Impact of Farmers'Livelihood Capital on Sustainable Use of Arable Land in Rural Tourist Destination
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