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| THE ASPIRATION OF RENOVATION OF HOLLOW VILLAGES: AN INVESTIGATION OF XIJI COUNTY, NINGXIA HUI AUTONOMOUS REGION |
| FENG Jian, DU Yu |
| College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China |
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Abstract Hollow village is a phenomenon of rural regional systematic function degradation, which often dues to the labor flow from country to downtown areas in the rural economic and social transformation period of development. It is featured as the homestead abandoned, idleness of land and infrastructure crumbling, resulting in rural land resources waste and inefficient use. It is beneficial to renovate hollow villages which can protect the cultivated land, promote the coordinated development of urban and rural areas and the construction of new rural areas. During the process of renovation, we need to fully respect the wishes of the villagers and coordinate interest of different people. Through a questionnaire survey of 356 farmers in Xiji County, Ningxia Province and Logistic regression model analysis, it is found that the number of resident population in family, the number of receiving compulsory education's population in family, satisfaction about current housing, satisfaction about local primary school, satisfaction about public environment have an important influence on whether to support renovation of hollow villages. The villagers have a desperate need in the process of hollow village regulation for solving village road transportation, water supply, waste disposal and other existing problems. They wish that hollow village renovation can meet the cultural education and the infrastructure needs of medical treatment, and trash. They also hope that the result of rectification can increase the income of the individual economy and provide new work opportunities. Most villagers are in favor of demolition construction and are hopeful that new buildings can be constructed in newly-planned village or original area.
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Received: 19 October 2016
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2016, Vol. 31 
