Communication Strategy of Transboundary Air Pollution Findings in a US–Mexico Border XXI Program Project

From 1996 to 1997, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) conducted an air quality study known as the Lower Rio Grande Valley Transboundary Air Pollution Project (TAPP). The study was a US–Mexico Border XXI program project and was developed in response to local community requests on a need for more air quality measurements and concerns about the health impact of local air pollutants; this included concerns about emissions from border-dependent industries in Mexico, known as maquiladoras. The TAPP was a follow-up study to environmental monitoring done by EPA in this area in 1993 and incorporated scientific and community participation in development, review of results, and public presentation of findings. In spite of this, critical remarks were leveled by community activists against the study's preliminary “good news” findings regarding local air quality and the influence of transboundary air pollution. To resolve these criticisms and to refine the findings to address these concerns, analyses included comparisons of daily and near real-time measurements to TNRCC effects screening levels and data from other studies along with wind sector analyses. Reassessment of the data suggested that although regional source emissions occurred and outliers of elevated pollutant levels were found, movement of air pollution across the border did not appear to cause noticeable deterioration of air quality. In spite of limitations stated to the community, the TAPP was presented as establishing a benchmark to assess current and future transboundary air quality in the Valley. The study has application in Border XXI Program or other air quality studies where transboundary transport is a concern since it involved interagency coordination, public involvement, and communication of scientifically sound results for local environmental protection efforts.     

山东省农业可持续发展战略研究

本文探讨了农业可持续发展的概念、内涵与特征,针对山东省的实际情况,分析了山东省农业可持续发展面临的问题,提出了山东省实施农业可持续发展的战略对策。     

PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND ITS MANAGEMENT: EXAMPLES FROM FOREST HYDROLOGY1

ABSTRACT: This paper uses the varying perspectives of researchers, funders, users or purchasers, and the wider community of stakeholders who have an interest in the outcome of research, to describe the socio-economic and organizational context in which forest hydrology research, as a particular form of environmental science, is carried out. The kinds of products from research, and the outcomes from research desired by these different parties are discussed. Implications for research organizations, their research strategies, and for the researchers within those organizations are discussed using the Porter-Harvard model of the context for the competitive strategies of enterprises. Some possible implications for research funding, research management, career paths for researchers, and the initial and lifetime education/learning needs of researchers and their managers are suggested. These considerations and implications are then related to the kinds of knowledge, skills, experience, and behaviors which are likely to be needed for a 21st century career in environmental research.     

海平面上升适应性战略多目标评价

通过对区域自然地理特征描述、人类开发利用活动的调查统计和社会经济发展资料的分析研究,根据评价目标的重要程度和所选战略对评价目标影响程度不同,构造战略目标矩阵,即对所选择的系列海平面上升适应性战略方案通过对各种目标的适应程度计算进行优化、排序,为决策者选择战略提供优先级,为海平面上升风险区提供相对理想的适应性战略方案。     

居室放射性及其对策

介绍了居室放射性的概念，度量单位，危害，影响因素及其分布特点，提出了防护对策。     

浙江省草山草坡的特点及其开发利用战略——以常山县为例

浙江省草山草坡分布广泛,是一项重要的农业自然资源。通过对常山县草山草坡的调查研究。本文认为草山草坡不仅面积大,而且类型多样;宜牧饲草种类虽多,但营养含量较低;产草量虽高,但适口性较差,利用期很短;分布地坡度陡,水土流失严重。所以,在开发利用时,应贯彻开发与整治、利用与保护相结合的原则,促进生态-经济系统的良性循环,实现生态、经济、社会三效益的同步增长。为此,提出了3点建议。     

Problems of Rural Migrant Workers and Policies in the New Period of Urbanization

The huge migration of rural workers has new characteristics such as the bad order, high degree of concentration, low level of collective action, marginality in social status, unfair treatment, difficult integration of the new generation, and the new return trend of rural migrants, which causes ＇urban diseases＇ in China. Countermeasures should be taken to develop medium-sized and small cities, integrate the labor market of the city and countryside, provide necessary public services, social security and vocational training, guide the rural migrant workers to return rationally, and help the new generation live in harmony with urban residents.     

Advancing urban ecosystem governance in Rotterdam: From experimenting and evidence gathering to new ways for integrated planning

To improve quality of life as well as the adaptive capacity in the city of Rotterdam over the past 15 years there has been a lot of focus on improving green infrastructure and finding new ways for integrated planning. As many cities face similar challenges they are looking for novel approaches in urban ecosystem governance. The Rotterdam case can be an interesting example but can also reveal new questions to be researched.Before local policies and projects where developed a regional and urban green blue vision of how to improve overall quality of life using green infrastructure were developed. This provided policy frameworks for politicians, policymakers and other actors. Later on the same was done with Urban Waterplan 2, using the Rotterdam Watercity 2030 vision document as a basis. This vision was the result of a stakeholder based planning process which was made for the International Architecture Biennale 2005. Within these frameworks many interesting projects have been built and tested in the city and city region; ranging from a) a roof park over a railway yard to connect neighbourhoods to the waterfront, to b) water squares and c) digging new waterways with connected walking and biking routes. To go from projects to an overall implementation at city level required tools and approaches for better decision making. For the ‘Dakpark’ project as well as for the Zomerhofkwartier, the first climate proof neighbourhood in the city, stakeholder sessions were held and plans were drawn together with urban planners and landscape architects. To feed these processes even better and to know what would be an optimal solution for certain challenges, city data were studied and linked to scalable GIS mapping in the ‘smart city planner’. This tool gives the decision maker the possibility to quickly have an overview of an area and can be used in a stakeholder process to provide relevant additional information and to define joint projects. The tool makes it possible to do this for all 90 neighbourhoods in the city.Overall the urban ecosystem governance in the city of Rotterdam has – with trial and error- lead to a series of innovative projects. The next steps are acceleration and scaling up to city and regional level. Valuing the crucial role of green blue infrastructure for several aspects of the quality of life in cities are paramount.     

基于风险的专业化审核技术探讨

以基于风险的QHSE管理策略和专业化管理方法为切入点,从专业化策划要求、专业化模块建设、专业化审核应用等方面对专业化审核技术进行探讨。     

贫困山区名牌战略初探：以渝鄂湘黔接壤区为例

渝鄂湘黔接壤区是全国闻名的贫困山区。在这里，开发名牌产品，实行名牌战略，不仅是必要的，而且是可能的。有可能发展成为名牌的产品包括：历史上已有一定知名度的传统产品；山区无污染的绿色产品；拥有较强的科技含量又已有质量优势的工业产品；以天然植物为开发对象的现代生物化工产品；精美的少数民族工艺产品等。推行名牌战略，应提高认识，坚定信心，搞好计划；应巩固和扩大已有的名牌产品；对有潜力的产品应分层次、顺序，先