Evaluating long-term urban resilience through an examination of the history of green spaces in Tokyo

Long-term urban resilience requires urban systems with the capacity to respond to change and disturbance and to enhance the conditions for lasting wellbeing. Over the past century Tokyo has demonstrated impressive resilience, especially a capacity to reorganise and rebuild in response to successive major disturbances. Throughout these recoveries, the city-region maintained a focus on re-establishing, improving and maintaining international competitiveness through industrial development. Green spaces in Tokyo provided a flexible, but gradually disappearing resource. Today, to meet the needs of its ageing and minimally expanding population for enhanced wellbeing, Tokyo requires active transition planning covering many intertwined factors, but the adaptive capacity provided by the green space resource is no longer available. The Tokyo case underscores the risk inherent in the depletion of non-renewable resources (in this instance, green space) to secure immediate recovery and accommodate growth and short-term resilience at the expense of long-term resilience.     

日本东京供水管网的漏损预防管理

供水管网的漏损控制管理是城市水资源管理以及节水管理中的重要环节,东京作为国际上管网漏损控制最优秀的城市之一,漏损率从1955年战后恢复时期的20％控制到2007年的3．3％。多年来,东京在漏损控制技术和管理方面积累了丰富的优秀经验,并且建立了完善的供水管网漏损预防管理体系,指出为了保证有效的漏损控制和预防,必须做到以下四个方面,即准确掌握管网属性信息、重视管网的维护和更新、不断发展漏损控制与预防技术及重视人力资源管理及人才培养。东京成功的漏损控制经验可以从管理体制、管理手段、技术研发、人才培养等方面对中国的供水管网漏损管理及节水管理提供有益的借鉴经验。     

东京大学“环境三四郎”的活动特点及启示

东京大学“环境三四郎”是以探讨环境问题为主题的大学生组织。作者通过参与该组织的各项活动,结合调研其成立十七年以来的活动轨迹,分析总结各时期的活动特点后发现,不断创新,积极进取的组织活动模式是“环境三四郎”发展壮大的原动力,也是树立良好社会形象的基础。它们的做法及经验,值得我国高校学生组织学习和借鉴。     

上海与东京生活垃圾处理回收体系之比较

进入21世纪，上海提出建设循环经济型国际大都市的战略目标，其中很重要的一个领域就是要构筑高效、实用的生活垃圾处理回收体系。文章分析了上海与东京现行的生活垃圾处理回收体系的特点，并对二者进行了比较。发现上海体系存在着垃圾处理方式的简单化，垃圾分类收集形式化，废品回收无序化，对策视点局限性和管理系统封闭性等诸多缺陷。通过借鉴东京体系的成功经验，建议实施法律和经济的手段。不断改进和完善上海体系。     

Dioxin concentration in human milk in Hebei province in China and Tokyo, Japan: potential dietary risk factors and determination of possible sources

Very limited information is available on body burdens and environmental levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs (dl-PCBs) in mainland China. In the current studies, human milk samples were collected from 30 breastfeeding mothers in Shijiazhuang city (industrialized) and 11 in the Tanshan countryside (agricultural) of Hebei Province in northern China. An additional 20 samples were obtained from mothers in Tokyo, Japan. PCDDs, PCDFs, and dl-PCBs in human milk were analyzed by high-resolution gas chromatography/high-resolution mass spectrometry. Our results show that arithmetic means for body burdens of PCDDs/Fs and dl-PCBs in Hebei were 3.6 and 1.9 pg TEQ g⁻¹ fat, respectively, which were only about one fourth of the levels in Japan. In addition, no difference was found in the chemical levels except dl-PCBs between the urban and rural areas. Based on the results of an in-person interview of the Chinese mothers using a 59-item questionnaire, freshwater fish consumption was found to correlate with the body burden of dioxins. Principal component analysis of dioxin congeners revealed that the patterns of dioxins in the Hebei urban and rural areas are quite similar; however, they are clearly different from those in Japan. Collectively, our results suggest that the lower body burdens of dioxin in Hebei may be due in part to the relatively slow industrialization and a lower consumption of marine foods. Finally, the results indicate that comprehensive monitoring of dioxins and dl-PCBs in humans as well as in the environment and foods is necessary in China.     

