Study on the Reciprocal Mechanism and Coupling Coordination of Rural Resilience and Land Use Change

In the context of accelerated urbanization and industrialization, rural areas have undergone profound and complex transformations. These changes are primarily manifested in the reduction of agricultural labor, the decline of rural natural landscapes, and the widening income gap between urban and rural areas. These trends have attracted significant attention from both the state and society. Given these dynamics in rural spatial transformation, the study of rural resilience is increasingly gaining focus. Resilience refers to the ability of a system to absorb or adapt to disturbances from various external uncertainties while maintaining its original state of development. It serves as a measure of a rural area’s capacity to withstand disruptions and sustain development. Rural resilience is driven by regional land use patterns and structural changes, and it is strongly influenced by institutional and policy factors, including land systems, land management, and land use planning. The interactions and causal relationships between rural resilience and land use changes are closely linked. Exploring the outcomes and mechanisms of these interactions in specific regions during specific periods is crucial for understanding the changing patterns of human-land relationships in rural areas, proposing regulatory approaches, and implementing strategies for rural revitalization. However, current research in the field primarily focuses on the coupling relationships between land use changes and socio-economic development or ecological environmental benefits. Studies coupling land use changes with rural resilience are scarce and tend to remain at a theoretical level, lacking concrete practical examples. Therefore, further research on the feedback and coupling mechanisms between rural resilience and land use changes can enrich the theoretical research on resilience and promote sustainable rural development. This thesis studies the resilience of 109 villages in Shidian County, Yunnan Province, China based on land use data and socio-economic statistics. Shidian County, as a minority frontier region with concentrated contiguous poverty-stricken areas and a complex natural geographic pattern, serves as an example. This study aims to understand the effectiveness of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization strategies in China’s mountainous areas. Based on these findings, this research proposes coordinated models and corresponding strategic suggestions for coupling rural resilience with land use changes across different types of villages, aiming to provide a scientific basis for the development and revitalization of rural areas in the western mountains of Yunnan and other similar regions in China.