Land Cover Changes as a Result of Environmental Restrictions on Nitrate Leaching in Dairy Farming

Nitrate leaching forms an important environmental problem because it causes pollution of groundwater and surface water, and adds to already problematic eutrophication. This study analyses the impact of reductions in nitrate leaching on land cover decisions of dairy farms, of which the activities make an important contribution to nitrate leaching. As the level of nitrate leaching depends on groundwater depth as well as on the supply of nitrogen, spatial variation in groundwater levels will cause a spatial variation in land cover under restrictions on nitrate leaching. A non-linear partial optimisation model for the economic and ecological aspects of the problem were used to show how land cover and dairy farms' financial balances change when nitrate losses are reduced. The model is spatially explicit, and describes nitrate leakage and yields of maize and grass as a function of groundwater depth, including the effects of various grazing systems. The model analyses the decisions of a risk neutral agent who minimises costs under the following constraints: (i) production, feed requirements and mass balances for fodder; (ii) constraints for nitrate leaching. Economic costs are attributed to increased costs of fodder and processing of manure when nitrate restrictions are tightened. An important result of the study is the variation in compliance costs and land cover for maize and grass production brought about by spatial variation in groundwater depth. While the effects are negligible for some shallow groundwater classes, it is extremely difficult in other classes – if not impossible – to obtain the EU standard of maximum admissible losses of 34 kg N ha^–1 at low costs. The study shows an important reduction in land cover by maize.     

Flue gas treatability studies: a tool for techno-economic control of industrial air pollution

Air pollution problems in developing countries have gained larger fraction in the last decade especially due to non functioning and non implementation of effective air pollutioncontrol devices in industries. In industrial wastewater management, adequate treatability studies are conducted to arrive at a techno-economic treatment option. However no suchstudies were done for reducing air pollution or emission fromindustries until now in India. Little information was availableabout such studies in other countries. This article provides information about a novel technique known asflue gas treatability studies and to undertake such studies, a pilot scale system is installed in Air Pollution Control Divisionof M/s National Environmental Engineering research Institute, NEERI, Nagpur-20, India. This study is a tool for techno-economicselection of air pollution control systems specially for small/medium scale industrial emissions.     

乌鲁木齐市锅炉排放现状分析

对乌鲁木齐市锅炉排放现状进行了分析,提出了改善乌鲁木齐市空气质量的建议。     

论北京城市建设的综合减灾问题

本文针对北京城市建设面临的自然与人为灾害背景,简要论述了北京地震、水灾、火灾及“新致灾源”的历史及现状,强调开展首都圈灾害研究及减灾规划设计的重要性,并提出了系统的减灾方略及相应的管理构想。     

亚热带丘岗区雨养水稻初探

亚热带丘岗区降水丰沛 ,全年降水总量大于蒸发量。以试区为例 ,平均年降水量是蒸发量的1.32倍 ,每年 4～ 7月下旬降水在时间上的分布较为均匀 ,降水频数大 ,8～ 10月底 ,则会出现水分亏缺 ,降水频数少 ,时间上分布不匀。对于第一季水稻的生产 ,耕灌雨养 (天灌 )与传统的灌溉方式在产量形成方面没有多大的差异 ,最大减产率仅为传统灌溉方式总产量的 6.68% ,晚稻则会造成大量减产 ,减产率达 2 0 .98%。因此 ,考虑到在广大的亚热带丘岗区水分调蓄的特殊性 ,可针对区域内具体的水分条件适时插秧 ,充分利用天然降水完成第一季水稻的生产 ,第二季则可种植旱地作物以避开季节性干旱 ,这样既可以缓解水资源紧缺的矛盾 ,又可以节约因水稻灌溉带来的大量人力、物力和财力。     

河北省水文地质环境变化及其脆弱性分析

河北省是我国乃至世界水文地质环境恶化最严重的地区之一。本文通过分析生态环境和水文地质环境变化的过程和致灾现状 ,指出了其脆弱性累进的原因 ,并提出了遏制环境恶化 ,减轻灾害影响与损失 ,调整人类行为的对策与建议     

中国西部开发防灾减灾建设综合管理战略初论——谈西部生态建设山川秀美评价

中国西部开发战略作为迈向21世纪的壮举,已引发各界的关注。但如何在西部大开发中实施防灾减灾战略,即如何利用科技减灾为西部生态环境建设作贡献则成为全部问题的焦点。本文指出,应崇尚一种实事求是的科学精神及战略观念,靠科学评估,靠灾害风险分析,靠适度的生态环境政策,确保21世纪西部开发的规划、设计、建设各个环节中充分考虑防灾减灾这一关系西部可持续发展的关键要素。     

滨海平原咸水入侵灾害动态监测及综合减灾对策研究——以潍河下游平原为例

海（咸）水入侵是现代社会中典型的资源－环境－灾害问题,准确掌握咸水入侵动态变化的规律和信息,是进行预测、预报、减灾、防灾的科学基础和工作依据。据此,本文为咸水入侵的实时监测、分析、预测以及减灾方案决策与评估等提供了一个完善系统,并且提出了咸水入侵防治途径及综合减灾对策。     

辽河流域水环境压力及污染治理模式研究

系统分析了辽河流域近十年社会经济和水污染物排放之间的关系,基于污染物排放强度和人均GDP指标,建立辽河流域COD和氨氮环境学习曲线;结合情景分析法预测在现有治污水平下,辽河流域未来水污染物排放趋势及水环境压力。结果表明,辽河流域水环境压力巨大。根据辽河流域污染治理中存在的实际问题,提出新时期的污染治理模式。     

水体中常见无机阳离子对TiO2薄膜光催化还原Cr（Ⅵ）的影响

选择了6种水体中常见的阳离子（Na^＋、Mg^2＋、Ca^2＋、Al^3＋、Cu^2＋、Ni^2＋）,分别考查了其对TiO2薄膜光催化还原Cr（Ⅵ）的影响;从光吸收、无机离子本身的性质对光生电子的捕获及传递等讨论了上述离子影响TiO2薄膜光催化还原Cr（Ⅵ）的反应速率的原因。结果表明：由于其不能捕获光生电子,Na^＋、Mg^2＋、Ca^2＋本身对TiO2薄膜光催化还原Cr（Ⅵ）的反应速率影响不大;Al^3＋吸引电子能力较强,成为光生电子和Cr（Ⅵ）之间的桥梁,促进了Cr（Ⅵ）的还原;浓度为1 mmmol/L时,Cu^2＋显著地促进了Cr（Ⅵ）的光催化还原,其主要原因是Cu^2＋捕获光生电子的能力很强,起到了催化剂的作用,而浓度大于10 mmol/L时,Cu^2＋形成单质Cu以及对紫外光的吸收都使促进作用降低;Ni^2＋未充满的d轨道具有获得并传递光生电子的能力,也促进了Cr（Ⅵ）的还原;在浓度同为1mmol/L时,对Cr（Ⅵ）光催化还原的促进作用依次为：Cu^2＋〉Al^3＋〉Ni^2＋〉Na^＋、Ca^2＋、Mg^2＋。