Asian Rural Sociology III

Competitiveness and Human Insecurity in rural Asia

Proceeding Vol. III

The Third International Conference of ARSA was held in Sanhe, China on August 8-10, 2007 with a theme “Competitiveness and Human Insecurity in rural Asia”. Among its sub themes were environmental threats and human insecurity, rural economic policy, rural economy, rural family, rural livelihoods, migration, alternative development paradigms, development conflicts and local challenges and cross border issues. This conference was headed by Dr. Li Guoqing of Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing, China and attended by 200 participants from 19 countries.