Exploring how farmers'livelihood capital affects the sustainable use of arable land is pivotal for understanding sustainability issues in rural tourism destinations.Using the sustainable livelihood framework(SLF)and the theory of"strong-weak sustainability",this study focuses on Zhongyuan Township,a representative rural tourism destination in Jiangxi Province.It constructs a theoretical model of the impact of farmers'livelihood capital on the sustainable use of arable land based on the in-depth interviews,and conducts validation analysis.The results indicate that:1)In Zhongyuan Township,farmers'natural and physical capitals have significantly negatively impact on farmers'sustainable use of arable land.2)Farmers'physical and natural capitals both have positively impact on financial capital,human capital and social capital have a significant positive impact on financial capital.3)Although financial capital does not have a significant direct effect,it indirectly influences the sustainable use of arable land through natural capital,it can not be ignored that this path presents a negative influence relationship.
strong-weak sustainability theoryfarmerlivelihood capitalfinancial capitalhuman capitalsustainable use of arable landrural tourist destination