金华生态建筑的设计

金华生态建筑是自身良性循环的绿色建筑物,有3个特点,即屋顶覆土种植或养殖或设太阳能装置,地下设有以净化生活污水为主要目的沼气净化池,墙体垂直绿化,这三者缺不一可,但可单项利用,它有节土,节水,节能和经济,环境,社会产益协调统一这两大优点。     

生态设计实践动态

生态设计是一种有希望的可持续生产与消费途径,区分了４种不同类型的生态设计革新,产品改进和再设计可以实现高达８０％（５倍）的生态效率改善,然而,为了达到可持续性的突破,还需要产品功能与体系革新,建议通过国家级机构的广泛计划与活动来促进这些概念的实施,迫切需要政府在不久的将业采取支持生态设计革新的行为。     

金华生态建筑

金华生态建筑 (包括生态厕所 )是指能够进行自身良性循环的绿色建筑物。它有三个特点 ,即地下设有沼气净化池、屋顶覆土种植或养殖和墙体垂直绿化 ,并具有节土、节水、节能和生态、经济、社会三大效益协调统一的两大优点。目前 ,已经在城乡得到初步应用。实践表明 ,政府在生态建筑的推广中发挥着重要作用。同时 ,生态建筑的推广还是一项长期的任务 ,需要坚持不懈地努力 ,不断完善和提高     

生态供应链与生态型设计

生态供应链是可持续发展思想在运作管理领域的具体应用。生态型设计兼顾了经济效益和生态效益，是生态供应链的核心内容。生态型设计的实质是通过整体优化和局部优化来降低各节点企业的环境影响，借助于生态型设计可以把传统供应链代表的单程经济转化成生态供应链代表的循环经济。生态型设计由生态供应链的整体设计和组成元素的设计两部分组成，具体内容包括产品设计、原材料采购、产品生产、产品营销、产品回收和反向物流。     

南京城市环境景观设计与建设的思路及实践

城市环境景观是指能集中体现城市环境状况和整体形象的基础设施、建筑等,它对提高城市的生活质量、文化品味及投资环境具有重要意义,并将成为今后城市之间比较的重要指标。本文以“南京市市容环境卫生发展规划”工作为基础,引入城市环境景观的理念,分析南京城市环境景观的现状及存在的问题,如缺少标志性建筑与雕塑、夜景与亮化无特色,高层建筑外观和户外广告疏于管理等,进而提出南京城市环境景观设计的具体方案和建设思路,包括开发风景带,设计和建设精品建筑,加强绿化,规范户外广告等。     

生态设计：环境效益与公司赢利

通过生态设计项目,近两年多来,已经向荷兰数以百计的中小型企业介绍了环境产品开发原理,该项目由非赢利率革新中心协调与实施,所寻求的解决办法将既能提供环境效益,也能为参考公司提供商业利益。     

农村生态家园的研究与建设

论述了生态家园建设的现实意义,分集约化设施种植模式、规模化设施养殖模式和综合模式3种模式,对生态家园庭院和太阳能住房进行了较为详尽的规划设计。依据山东省枣庄地区生态家园建设的实际运行情况,阐述其建筑造价和运行效益。     

绿色食品生产补偿的理论机理与政策设计

制约我国绿色食品发展的重要因素之一是其生态环境成本难以通过市场来兑现。为解决这一问题,文章以生态补偿为突破口,首先从理论上明确绿色食品生产具有正外部性,政府对其生产企业或农户进行补偿具有合理性和必要性,然后进一步探讨其制度构建与政策设计。（1）构建一个包括政府、生产者、消费者三方的博弈模型,着重分析绿色食品供需过程中、政府影响下生产者和消费者的利益动机和博弈行为。模型结果显示,存在能够满足绿色食品供需平衡的1个纯战略纳什均衡解和1个混合战略纳什均衡解,这两个纳什均衡解的实现条件均要求政府对绿色食品生产者提供补偿和对消费者实施优惠政策。（2）利用C-D生产函数建构的利润函数和恢复费用法探讨绿色食品生产补偿标准范围,结果表明最低补偿标准应满足生产者生产绿色食品和生产普通食品利润相等,而最高补偿标准则应对绿色食品生产中创造的环境效益进行支付。（3）文章最后从“建立经济政策支持体系,构筑科技进步支撑体系,完善品牌质量保障体系,培育产业化生产体系”等4方面提出了现阶段我国绿色食品生产补偿的政策建议。     

Economics: Theory versus Practice in Wildlife Management

One of the most controversial issues in wildlife management in North America is the trend towards the commercialization of wildlife. The sale of hunting privileges and game ranching are forms of wildlife commercialization that have not been unanimously accepted, and widely opposing views exist on the merits and drawbacks of the use of economic incentives for the management of wild animals. In this essay the use of economics is explored from a theoretical "free market" perspective and from a more practical point of view. The issue of market failure is addressed and potential solutions are offered, such as tax incentives and government farm programs. Also the question of when market-oriented solutions are applicable to wildlife is discussed. We conclude that polarization of the issue is counterproductive and that some of the more innovative solutions to current wildlife management problems can be found between the opposite extremes of public ownership and the profit-motivated incentives offered by the market.     

