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AssessingtheroleofriskintheAgro-pastoralsystemsofNorthwestYunnanProvince,ChinabyHuiXueB.S.,NanjingAgriculturalUniversity,2001RESEARCHPROJECTSUBMITTEDINPARTIALFULFILLMENTOFTHEREQUIREMENTSFORTHEDEGREEOFMASTEROFRESOURCEMANAGEMENTIntheSchoolofResourceandEnvironmentalManagementReportNo.408©HuiXue2006SIMONFRASERUNIVERSITYSummer2006Allrightsreserved.Thisworkmaynotbereproducedinwholeorinpart,byphotocopyorothermeans,withoutpermissionoftheauthor.SIMONFRASERUNIVERSITYPARTIALCOPYRIGHTLICENCEIherebygranttoSimonFraserUniversitytherighttolendmythesis,projectorextendedessay(thetitleofwhichisshownbelow)tousersoftheSimonFraserUniversityLibrary,andtomakepartialorsinglecopiesonlyforsuchusersorinresponsetoarequestfromthelibraryofanyotheruniversity,orothereducationalinstitution,onitsownbehalforforoneofitsusers.IfurthergrantpermissiontoSimonFraserUniversitytokeepormakeadigitalcopyforuseinitscirculatingcollection.IfurtheragreethatpermissionformultiplecopyingofthisworkforscholarlypurposesmaybegrantedbymeortheDeanofGraduateStudies.Itisunderstoodthatcopying,publicationorpublicperformanceofthisworkforfinancialgainshallnotbeallowedwithoutmywrittenpermission.



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Multimedialicencenotapplicabletothiswork.NoseparateDVDorDC-ROMmaterialisincludedinthiswork.TitleofProject:AssessingtheroleofriskintheAgro-pastoralsystemsofNorthwestYunnanProvince,ChinaAuthor:HuiXue(DateSigned)SIMONFRASERUNIVERSITYPARTIALCOPYRIGHTLICENCETheauthor,whosecopyrightisdeclaredonthetitlepageofthiswork,hasgrantedtoSimonFraserUniversitytherighttolendthisthesis,projectorextendedessaytousersoftheSimonFraserUniversityLibrary,andtomakepartialorsinglecopiesonlyforsuchusersorinresponsetoarequestfromthelibraryofanyotheruniversity,orothereducationalinstitution,onitsownbehalforforoneofitsusers.TheauthorhasfurthergrantedpermissiontoSimonFraserUniversitytokeepormakeadigitalcopyforuseinitscirculatingcollection.TheauthorhasfurtheragreedthatpermissionformultiplecopyingofthisworkforscholarlypurposesmaybegrantedbyeithertheauthorortheDeanofGraduateStudies.Itisunderstoodthatcopyingorpublicationofthisworkforfinancialgainshallnotbeallowedwithouttheauthor’swrittenpermission.Permissionforpublicperformance,orlimitedpermissionforprivatescholarlyuse,ofanymultimediamaterialsformingpartofthiswork,mayhavebeengrantedbytheauthor.ThisinformationmaybefoundontheseparatelycataloguedmultimediamaterialandinthesignedPartialCopyrightLicence.TheoriginalPartialCopyrightLicenceattestingtotheseterms,andsignedbythisauthor,maybefoundintheoriginalboundcopyofthiswork,retainedintheSimonFraserUniversityArchive.W.A.C.BennettLibrarySimonFraserUniversityBurnaby,BC,CanadaSimonFraserUniversityEthicsApprovalTheauthor,whosenameappearsonthetitlepageofthiswork,hasobtainedhumanresearchethicsapprovalfromtheSimonFraserUniversityOfficeofResearchEthicsfortheresearchdescribedinthiswork,orhasconductedtheresearchasamemberofaprojectorcourseapprovedbytheEthicsOffice.AcopyoftheapprovalletterhasbeenfiledattheThesesOfficeoftheUniversityLibraryatthetimeofsubmissionofthisthesisorproject.TheoriginalapplicationforethicsapprovalandletterofapprovalisfiledwiththeOfficeofResearchEthics.InquiriesmaybedirectedtothatOffice.BennettLibrarySimonFraserUniversityBurnaby,BC,CanadaiiAPPROVALName:HuiXueDegree:MasterofResourceManagementTitleofResearchProject:AssessingtheroleofriskintheAgro-pastoralsystemsofNorthwestYunnanProvince,ChinaProjectnumber:408ExaminingCommittee:___________________________________________SeniorSupervisor:DuncanKnowlerAssistantProfessorSchoolofResourceandEnvironmentalManagement___________________________________________CommitteeMember:WolfgangHaiderAssociateProfessorSchoolofResourceandEnvironmentalManagement___________________________________________CommitteeMember:RobertAndersonProfessorSchoolofCommunicationDateDefended/Approved:____________________________________________iiiABSTRACTAgro-pastoralcommunitiesinnorthwestYunnanprovince,China,facemanytypesofrisk,includingclimaticvariations,pricefluctuation,etc.Statepoliciesalsohaveanimpactonhouseholdsbyliftingorimposingvariousconstraints,andtherebycreatingfurtheruncertainty.Thesehouseholdsmustmanagetheirriskenvironmentaspartoftheirlivelihoodsbasedontheirperceptionsoftheriskevents.However,somerisk-copingstrategiesarelikelytohaveaggravatedhouseholds’vulnerabilityinthelong-runbydegradingsomeformsofassetwhenreducingtheirriskexposureintheshort-run.ThisstudyusestheSustainableLivelihoodframeworktoexploretherelationshipbetweenrisks,assets,livelihoods,andsusta