to agriculture; rural areas and farmers" and serves as the primary focus in the new era. With China's victory in the fight against poverty in 2021, the focus on the "issues relating to agriculture; rural areas, and farmers" has shifted from poverty alleviation to comprehensive rural revitalization. The purpose of this study is to assess the relevant factors that affect rural tourism and try to improve the income of farmers in western Hunan. Materials and Methods: Based on the panel data of Western Hunan from 2010 to 2020, this paper conducts an empirical study on the influence mechanism of rural tourism development on farmers' income increase in western Hunan. This study uses primarily quantitative analysis methods. It is mainly divided into literature analysis and statistical analysis methods, arranged as follows: Firstly, relevant scholarly research findings and literature sources about the subject matter are retrieved from reputable academic databases such as CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), Wanfang, and Baidu Academic. The perspectives of domestic and international scholars are elucidated, the existing literature landscape is organized, and the research framework of this article is outlined. Subsequently, the theoretical foundations relevant to the study are identified, and conceptual definitions are formulated. Lastly, the fundamental principles of the theoretical foundations are distilled and enhanced, and a concise summary is provided, culminating in the construction of the theoretical model for this article. Finally, explores the relationship between the rural tourism industry and farmers' income, and takes infrastructure construction, urbanization level, and science and technology level as the variables of mediating effect. Through the statistical analysis software SPSS24 in quantitative research, the reliability and validity of variables were tested, and then statistics and correlation analysis were described, finally, regression analysis was carried out, and data charts were displayed. Results: The results of the model analysis show that the development of rural tourism in western Hunan plays a significant role in promoting the farmers' income. Rural tourism development can not only comprehensively promote the urbanization process, and effectively improve the rural scientific and technological level of Western Hunan, but also contribute to the construction of characteristic ecological civilization and human capital level of western Hunan, and then promote the increase of farmers' income. Conclusion: Therefore, to deepen the promotion effect of rural tourism development on farmers' income, we should first improve the level of rural science and technology and promote the non-agricultural transfer of the rural surplus labor force. Secondly, we should pay attention to the protection of the rural ecological environment and promote sustainable development. At the same time, human capital investment should be strengthened to enhance the quality of farmers themselves. Finally, the government still needs to increase financial support and improve infrastructure construction.

Legal Dilemma and Countermeasures of Rural Ecological Environment Governance under the Background of Rural Revitalization

Legal Dilemma and Countermeasures of Rural Ecological Environment Governance under the Background of Rural Revitalization

The spatiotemporal evolution of rural landscape patterns in Chinese metropolises under rapid urbanization.

Understanding the evolution of rural landscapes in metropolises during rapid urbanization is crucial for formulating policies to protect the rural ecological environment. In this study, remote sensing and geographical information system data, as well as applied landscape index analysis, are used to examine the spatiotemporal evolution of rural landscape patterns in the Beijing-Tianjin region of China, which has experienced rapid urbanization. The relationships between land use/land cover changes and changes in rural landscape patterns are explored. The results revealed significant spatial differences in the rural landscapes in the Beijing-Tianjin region; farmland and forestland were the main types of landscapes, creating a "mountain-field-sea" natural landscape pattern. The conversion of rural landscapes in the Beijing-Tianjin region involved mainly the conversion of farmland to urban areas, with few exchanges between other landscape types. The urban areas in the Beijing-Tianjin region increased by 3% per decade; farmland decreased at the same rate. Additionally, the rural landscape patterns in the Beijing-Tianjin region were dominated by fragmentation, dispersion, and heterogeneity and moved from complex to regular. Water bodies displayed the most fragmented natural landscape; their number of patches increased by 36%, though their network characteristics were maintained. Forestland was the most concentrated natural landscape. In this study, theoretical support and a scientific reference for the optimization of rural landscape patterns and the improvement in rural living environments in rapidly urbanizing areas are provided.

The science of rural human settlements: a comprehensive overview

In the process of rapid urbanization in the world, many villages are facing a series of problems such as depopulation, population ageing, insufficient infrastructure, and public service facilities. In order for better rural development and full implementation of the 2030 sustainable development goals, we should hammer at improving the rural human settlements. Based on the science of human settlements proposed by Constantinos Doxiadis, bibliometric analysis was made on studies related to rural human settlements in the last 25 years. Through analysis, we believe that the number of related studies will gradually increase. Currently, the improvement of the rural ecological environment and the creation of a healthy rural human settlement environment are two hot topics. It is very likely that these topics will also be highly focused in the following decades. With the gradual development of rural areas and the improvement of the material lives of people, more and more scholars will pay attention to higher-level demands such as rural cultural environment and self-realization of villagers. By reviewing literature related to rural human settlements, we can comprehensively consider different aspects in rural human settlements. This is quite beneficial for the comprehensive development of rural human settlements. Scholars in different countries have similar focuses related to rural human settlements. However, because of different country conditions, the focuses of researchers have some obvious differences. Relevant literature contributes to the development of the science of human settlements.

