Visions and strategies for growth management: Teller County/Woodland Park example

This article is the third in a series prepared to explain the Teller County growth management planning process. Once it was determined by local decision-makers that Teller County, Colorado, would pursue a policy of directed growth, concepts based on this policy were developed. These concepts presented visions and options for the future. Landscape plans then were developed for Teller County and the City of Woodland Park planning area so that these options could be visualized by local leaders and the public. The landscape plans were used as part of the ongoing citizen involvement process to inform the public about the options for growth management. To provide even more information, detailed designs were developed for specific areas in the county. From the landscape plan, public involvement effort, and detailed designs, specific implementation measures were identified, discussed, and adopted. These measures included guidelines for administration, so that county and city goals could be linked to the actual day-to-day management of development proposals. Paper 3 in a series of 3.     

Surveys of historic parks and gardens

The United Kingdom offers some of the finest designed parks and garden landscapes in the world and, whilst there is a wide range of skills and a wealth of literature on the subject, there is little evidence of official effort to systematically record historic sites. This, it is argued, is a factor in the continuing decline of many examples. This paper records an attempt at a comprehensive examination of one county — Cheshire — begun in 1970. The method is described and the results discussed in some detail. Some suggestions are put forward for improvements to official incentives for site owners.     

The landscape design of forestry

The value placed by the public on the nation's rural landscapes is emphasised by vociferous criticism of insensitive, large‐scale afforestation. As forestry causes massive changes in the landscape in the short term, with results that last for decades, the opportunity provided to improve and conserve should be positively grasped. There is evidence that concensus exists over a considerable part of landscape and design, and this paper explores some of the major factors in landscape design which are consistently important in forest landscapes.     

城市快速路景观影响评价方法探讨

首先介绍了国内外道路景观影响评价发展状况和意义,给出了城市快速路景观及视觉影响评价的基本概念、步骤和方针;结合常用的景观影响评价方法,充分考虑工程实践中时间性、准确性要求形成了一套具有较强操作性的景观影响评价方法。在该方法中对指标的概念和标准化处理方法做了改进,计算函数更为实用和完备,并充分考虑了公众关注度的因素,体现了观念的更新。最后给出了对视觉影响的缓解措施和改进意见。     

金沙江水系稀土元素环境背景值和地球化学特征

采用化学分离富集－等离子发射光谱法测定籽金沙水系江水和沉积物中１５个稀土元素（Ｌａ，Ｃｅ，Ｐｒ，Ｎｄ，Ｓｍ，Ｅｕ，Ｇｄ，Ｔｂ，Ｄｙ，Ｅｒ，Ｔｍ，Ｙｂ，Ｉｕ，Ｓｃ和Ｙ）的含量，提供了金沙江水系江水和沉积物稀土元素环境背景值，结果表明，金沙江水系稀土元素分布模式呈负斜率，肴呈负异常，水系沉积物∑Ｃｅ／∑Ｙ比值在２．５２－４．１８之间，Ｅｕ／∑ＲＥＥ比值在０．５６－０．９４之间，说明金沙江水系沉积物属贫     

景观生态学在生态环境影响评价中的应用——重庆二郎科技园区生态环境影响探讨

采用生态环境影响评价中的景观生态学方法 ,结合景观生态学的评价要求 ,从景观空间结构、恢复能力、内在异质性、绿色拼块之间的连通程度以及组织开放性等方面 ,对重庆市二郎科技园区规划的景观生态作出评价和预测 ,提出园区生态建设应注意的问题和采取的措施 ,以推动二郎科技园区的生态建设和经济、社会的可持续发展。     

甘肃省土壤农业水文特性的研究

本文在研究甘肃省土壤容重、土壤凋萎湿度和田间持水量的时空分布规律及其相关因素的基础上,根据占田间持水量40％(严重干旱)、60％(轻度干旱)和80％(最适宜)时的土壤湿度标准,计算出5种地域类型26个代表点的不同土壤湿度标准的土壤水分界限值,为各地采取不同的农业耕作和管理措施提供依据。最后以凋萎湿度为主导指标,以容重和田间持水量为辅助指标,建立甘肃省土壤农业水文特性分区指标系统,把全省划分为5个大区12个副区,对各大区土壤农业水文特性值进行了评述,并提出土壤改良措施和相应的办法。     

区域开发生态影响评价方法及应用

建立一套系统的区域生态影响评价方法，对于区域环评和环境的可持续发展具有重要的意义。以济南舜湖社区区域开发为例，建立和应用由生态指标法、图形叠图法、景观生态学方法构成的方法体系，对舜湖社区区域开发生态环境影响进行了评价，并提出生态保护和建设的具体措施。结果表明，3者构成的方法体系，能较全面的反映生态环境质量现状，预测生态环境影响，有较为广泛的应用前景。     

试论我国风景资源的保护

风景资源是一种不可再生的资源,一旦毁损,无法弥补。随着旅游业的发展,风景资源面临着污染、破坏和衰竭的局面,针对这种现状,本文提出了保护对策。     

Diversity of cereal aphid parasitoids in simple and complex landscapes

Structurally complex landscapes may enhance local species richness and interactions, which is possibly due to a higher species pool in complex landscapes. This hypothesis was tested using cereal aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Aphidiidae) by comparing 12 winter wheat fields in structurally complex landscapes (>50% semi-natural habitats; n = 6) and structurally simple landscapes dominated by agricultural lands (>80% arable land; n = 6). Surprisingly, landscape structural complexity had no effect on aphid parasitoid species diversity. In complex landscapes 12 and in simple landscapes 11 species were found; 9 species occurred in both landscape types. Hence, arable fields in high-intensity agricultural landscapes with little non-crop area can support a similar diversity of cereal aphid parasitoids as structurally complex landscapes. This finding suggests that cereal aphid parasitoids may find necessary resources even in simple landscapes, making generalisations concerning the relationship between landscape composition and biodiversity in arable fields difficult.