Time trends of perfluorinated compounds from the sediment core of Tokyo Bay, Japan (1950s-2004)

Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) were detected in sediment core samples collected in Tokyo Bay to reveal their time trends. The core sample deposited during 1950s-2004 was divided into two- to three-year intervals and the concentrations of 24 types of PFCs were determined. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) decreased gradually from the early 1990s and its precursor decreased rapidly in the late 1990s, whereas perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) increased rapidly. The observed trends were regarded as a reflection of the shift from perfluorooctyl sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF)-based products to telomer-based products after the phaseout of PFOSF-based products in 2001. The branched isomers of perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA) and perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA) were detected in the sample with its ratio of linear-isomer/branched-isomer concentrations decreasing. In this study, we revealed that the sediment core can serve as a tool for reconstructing the past pollution trend of PFCs and can provide interesting evidence concerning their environmental dynamics and time trend.     

东京湾水环境治理对深圳的启示

分析东京湾社会经济、水环境状况和治理历程,其水环境变化经历了先污染后治理的历程.近几十年东京湾环境管理内容纳入行政管理范围,环境对策、措施随着主要环境问题的变化也经历了诸多变化,促进东京湾水环境逐步改善和恢复.结合东京湾环境管理历程和深圳湾区水环境主要问题,分析深圳湾区水环境治理存在的差距及经验借鉴,可从制度建设、体制机制、投融资渠道和公众参与等方面进行完善,为深圳湾区水环境治理和改善提供参考.     

GIS-based source identification and apportionment of diffuse water pollution: perfluorinated compound pollution in the Tokyo Bay basin

To efficiently reduce perfluorinated compound (PFC) pollution, it is important to have an understanding of PFC sources and their contribution to the pollution. In this study, source identification of diffuse water pollution by PFCs was conducted using a GIS-based approach. Major components of the source identification were collection of the monitoring data and preparation of the corresponding geographic information that was extracted from a constructed GIS database. The spatially distributed pollution factors were then explored by multiple linear regression analysis, after which they were visually expressed using GIS. Among the 35 PFC homologues measured in a survey of the Tokyo Bay basin, 18 homologues were analyzed. Pollution by perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was explained well by the percentage of arterial traffic area in the basin, and the 84% variance of the measured PFOS concentration was explained by two geographic variables, arterial traffic area and population. Source apportionment between point and nonpoint sources was conducted based on the results of the analysis. The contribution of PFOS from nonpoint sources was comparable to that from point sources in several major rivers flowing into Tokyo Bay. Source identification and apportionment using the GIS-based approach was shown to be effective, especially for ubiquitous types of pollution, such as PFC pollution.     

东京港的环境建设

介绍东京港环境建设工作中公园绿地建没、生态建设、景观建设、环境保护等相关内容，探求其在现代化国际港口建设过程中环境建设的特点及思路。     

脉冲电晕放电降解CFC-113和CCl4

催化降解ＣＦＣ－１３３和ＣＣｌ４难度较大。采用脉冲电晕与吸附相结合,在电晕反应器中加入吸附剂（如γ－Ａｌ２Ｏ３）,显著提高了降解效果。实验结果揭示吸附剂的比表面与孔径大小显著影响ＣＦＣ－１１３和ＣＣｌ４的降解反应活性以及副产物臭氧浓度。本研究开发出一种Ａｌ２Ｏ３－Ⅱ吸附剂,它的比表面为９４．４ｍ＾２／ｇ,孔径〈０．５μｍ,当它与高压脉冲电晕放电相结合时,一方面提高了降解率,另一方面抑制了臭氧生成,