TODIM-VIKOR method for quality evaluation of tourism rural landscape planning and design with 2-tuple linguistic neutrosophic numbers

With the continuous deepening of the construction of urban-rural economic integration in China, rural construction activities supported by rural revitalization strategies have changed the development thinking of rural economy. While implementing the goal of rural ecological economy, optimizing the rural living environment has become one of the important contents of rural revitalization, including the planning and design of rural landscapes. Rural landscape planning and design need to comprehensively consider the adaptability of landscape and rural ecological environment, emphasize the impact of rural spatial structure differences on landscape planning and design, and achieve scientific and humanized landscape planning and design, thereby creating a more warm, natural, and comfortable rural living space. The quality evaluation of tourism rural landscape planning and design is a multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems. Recently, the TODIM (an acronym in Portuguese of interactive and multicriteria decision making) and VIKOR (VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje) method has been inaugurated to cope with MAGDM issues. The 2-tuple linguistic neutrosophic sets (2TLNSs) are inaugurated as a effective tool for characterizing uncertain information during the quality evaluation of tourism rural landscape planning and design. In this paper, the 2-tuple linguistic neutrosophic TODIM-VIKOR (2TLN-TODIM-VIKOR) method is inaugurated to solve the MAGDM under 2TLNSs. In the end, a numerical case study for quality evaluation of tourism rural landscape planning and design is inaugurated to confirm the proposed method.

Evaluation of spatial form of rural ecological landscape and vulnerability of water ecological environment based on analytic hierarchy process

Abstract The spatial form of the rural ecological landscape and the vulnerability of the water ecological environment are evaluated to understand the status of the rural ecological system and provide a scientific basis for improving and protecting the rural ecological environment. With the acceleration of the urbanization process, rural areas in urban fringe areas have become an important carrier of urban space expansion and function allocation due to their advantages in transportation and resources, and have been included in the urban production and consumption system. The fast change in country capabilities and the consistent change in land use structure show a differentiated and enthusiastic improvement pattern. According to the point of view of provincial rejuvenation and new urbanization, this study discussed about the time-space qualities of provincial change and land use change, examined the coupling connection between rustic change and land use change, and set forward commonsense country improvement procedures and land guideline measures, which can not only stimulate the vitality of rural development but also consolidate the foundation of rural revitalization. Through the investigation and analysis of rural ecological land, it was found that the rural ecological land decreased from 95.14 to 89.84% from 2015 to 2019, then rose to 92.94%, and finally fell back to 91.74%, which is relatively stable on the whole. It can be seen that the spatial form, coupling, and coordination of the water ecological environment in rural ecological landscape presents a stable trend.

Evaluation of rural ecological environment development based on PCA-GA-BP model

In the post-targeted poverty alleviation era, rural revitalization has become a common action of the whole society, strengthen the rural ecological environment governance, and the construction of beautiful countryside needs to be promoted urgently. Agricultural development, rural prosperity and farmers’ prosperity are inseparable from the support of a good ecological environment. From ecological, production, life and new energy four aspects of the rural ecological environment development evaluation index system, and then the principal component analysis screening important influence index, on the basis of the genetic algorithm and BP neural network improvement model, 31 provinces during much starker choices-and graver consequences-in rural ecological environment development, and the BP neural network and GA-BP neural network evaluation results. The results show that: (1) Generally speaking, during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, my country’s rural ecological environment development index has gradually improved, but the change range is small, the average value has risen from 0.2257 to 0.2431; The number of provinces with excellent development levels has risen from 5 to 7, and the development of rural ecological environment in Beijing, Tianjin and other provinces has risen to excellent; (2) The development of regional rural ecological environment has increased or decreased, and about three-quarters of the provinces have improved the development of rural ecological environment; (3) The development of rural ecological environment is uneven, and the difference gradually expands; (4) Compared with BP neural network, GA-BP neural network has fast convergence speed, small training, verification and overall errors, high fitting degree, and has a good evaluation effect. The research conclusions can provide a basis for the evaluation and improvement of rural ecological environment development.

The promotion path of high-quality development of rural tourism based on intelligent cloud platform system

Abstract With the continuous development of the economy and the level of science and technology, people are no longer satisfied with the old rural tourism model, and information technology is developing rapidly, which brings an opportunity for developing rural tourism innovation. As a product of the comprehensive development of the information age in recent years, “Internet+Rural Tourism” builds an intelligent cloud platform for rural information services relying on big data and other advantages and establishes a rural intelligent tourism service system to provide convenient, intelligent, and diversified services for tourists. This paper elaborates on the practical significance of “Internet + rural tourism” development opportunities”. It proposes to scientifically calculate the environmental capacity of rural eco-tourism areas, control the scale of visitors and reasonably invest in costs because of the problems of lagging infrastructure facilities and limited distribution of inputs and outputs in the process of its development. The results of this paper show that the satisfaction level of rural tourism tourists is the lowest, with the degree of “dissatisfaction” as high as 38.40%; in the rating of rural tourism indicators, the rating of rural ecological environment is only 52.41, the average rating of rural economic indicators is 60.12, and the average rating of comprehensive management indicators is 58.2. The results of this paper also illustrate that the current rural tourism development has three major problems: environment, economy, and management and that rural tourism should not blindly invest high costs if it wants to seek high-quality development but should seek long-term development of rural tourism based on its characteristics and rural ecological environment indicators.

Application of Digital Ceramic Art Elements in the Landscape Design of Rural Ecological Environment Based on Virtual Reality

Application of Digital Ceramic Art Elements in the Landscape Design of Rural Ecological Environment Based on Virtual Reality