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Name (Last, First): Frazier, William D.
Title: PhD Candidate
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Department: School of Architectural and Urban Planning
Organization: Tongji University
Mailing Address: Tongji University School of Architectural and Urban Planning
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Paper Title: A review of qualitative studies on Rural and Sustainable Development in West China

Abstract:
This qualitative study reviews the current scholarship on Rural and Sustainable Development in West China by examining primary, secondary and tertiary industries for economic restructuring and small business development. For the purpose of this critical review, small business development will be defined as business that can be transferred from traditional rural to modern productivity in order to improve the fragile ecological environment. This critical review will substantiate the current literature on the Western Development Strategy in terms of mobilizing all social, financial and institutional resources to encourage animal husbandry, fish production, township and village enterprises, high-tech industries and chemical industry to assist in growth and revitalization of this region. Some of these reviews involve how Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region manages northern and southern economic development and how it coordinates the distribution of available land resources to address new and difficult problems in small business development. However, within Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region one of the most difficult problems for economic restructuring and small business development is how to deal with the economic gap between the north and south. Therefore, this qualitative review is intended to contribute to the field of Western China Development Studies in two ways: by offering alternative strategies on how Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region can and should promote economic restructuring and small business development in the northern and southern areas; and by suggesting alternate policies to Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region? government for economic restructuring incentives to encourage small business development in these areas.