"A New Job after Retirement": Negotiating Grandparenting and Intergenerational Relationships in Urban China
In: China perspectives, Heft 2022/1, S. 47-56
ISSN: 1996-4617
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In: China perspectives, Heft 2022/1, S. 47-56
ISSN: 1996-4617
In: China perspectives: Shenzhou-zhanwang, Heft 1, S. 47-56
ISSN: 2070-3449, 1011-2006
Based on interviews with 120 adult only children and their parents in urban Tianjin, this article shows how grandparenting becomes a crucial site for the intergenerational negotiation around childcare, family obligations, and the unfulfilled aspirations for individualisation. While only child couples rely heavily on their parents for childcare, a lot of tensions are involved in this process. Although grandparents do not always willingly embrace the heavy burden of intergenerational childcare, their concern about elderly care sometimes compels them to nevertheless take up the work. Through providing a nuanced picture of grandparenting in urban China, this article seeks to reveal the changing ideas of family obligation and responsibility, as well as the social transformation in China that underpins such change. It argues that the individualisation process is far from finished, as reality is pulling people back to solve problems within the family. (China Perspect/GIGA)
World Affairs Online
In: Defence Technology, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 348-353
ISSN: 2214-9147
In: Defence Technology, Band 14, Heft 5, S. 484-495
ISSN: 2214-9147
In: Defence Technology, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 101-105
ISSN: 2214-9147
In: Ecological Economics and Harmonious Society; Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path, S. 55-65
SSRN
In: Environmental sciences Europe: ESEU, Band 36, Heft 1
ISSN: 2190-4715
Abstract
Background
Rural settlements are undergoing significant changes under the rapid urbanisation, and understanding their evolution characteristics and surrounding land use will provide a basis for land spatial planning. This study takes Pingnan County, Fujian Province, China as study area, reveals the characteristics of spatial–temporal evolution and surrounding land use transition of settlements during 1985–2020 through landscape metrics, spatial "hot spot" analysis, scale classification statistics, rank-size model, Gini index, land use transition matrix.
Results
The results show that: (1) Concerning the size and morphological characteristics, the settlements have witnessed a considerable increase in number and scale while remaining stable in shape. (2) Regarding spatial distribution characteristics, the settlements became more evenly spread, forming three main hotspot clusters. (3) Concerning scale structure characteristics, there are significant differences in scale, growth rates, and polarisation of settlements; the polarisation of large settlements shifted from a marked divergence before 2010 to a more balanced trend after 2010. (4) The land use transition around settlements differed in buffer zones and periods. During 1985–2010, settlement expansion heavily depended on cropland, depleting nearby resources, with an increase of woodland and grassland. During 2010–2020, expansion integrated cropland, woodland, and grassland, with cropland growth mainly encroaching on woodland and grassland.
Conclusions
The study's findings are significant for optimising rural settlement structure in mountains and promoting sustainable land resource use.
In: Defence Technology, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 271-279
ISSN: 2214-9147
In: JALCOM-D-22-02000
SSRN
In: Materials & Design, Band 78, S. 80-84
In: Defence Technology, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 90-95
ISSN: 2214-9147
In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 23, Heft 19, S. 19116-19125
ISSN: 1614-7499
In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 46, S. 56-61
ISSN: 1879-2456
In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 3813-3822
ISSN: 1614-7499