Transforming Rural Communities in China and Beyond Community Entrepreneurship and Enterprises, Infrastructure Development and Investment Modes /

• Main Authors: Zhu, Ying (Author), Lan, Hong (Author), Ness, David A. (Author), Xing, Ke (Author), Schneider, Kris (Author), Lee, Seung-Hee (Author), Ge, Jing (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Business.; Entrepreneurship.; Leadership.; Management.; Industrial management.; Engineering.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Environmental Economics.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Sustainable Development.; Engineering, general.

This book represents one of the first attempts by a multidisciplinary research team, encompassing the social sciences, business, architecture and planning, engineering, and finance and economics, to help rural communities discover sustainable and self-reliant paths to development and transformation....

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Rural community development and the role of social entrepreneurs
• Chapter 3 Market-based financing mechanism and design of voluntary trading platform for China forest sinks
• Chapter 4 Carbon trade, forestry land rights and farmers’ livelihood in rural community in China
• Chapter 5 Alternative energy development in China rural communities
• Chapter 6 Transforming rural communities by synergistic, integrated and inclusive planning of services and infrastructure
• Chapter 7 Key characteristics of rural ICT service innovation: a case analysis of ICT-enabled rural financial services in China
• Chapter 8 Towards An integrated model.