A decision tree for Coastal Management permit guidelines

The Louisiana Coastal Management Division (CMD) uses over 90 guidelines for permitting construction activities in the coastal zone. The use of the guidelines by, the CMD staff is not always systematically applied to permit applications. A set of guideline decision trees was, therefore, developed for the permit review process using a structural modeling technique. A decision tree provides the framework for optimizing the decision process. The order in which decisions are made contributes to the efficiency and uniformity of the process. The result provides a more timely and consistent review of most permit applications regarding mining, hazardous wastes, levees, and zoning.     

Coastal zone management – between politics and law: new guidelines for differentiated management of the shore zone in Norway

Norway has more than 100,000?km of coastline and associated shore zone. The shore zone is an attractive area for development and infrastructure on the one hand, and recreation and protection of biological diversity on the other. The Norwegian Planning and Building Act contains a general ban on any building in the area between the ordinary high water mark and up to 100?m inland from the shoreline. Exemptions can be granted, however, by the competent municipality through land planning and individual decisions. The importance attached to leaving the shore zone untouched varies from region to region. There are large geographical differences in terms of biodiversity, cultural heritage, landscape, development, development pressure, migration and depopulation, and commercial activity, as well as public access to the coastal areas and the ocean. Since 2011, the entire Norwegian shore zone became subject to guidelines that regulate a geographical differentiation of management and a more severe protection of central areas. This article analyses key aspects of the Norwegian shore zone regulation.     

协同推进达标计划与排污许可制的政策建议

为强化环境保护管理、推动环境质量改善,我国开始实施工业污染源全面达标排放计划,同时建立覆盖所有固定污染源的企业排放许可制。本文从达标计划和排污许可制的协同推进思路入手,分析两者的内在联系,识别现阶段协同推进方面存在的问题,提出了强化配合与协同的政策建议。     

山海关区北营子村美丽乡村建设规划实践

以山海关区北营子村美丽乡村建设为例,发现当下美丽乡村建设面临着乡村规划指导性不强、乡村特色迷失、生态环境岌岌可危等一系列困境,提出可通过创新规划编制方法,加强规划对乡村建设的引导作用,在乡村建设过程中,注重传统文化传承、守住生态底线、建立循环经济体系,从保障需求、安全需求、发展需求和期望需求的角度循序渐进地进行美丽乡村建设。     

Patterns of biodiversity and habitat sensitivity in agricultural landscapes

Design of landscape is the process of the arrangement of spatial features with the objective of sustaining ecosystem services, and maintaining ecological functionality to meet societal needs. Along a gradient of cultivation intensity, the functional quality of agricultural landscape was explored and the relationships between landscape metrics and functional quality were analyzed, in order to make effective recommendations for landscape design aimed at sustainable land use schemes. The functional quality of landscape was calculated using the InVest model for 20 farm landscapes (North-Eastern Italy) where biodiversity (plant taxa) and sensitivity to disturbance (hemeroby) were used as model inputs. Results highlighted the importance of specific habitat types such as meadows and woodlands rather than other habitats for improving the biodiversity of agricultural landscapes. A high proportion of these habitats enhanced the functional quality of the landscape when the habitats were organized in large and not isolated patches in heterogeneous landscapes.     

上海地区湿地生态旅游资源研究

从国内外湿地研究进展中发现,湿地景观资源及其管理对策研究得到人们越来越广泛的重视。上海市湿地面积广阔,占全市海拔-5m以上总面积9123km^2的65．67％,同时具有景观多样性和生物物种多样性。丰富的湿地资源为上海市提供了广阔的绿地空间,成为宝贵的旅游资源。本文对上海市的湿地景观资源进行了细致的分析,并介绍了其开发和利用现状,在此基础上提出了规划设想和几点建议。     

Sustainability Appraisal in neighbourhood planning in England

The preparation of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) inclusive sustainability appraisals (SAs) for neighbourhood plans (NPs) in England may be required when significant environmental effects are expected to arise from an NP. In this paper, we report on the result of a Ph.D. project, conducted between 2012 and 2015, in which all 15 NP SEA inclusive SAs that had been completed at the time were evaluated. In this context, the quality of SA practice was found to differ substantially. SAs were prepared either ‘in-house’ (i.e. by neighbourhood planning steering groups) or by consultants. The quality of SAs was found to be associated with their overall perceived degree of influence on the underlying NPs. Whilst the focus of this paper is on practice in England, findings are expected to be of interest to a wider international audience, in particular to those experimenting with voluntary neighbourhood/local level plan SA/SEA.     

关于乡村旅游开发的研究

乡村旅游作为一种新兴的旅游形式,是农业生产与旅游活动的有机结合。通过对乡村旅游的涵义进行探讨,总结出乡村旅游的特点,阐述了发展乡村旅游业的意义,同时分析了乡村景观的构成,对乡村旅游景区的规划设计提出了合理化建议。     

LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING: AN APPLICATION IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL ZONE1

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to describe a land use and environmental planning model. Map overlays were used for analyzing and aggregating economic, social, and environmental data. Various land use categories were evaluated using a numerical scoring system. These scores were then used to assist in the development of land use regulations in a coastal county in South Carolina.     

基于景观生态法的彭州市湔江河谷乡村旅游规划研究

通过分析现阶段彭州市湔江河谷地区开展乡村旅游的综合条件和存在的问题,应用景观生态规划的理论和方法提出湔江河谷地区旅游发展的总体方向,进行生态景观要素布局,设计了三种景观斑块类型和二种景观廊道类型,构建了湔江河谷地区“一核、两轴、三叶、四区”结构,并在此基础上规划了旅游项目和景观,以期为湔江河谷地区乡村旅游开发提供依据。