英国的人造伊甸园--现代设计改变荒废矿坑

伊甸园引来370万观众 不占用耕地资源,在寸草不生的荒废矿坑建造热带植物园的现代建筑,这不是神话,而是在英国已经建成的现代新景观伊甸园。伊旬园被称为世界最大的脚手架工程,2000年正在施工时,就有50多万人慕名前往观看这个新概念建筑,未及开放,投资人便获得了150万英镑票房收入。最初设计时估算每年有大约150万游客到伊甸园,投资人     

The macro implications of a complete transformation of U.S. agricultural production to organic farming practices

A national interregional linear programming model of U.S. agriculture is used to evaluate and compare two conventional and three organic production alternatives. The objective is to estimate the effects on production, supply prices, land use, farm income, and export potential, of a complete transformation of U.S. agriculture to organic practices. Crop yields and production costs are estimated for 150 producing regions for seven crops under both conventional and organic methods. Results indicate that compared with conventional methods, widespread organic farming leads to a decrease in total production, lower export potential, higher supply prices, higher value of production, lower costs of production, and higher net farm income. The United States domestic crop demand can be met with organic methods, but would be more expensive. Some interregional shifts in crop production would also occur.