Adaptive management: Promises and pitfalls

Proponents of the scientific adaptive management approach argue that it increases knowledge acquisition rates, enhances information flow among policy actors, and provides opportunities for creating shared understandings. However, evidence from efforts to implement the approach in New Brunswick, British Columbia, Canada, and the Columbia River Basin indicates that these promises have not been met. The data show that scientific adaptive management relies excessively on the use of linear systems models, discounts nonscientific forms of knowledge, and pays inadequate attention to policy processes that promote the development of shared understandings among diverse stakeholders. To be effective, new adaptive management efforts will need to incorporate knowledge from multiple sources, make use of multiple systems models, and support new forms of cooperation among stakeholders.     

青藏高原北缘P波波形线性度的动态跟踪及其变化的物理机制初探

利用数字化近震Ｐ波波形资料，追踪研究了青藏高原北缘１９９０年２月～１９９５年８月Ｐ波波形时间线性度的变化过程。发现该区较大地震发生前线性度有一定程度的下降现象。分析认为：大震前孕震区应力场的不均匀分布可使通过孕震区及其周缘的地震波产生频散，可能是较大地震前波形时间线性度下降的物理本质     

脱硫石膏综合利用现状及其抹面材料的研制

概述了目前有关脱硫石膏性能及其利用的研究现状,研究开发了建筑用脱硫石膏抹面材料,此种材料经性能检测,其抗压强度、抗折强度分别达到 4.5 MPa、 17.5 MPa,且粘结性能优良,为脱硫石膏的再生利用提供了另外一条有效的途径.     

Progress toward remediation of the Sydney Tar Ponds: A major Canadian PCB/PAH “superfund” site

The Muggah Creek estuary in Sydney, Nova Scotia, received liquid and solid wastes from a steel mill and its associated coke ovens for approximately 100 years. This resulted in pollution of soils and sediments with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heavy metals, and other pollutants, including those in untreated domestic wastewaters. The Canadian federal and Nova Scotia provincial governments organized the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency (STPA) to develop a remediation approach for the Coke Ovens site soils and Sydney Tar Ponds sediments. The STPA developed a remediation approach for the Sydney Tar Ponds sediments, involving solidification/stabilization (S/S) through mixing cement and other materials into the sediments, and then capping them as a waste pile. High‐density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic sheeting vertical barriers are proposed to be used to divert groundwater and surface water from entering into the S/S‐treated sediments and to collect any water and associated pollutants released from the S/S‐treated sediments. The Coke Ovens site soils are proposed to be landfarmed to reduce some of the PAHs and other pollutants and then capped with a layer of soil. This remediation program is estimated to cost on the order of $400 million (CAN). This article presents a review of the significant potential problems with the STPA proposed remediation strategy of the Sydney Tar Ponds sediments and Coke Ovens site soils. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

室内甲醛释放规律及控制方法探讨

本文以某单位新建住宅楼内同一户型装修大致相同的四套住宅作为测试点，对其室内空气中甲醛浓度在不同工况下约3个月的监测数据进行对比分析，探讨了甲醛释放的影响因素及可行的控制方法，提出甲醛是室内主要空气污染物并建议采用绿色建筑装饰材料和保持室内的通风等措施减少污染，具有很强的现实意义。     

小型尾矿坝风险分析

利用鱼刺图分析了小型尾矿库存在的风险,并结合某地区随机抽取的20个小型尾矿坝的相关数据,通过风险评价指数矩阵法分析了此地区小型尾矿坝的风险,确定了该地区小型尾矿库的风险等级.     

从道路交通事故统计分析对比谈预防措施

笔者通过对比我国与世界上部分发达国家近十年来在道路交通事故方面的统计数据 ,并根据经济发展水平与机动车保有量的正比例关系及当前我国道路交通事故现状 ,分析得出道路交通安全事故的发生 ,与人、车辆、道路、环境信息及管理等因素具有密切关系 ,其中人 (尤其是驾驶员 )作为交通行为的主体 ,是道路交通事故诱因中一个关键性因素。由此 ,作者提出了要有效预防和减少道路交通事故的发生 ,必须将人、车、路、环境信息和管理等诸因素作为一个有机整体系统思考 ,且在未来的道路交通发展中应引入交通稳静化理念 ,以实现道路交通的安全、畅通与高效     

Superfund site remediation by landfilling—overview of landfill design,operation, closure,and postclosure issues

This article discusses the appropriateness of using landfills as part of remediating hazardous chemical and Superfund sites, with particular emphasis on providing for true long‐term public health and environmental protection from the wastes and contaminated soils that are placed in the landfills. On‐site landfilling or capping of existing wastes is typically the least expensive approach for gaining some remediation of existing hazardous chemical/Superfund sites. The issues of the deficiencies in US EPA and state landfilling approaches discussed herein are also applicable to the landfilling of municipal and industrial solid “nonhazardous” wastes. These deficiencies were presented in part as “Problems with Landfills for Superfund Site Remediation” at the US EPA National Superfund Technical Assistance Grant Workshop held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in February 2003. They are based on the author's experience in investigating the properties of landfill liners and the characteristics of today's landfills, relative to their ability to prevent groundwater pollution and to cause other environmental impacts. Discussed are issues related to both solid and hazardous waste landfills and approaches for improving the ability of landfills to contain wastes and monitor for leachate escape from the landfill for as long as the wastes in the landfill will be a threat. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Workplace deviance,organizational citizenship behavior,and business unit performance: the bad apples do spoil the whole barrel

The influences of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and workplace deviant behavior (WDB) on business unit performance were investigated using data from branches of a fast food organization. Data included measures of WDB and OCB obtained from staff, ratings of performance provided by supervisors, and objective measures of performance. It was found that WDB was negatively and significantly associated with business unit performance measured both subjectively and objectively. OCB, however, failed to contribute to the prediction of business unit performance beyond the level that was achieved by WDB. It appeared, therefore, that the presence of deviant employees among business units impinges upon the performance of the business unit as a whole, whereas OCBs had comparatively little effect. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

对西北地区冰雹影响因子的探讨

利用1971～2000年西北185站3～9月逐月和年冰雹次数,分析了其空间分布特征和时间演变规律.西北年冰雹次数有三个中心,一个在青海的曲麻莱为19.6次,另一个在新疆西部的昭苏为17.6次,第三个在青海的刚察为12.7次.冰雹主要出现在6～8月,总站次的月变化呈单峰型,最大值出现在6月为20.5次,其次是7月为17.8次,再是8月为14.4次.总站次的历年变化呈现下降趋势,这与该地区平均气温的历年变化呈现出相反的趋势.冰雹次数与拔海高度呈显著的正相关,相关系数高达0.783 9;年冰雹次数与年平均气温呈显著的负相关,相关系数高达-0.701 6;年降水量与年冰雹次数呈正相关,降水量大,年冰雹次数也多.