Rural Urbanization And Environmental Problems

Rural urbanization is of great significance to speeding up the development of China's economy and society. At the same time, China rural urbanization caused a series of environmental problems. Whether rural urbanization can get sustained development rests on environmental conditions. So the relations between rural urbanization and environmental problems have been the common concerns of government and academic circles.This dissertation analyzes and discusses the backgrounds, developing course of rural urbanization. This dissertation also analyzes and discusses the environmental problems in the course of urbanization, organizations and individauls encircled rural urbanization and environmental problems. The above analysis and discussions are on these on-the-spot interview materials, on-the-spot observation materials and document materials. This dissertation is to discuss the relations between rural urbanization and environmental problems. This dissertation consists of six chapters.As an introduction, this chapter introduces the meanings of subject selected and related study trends, analysis framework and study approaches, study methods, material collection and study place selected.Chapter two, discussing the backgrounds of Yuzhuang Village, introduces the natural conditions, social economical conditions, economy and culture of Yuzhuang Village, and the development of enterprises in Yuzhuang Village.The third chapter discusses the urbanization of Yuzhuang Village. Make use of document materials and present research achievements, expounding the theories of rural urbanization, relations between rural urbanization and rural indutrialization, and the developing course of China urbanization. Analyze the impetus and course in the urbanization in Yuzhuang Milage. Discuss the social changes of Yuzhuang "Village in the course of urbanization. Analyze the elites who play an important role in the course of urbanization in Yuzhuang Village.The fourth chapter dicusses the environmental problems emerged in the course of urbanization in Yuzhaung Village. Analyzing and dicussing these environmental problems caused by population accumulation, construction rubbish, water pollution, noise pollution, and linear development in the course of urbanization.The fifth chapter discusses these organizations and individualsencircle urbanization and environmental problems. Disscussing the attitudes and behavoirs of government and its function department, village-level organizations, villagers of Yuzhuang and outsiders towards the environmental problems emerged in the course of urbanization in Yuzhuang Village.As a conclusion and theoretical probe, the sixth chapter analyzes and discusses two explanation models concerning urbanization and environmental problems, conbining the study of urbanization and envirmental problems in Yuzhuang Village, based on summerizing the contents of above chapters. Consider the relations between urbanization and environmental problems on macroscopic levels.Based on the analysis and discussion of above chapters, this dissertation holds the view that urbanization and environmental problem must be mutually related in Yuzhuang Village.The urbanization of Yuzhuang "Village make new environmental problems in industrialization times appear while old envirmental problems emerged, in planned-economy times solved. These new ones are more harmful than the old ones.The environmental problems emerged in the urbanization of Yuzhuang Village get solved to some degree by the efforts of local governments and village-level organizations, but do not solve thoroughly. The question is why the outlook of scientific development and the sustainable strategy put forward by government is not practicable?Both Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis and Schnaiberg political economy explanation model describle the relations between rural urbanization and environmental problems on macroscopic level. Schnaiberg political economy explanation model emphasize the desire of government economy enlargement lead to environment deterioration. These two models have partial explanation on the relations between rural urbanization and environmental problems.But these two models do not take the social forces as an important variable which play an important role in solving environmental problems.China rural urbanization develops rapidly on landscape and economical index.But peasants who are the main body of urbanization have not grown to citizens who have criticism spirit, legal awareness and environmental consciousness.The development of market economy is the material premise of civil society.Civil society is the foundation of public areas.The feature of public areas is public opinion.The peasants-turned citizens could exert effects on envirmental policies and practice by publicopinion.The formation of civil society is not a spontaneous course,which require the constrction of country as external forces. The power paradox and the authority paradox appeared in the course of country constructing civil society sluggish the formation of civil society in the course of rural urbanization. This dissertation holds the view that the vacancy of civil society and the weakness of public opinion caused by that economy development is not step with the forming of civil society is the important social source.Forming civil society is a long process. In reality, government should use economical means reasonably; strengthen the construction of ecological legal system.To stop the malbehavior of putting the function of protecting ecological envioronment to society due to the local protectionism and deparment interests.Perfecting environment legislation system and strengthening environment enforcement will be playing an important rule in solving environmental problems.