Evaluation and influencing factors of ecological resilience in tourism villages from farmers’ perspectives: a case study of Chinese minority settlement areas

• DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1400546
• Publication Date: 2024-07-23T04:28:19Z
• Authors: Jilin Wu; Yimin Yang; Jinyou Zuo; Qingqing Cao; Derong Guo; Shuiliang Liu
• Keywords: Settlement (finance); Resilience

Rural social-ecological systems have been significantly impacted by the development of rural tourism, creating substantial challenges for synergistic ecological restoration and agricultural workers’ household livelihoods. In alignment with United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration action plan, it is crucial to understand resilience tourism villages from perspective farmers achieve sustainable development. Questionnaires semi-structured interviews were conducted in this study gather livelihood data Xiangxi, China, a region primarily inhabited ethnic minorities. A measurement index system was constructed based three dimensions: pressure, state, response. comprehensive method employed quantitative evaluation, influencing factors analyzed using an obstacle model. The results show that farmers’ livelihoods can be divided into four types: tourism-led, labor-led, agriculture-led, part-time tourism-based. Their indices are 0.4516, 0.4177, 0.4001, 0.4590, respectively, representing overall intermediate level. There differences various different types, highest stress observed labor-led (0.1655), state agriculture-led farming households (0.1585), response tourism-led (0.1766). Common obstacles their include number family members engaged work, area forest land, understanding policies affecting them. Additionally, core members’ education levels homesteads emerged as important factors. Based these research findings, recommendations proposed enhance farmer minority areas. aim provide valuable case studies promoting underdeveloped regions worldwide.