A multiple timescales approach to assess urgency in adaptation to climate change with an application to the tourism industry

As climate change adaptation is increasingly discussed and becoming a mainstream concept, different types of users are asking themselves if and when they should develop an adaptation strategy, often not knowing where to begin. Climate experts, on the other hand, have access to an enormous amount of data that could be useful to users but often do not know how to translate it into something practical. Both users and experts can be linked through two timescales, the system lifespan and climate vulnerability. While the system lifespan relies on the user’s estimation of his planning timeframe, the climate vulnerability is estimated from climate model projections and observations. We propose a simple tool to relate user and climate expert knowledge by combining the two timescales. To be reliable, the interconnection implies a dialogue to first identify what sensitive climate variable will impact the system and subsequently the extent of the impact. Climate data can then be used to identify, with the use of a simple graph, how sensitive a system is likely to be and help users position themselves about the urgency of adaptation. The concept has been successfully presented and applied to the tourism industry, notably the ski industry, which is showcased in this paper.     

黑龙江省大豆加工业污染调研及分析

黑龙江省是中国的大豆之乡，在中国大豆生产中起着举足轻重的作用。近年来，大豆加工业迅猛发展，但与此同时产生的废水处理问题也不容忽视。本文通过实地调研和现状分析，指出目前大豆加工企业废水处理共有问题，并提出相应的对策和措施，为中国大豆加工业污水处理提供基础和借鉴。     

石油野外作业工人体力劳动强度分级调查

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Managing for biodiversity from the electric utilities' perspective

The quality and sustainability of the natural environment is a matter of inestimable value and is critical to public health and welfare. All species have a purpose, and they exist for the betterment of other species. It is, therefore, incumbent on all humans to do their part in the preservation of this vast, diverse ecosystem called Earth. All humans are the beneficiaries, the ultimate customers, of a sound environment—water that is safe to drink, air that can be breathed, and soil that will sustain crops. There must be a commitment to leaving a clean and healthy planet for generations to follow, an earth which is enhanced, not diminished, by humans' presence.     

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加强乡镇工业环境管理的几点粗浅建议

本文通过对新津县乡镇工业污染源调结果的分析，肯定了乡镇工业在振兴农村经济中发挥的重要作用，同时简要评估了乡镇工业污染源排放的污染物对乡镇环境带来的不良影响，阐述了乡镇工业环境管理中存在的问题，有针对性地提出了加强乡镇工业环境管理的若干建议。     

开化县外向型创汇林业的战略模式

我国森林资源少,消耗量大,林业建设资金短缺。如何发展当前的林业生产、筹集林业建设资金,开化县的外向型创汇林业为我们走出了一条具有中国特色的外向型林业建设道路。本文就开化县发展外向型创汇林业的优点、出口创汇的主要对策、主要商品、发展潜力及其前景进行了论述,对目前正在探索适合我国国情的、解决我国林业“两危”的战略对策提供了现实的典型范例。     

构建促进循环经济型服务业发展的保障体系

循环经济是促进可持续发展的重要手段,服务业近年来在我国发展迅速,由此造成的环境问题也日见突出,用循环经济的理念对服务业进行引导显得很有意义。发展循环型经济、建立循环型社会是实施可持续发展战略的重要途径和实现形式。本文剖析了我国在发展循环经济型服务业方面诸多应改进和进行创新的内容,利用循环经济的理论从行政、法律、经济、社会等方面探讨了循环经济型服务业建设实施的保障体系,为服务业按循环经济的规律运行作了有益的探索。     

资源化治理糖厂"三废"

充分利用蔗糖厂的条件,采取"以废治废"和资源化系列技术治理蔗糖厂"三废",引入清洁生产概念,将污染物治理的产物全部转化为可就地使用的农肥,形成蔗糖业的良性循环,有效促进了蔗糖业的可持续发展.     

东北地区资源型工业发展对策

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