Distribution,biomass and ecology of meso-zooplankton in the Northern Adriatic Sea

Two oceanographic cruises were carried out in the northern Adriatic Sea, from June, 1996 to February, 1997. Samples were collected using a BIONESS electronic multinet (204 samples on 54 stations) along inshore-offshore sections. Zooplankton abundance and biomass were estimated in relation to the variability of temperature, salinity and fluorescence. Spatial and vertical distribution patterns of the most important zooplankton groups were studied. During June, in the northern area, abundance and biomass of 2787 - 1735 r ind m and 29.3 - 26.7 r mg r m, respectively, were reported. The zooplankton community was constituted essentially by copepods and cladocerans. In the southern area, instead, an abundance of 4698 - 5978 r ind r m and a dry weight of 25.4 - 15.3 r mg r m were observed, with a reverse dominance ratio between these groups. In February, in the northern area the zooplankton community (1380 - 595 r ind r m and 19.6 - 9.9 r mg r m) was mainly constituted by copepods, larvae of invertebrates, appendicularians and cladocerans; in the southern area zooplankton average abundance was 969 - 493 r ind r m and 9.9 - 3.2 r mg r m being copepods, cladocerans, appendicularians and larvae of invertebrates. The zooplankton spatial distribution, in this period, did not show the classic inshore-offshore gradient. Spatial distribution and biomass values of zooplankton, in the northern Adriatic Sea, were strongly influenced by hydrological characteristics, allowed up to formulate a preliminary model about distribution, along the water column, of the different associations of species assemblages with regard to different water masses in the neritic system.     

Tradable fuel economy credits: Competition and oligopoly

Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) regulations specify minimum standards for fuel efficiency that vehicle manufacturers must meet independently. We design a system of tradeable fuel economy credits that allows trading across vehicle classes and manufacturers with and without considering market power in the credit market. We perform numerical simulations to measure the potential cost savings from moving from the current CAFE system to one with stricter standards, but that allows vehicle manufacturers various levels of increased flexibility. We find that the ability for each manufacturer to average credits between its cars and trucks provides a large percentage of the potential savings. As expected, the greatest savings come from the greatest flexibility in the credit system. Market power lowers the potential cost savings to the industry as a whole, but only modestly. Loss in efficiency from market power does not eliminate the gains from credit trading.     

Influence of Forest Fragmentation on Community Structure of Frogs and Lizards in Northeastern Costa Rica

Abstract:  To better understand responses of reptiles and amphibians to forest fragmentation in the lowland Neotropics, we examined community and population structure of frogs and lizards in the fragmented landscape surrounding La Selva Biological Station in the Sarapiquí region of northeastern Costa Rica. We used diurnal quadrats and nocturnal transects to sample frogs and lizards in nine forest fragments (1–7 ha each) and La Selva (1100 ha). Species richness in all fragments combined was 85% of that found in La Selva with comparable sampling effort. Richness varied from 10 to 24 species among forest fragments, compared with 36 species at La Selva. Lizard density was higher and frog density was lower in forest fragments than in La Selva. Community composition varied among sites and by fragment size class, and species occurrence was nested with respect to fragment area. Isolation and habitat variables did not significantly affect species richness, composition, or nestedness. We classified 34% of species as fragmentation sensitive because they were absent or occurred at low densities in fragments. Nevertheless, the relatively high diversity observed in the entire set of fragments indicates that preserving a network of small forest patches may be of considerable conservation value to the amphibians and reptiles of this region.     

Influence of Representation Targets on the Total Area of Conservation-Area Networks

Abstract:  Systematic conservation planning typically requires specification of quantitative representation targets for biodiversity surrogates such as species, vegetation types, and environmental parameters. Targets are usually specified either as the minimum total area in a conservation-area network in which a surrogate must be present or as the proportion of a surrogate's existing spatial distribution required to be in the network. Because the biological basis for setting targets is often unclear, a better understanding of how targets affect selection of conservation areas is needed. We studied how the total area of conservation-area networks depends on percentage targets ranging from 5% to 95%. We analyzed 12 data sets of different surrogate distributions from 5 regions: Korea, Mexico, Québec, Queensland, and West Virginia. To assess the effect of spatial resolution on the target-area relationship, we also analyzed each data set at 7 spatial resolutions ranging from 0.01°× 0.01° to 0.10°× 0.10°. Most of the data sets showed a linear relationship between representation targets and total area of conservation-area networks that was invariant across changes in spatial resolution. The slope of this relationship indicated how total area increased with target level, and our results suggest that greater surrogate representation requires significantly more area. One data set exhibited a highly nonlinear relationship. The results for this data set suggest a new method for setting targets on the basis of the functional form of target-area relationships. In particular, the method shows how the target-area relationship can provide a rationale for setting targets solely on the basis of distributional information about surrogates.     

On the economics of energy labels in the housing market

Energy efficiency in the residential housing market can play an important role in the reduction of global carbon emissions. This paper reports the first evidence on the market adoption and economic implications of energy performance certificates implemented by the European Union. The results show that adoption rates are low and declining over time, coinciding with a negative sentiment regarding the label in the popular media. Labels are clustered among smaller, post-war homes in neighborhoods with more difficult selling conditions. We also document that geographic variation in the adoption rate of energy labels is positively related to the fraction of “green” voters during the 2006 national elections. Within the sample of labeled homes, the energy label creates transparency in the energy efficiency of dwellings. Our analysis shows that consumers capitalize this information into the price of their prospective homes.