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Zheng, Y., Naylor, L., Waldron, S., Oliver, D. (2019). Stakeholder surveys to local farmers and officials in Chinese villages to understand knowledge management dynamics. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/9c14948d-cf58-4194-9fef-c2cb56818667
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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence 
Stakeholder surveys to local farmers and officials in Chinese villages to understand knowledge management dynamics
Data comprise results of social surveys carried out in China during 2016 – 2018 to the local stakeholders (farmers and village to county level officials) to understand their knowledge learning dynamics and preference. Surveys were conducted in the rural villages in Puding County, Guizhou Province and in Yujiang County, Jiangxi Province.
The study was funded by the grant NE/N007425/1 which was awarded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and through cooperation with grant 41571130074 awarded by the National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC) of China, as part of the UK – China Critical Zone Observatory (CZO).
The study was funded by the grant NE/N007425/1 which was awarded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and through cooperation with grant 41571130074 awarded by the National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC) of China, as part of the UK – China Critical Zone Observatory (CZO).
Publication date: 2019-11-26
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Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- WGS 84
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Provenance & quality
The surveys were conducted to local stakeholders from four levels of governance (county leaders, town leaders, village leaders and individual farmers). The surveyed towns and villages were identified by Chinese research team as locations within or surrounding the studied catchments in the wider CZO program.
Questionnaires were used as one of the key methods to fulfil the survey aims. Both closed and open-ended questions were designed for all groups. The number of questionnaires completed in each village was dependent on its population. Information of each survey is detailed in the Supporting Information. Different landscapes and a number of villages were surveyed to improve the rigorous of the searching results.
Verbal consent was obtained prior to commencing all interviews. To meet the requirements of the Environmental Information Data Centre the result document was anonymised and converted into Rich Text Format (rtf).
Questionnaires were used as one of the key methods to fulfil the survey aims. Both closed and open-ended questions were designed for all groups. The number of questionnaires completed in each village was dependent on its population. Information of each survey is detailed in the Supporting Information. Different landscapes and a number of villages were surveyed to improve the rigorous of the searching results.
Verbal consent was obtained prior to commencing all interviews. To meet the requirements of the Environmental Information Data Centre the result document was anonymised and converted into Rich Text Format (rtf).
Related
This dataset is included in the following collections
Knowledge management across the environment-policy interface in China
Citations
Naylor, L.A., Dungait, J.A.J., Zheng, Y., et al. (2023) Achieving Sustainable Earth Futures in the Anthropocene by Including Local Communities in Critical Zone Science. Earth’s Future 11. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022ef003448
Naylor, L.A., Zheng, Y., Munro, N., Stanton, A., Wang, W., Chng, N.R., Oliver, D.M., Dungait, J.A.J. & Waldron, S. (2023) Bringing Social Science Into Critical Zone Science: Exploring Smallholder Farmers’ Learning Preferences in Chinese Human‐Modified Critical Zones. Earth’s Future 11. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022ef003472
Supplemental information
UK – China Critical Zone Observatory (CZO)
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
Zheng, Y.
School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7913-8234
Naylor, L.
School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
Waldron, S.
School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
Oliver, D.
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling
Other contacts
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk