Rehabilitation, Chinese Loess Plateau
Management was the key political strategy used to solve the problem of environmental degradation in the loess plateau of China (Tsunekawa, 2013). The process had many phases and many levels that integrated local and national leadership (Liu, 2012). For example, the objectives of the restoration process were delivered by the national government. For example, the need to control the flood patterns of the yellow river and the effects of sandstorms on climate change led to the commencement of the process (Liu, 2012).
Despite the presence of these goals, the strategies for the development of the area were not known (Liu, 2012). It took more than four years of collaboration between the national administration and the local people to derive strategies of conservation and restoration that were both practical and beneficial to the locals and the environment. Administrators were imposed on the local people by the government and the role of these administrators was to conduct the implementation process by mobilizing the local people. The national government also directed the attitudes of the local people through educational forums that were favorable to the rehabilitation exercises (Liu, 2012). For example, the argument of poor people being too concerned with their survival to spearhead any sustainable activities is applicable in showing the limitations on the local people in making policies and enforcing them. Therefore, management of the national Chinese government was responsible for the conservation and rehabilitation of the loess plateau in China.
[...] For example, the activities conducted in the rehabilitation of the Loess plateau were spearheaded by the national government but conducted by the locals. Advantages of the approach The comprehensiveness of the approach is among its strongest points. Due to the relevance of the rule of the national government in a country, it has the ability to synchronize conservational exercises for achievement of common goals. For example, since the Yellow River flooding affects areas beyond the Loess Plateau, the government has the ability to control the floods by imposing policies on the different stages of the river (Liu, 2012). [...]
[...] The Chinese were threatened by the increasing rates of degradation and their effects on their wellbeing. These concerns were responsible for the onset of the project and the application of efforts by all stakeholders (Linn,2012). Therefore, all communities around the world should draft policies centered on the people because such policies are likely to inspire self-preservation in motivating efforts and response. For example, the rehabilitation of the loess plateau in China may not have been successful if the instinct for survival was absent. References Liu, J. (2012, January 26). Lessons of the Loess Plateau. [...]
[...] However, the Chinese rehabilitation model used the people to reverse the process of degradation. The usage of the people was based on the acceptance of the positive effects of the rehabilitation to the people and the future importance of the rehabilitation. For example, in addition to their daily routines, people were paid for compliance and construction of features such as terraces. The willing participation of local people was therefore the biggest strength of the rehabilitation of the loess plateau. Involvement of the locals led to solutions that were relevant to the environment and sustainable to the current population (Tsunekawa, 2013). [...]
[...] For example, the objectives of the restoration process were delivered by the national government. For example, the need to control the flood patterns of the yellow river and the effects of sandstorms on climate change led to the commencement of the process (Liu, 2012). Despite the presence of these goals, the strategies for the development of the area were not known (Liu, 2012). It took more than four years of collaboration between the national administration and the local people to derive strategies of conservation and restoration that were both practical and beneficial to the locals and the environment. [...]
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