条件价值法评估生命价值的应用探讨

分别对条件价值法评估生命价值的经济学理论基础和研究进展进行阐述;分析条件价值法应用于生命价值评估可能会产生的偏差有假想偏差、策略偏差和信息偏差,并探讨支付意愿与受偿意愿、诱导技术、风险变化率对其结果有效性的影响。根据文献分析结果,结合前期应用条件价值法评估生命价值实证研究的成果,就如何提高条件价值法评估生命价值结果的可靠性和有效性给出实证研究设计方案,通过总体设计框架、工作环境风险认知调查、工作风险支付意愿的设计、社会经济信息变量的设置、调查准备与预调查、样本容量及抽样设计、数据统计分析等多个方面的优化设计可以保障评估生命价值的有效性和可靠性。     

The connectedness to nature scale: A measure of emotional connection to nature?

Mayer and Frantz (2004) proposed that their connectedness to nature scale (CNS) provides a measure of people's emotional connection to nature. After reanalyzing data from their article, collecting and analyzing our own data, and conducting a content analysis of CNS scale items, we conclude that the CNS does not measure an emotional connection to nature. Although results from our Study 1 and Study 2 support Mayer and Frantz's conclusion that the CNS measures one predominant factor, we suggest that factor measures cognitive beliefs and not emotional connections. Results from our Studies 3 and 4 suggest that the self-referential, less negatively toned wording of CNS items may account for differences in correlations, between the CNS and environmentalism (a measure of environmental identity) and between the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (a measure of environmental beliefs) and environmentalism, reported by Mayer and Frantz. In Study 5, we suggest that correlation differences reported by Mayer and Frantz may also be attributable to method variance, as opposed to content differences between the CNS and the New Ecological Paradigm scale. We provide recommendations for revising the CNS to focus on beliefs about their connection to nature.     

Willingness to pay for waste management improvement in Dhaka city, Bangladesh

We employed the contingent valuation method to estimate the willingness to pay of the respondents to improve the waste collection system in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Our objective was to estimate how WTP differs between respondents who received or did not receive door to door waste collection. The methodology consisted of asking people directly about their willingness to pay an additional waste collection service charge to cover the costs of a new waste management project. The mean value of WTP for areas that received waste collection service areas was higher than for residents of areas that did not but the difference was not statistically significant. The aggregate value of WTP of the respondents in Dhaka city was 7.6 million Taka (USD0.1 million).     

Valuation of crop genetic resources in Kaski, Nepal: farmers' willingness to pay for rice landraces conservation

Crop genetic resources constitute an important aspect of biodiversity conservation, both because of their direct value to the farmers and due to their indirect global value. This study uses the contingent valuation method to document the economic value of crop genetic resources based on the farmers' willingness to pay for conservation. A total of 107 households in Kaski, Nepal were surveyed in November 2003. Their mean willingness to pay was USD 4.18 for in situ and USD 2.20 for ex situ conservation per annum. Landholding size, household size, education level, socio-economic status, sex of respondent, number of crop landraces grown, and knowledge on biodiversity influenced the willingness to pay for in situ conservation, whereas only landholding size and household size influenced the willingness to pay for ex situ conservation. The respondents were willing to contribute more for in situ than ex situ conservation because of the additional effect of direct use and direct involvement of the farmers in in situ conservation. This study supports the view that economic valuation of crop genetic resources can assist the policy makers in setting conservation priorities.     

Willingness to Pay for Improving the Residential Waste Disposal System in Korea: A Choice Experiment Study

This study attempts to apply choice experiments with regard to the residential waste disposal system (RWDS) in Korea by considering various attributes that are related to RWDS. Using data from a survey conducted on 492 households, the empirical analysis yields estimates of the willingness to pay for a clean food-waste collection facility, the collection of small items (such as obsolete mobile phones and add-ons for personal computers), and a more convenient large waste disposal system. The estimation results of multinomial logit models are quite similar to those of nested logit models. The results reveal that residents have preferences for the cleanliness of facilities and the collection of small items. In Korea, residents are required to purchase and attach stickers for the disposal of large items; they want to be able to obtain stickers at not only village offices but also supermarkets. On the other hand, the frequency of waste collection is not a significant factor in the choice of the improved waste management program.

严控污染下乡 加强农村环境保护

污染下乡作为伴随城市化和工业化快速发展中出现的新问题,给农村环境带来了较大威胁。本文结合实地调研,分析了污染下乡给农村环境带来的影响,探究了当前污染下乡日趋严重的根源,并从严控污染下乡的视角,尝试提出了加强农村环境保护的对策建议。     

Human walks carefully when the ground dynamic coefficient of friction drops below 0.41

This study investigated the available and utilized friction during non-slip gait in level walking, and determined the limit which human starts to walk carefully to adapt to slippery surface. Sixteen floor–footwear-contaminant conditions with different slipperiness (dynamic coefficient of friction, DCOF, from 0.11 to 1.06) were employed. Fifteen harnessed Chinese male performed ten self-paced walking trials in each condition without slips. The utilized friction (COF_u) was obtained from the maximum value of shear to normal ground reaction force ratio during the first 25% stance. ANOVA and Tukey tests showed three subsets with similar COF_u, and confirmed the hypothesis that the utilized friction drops gradually when the available friction drops below a certain critical limit. Non-linear regression models were applied to the data to determine the COF_u to be 0.20 and the limit of available ground friction which human starts to walk carefully to adapt to slippery surface (DCOF_limit) to be 0.41.     

Atmospheric NH3 as plant nutrient: a case study with Brassica oleracea

Nutrient-sufficient and nitrate- or sulfate-deprived plants of Brassica oleracea L. were exposed to 4 microl l(-1) NH3 (2.8 mg m(-3)), and effects on biomass production and allocation, N-compounds and root morphology investigated. Nitrate-deprived plants were able to transfer to atmospheric NH3 as nitrogen source, but biomass allocation in favor of the root was not changed by exposure to NH3. NH3 reduced the difference in total root length between nitrate-sufficient and nitrate-deprived plants, and increased the specific root length in the latter. The internal N status, therefore, might be involved in controlling root length in B. oleracea. Root surface area, volume and diameter were unaffected by both nitrate deprivation and NH3 exposure. In sulfate-deprived plants an inhibitory effect of NH3 on root morphological parameters was observed. These plants, therefore, might be more susceptible to atmospheric NH3 than nitrate-deprived plants. The relevance of the present data under field conditions is discussed.     

由地震活动参数分析郯城—庐江断裂带中南段现今活动习性及强震、中强震危险性

根据近38年的地震资料,利用地震活动参数值组合、b值空间分布、断裂带分段,结合历史地震及构造背景的综合分析方法,分析了郯城—庐江断裂带中南段现今地震活动习性,判别出潜在的强震、中强震危险段落。研究结果表明:郯城—庐江断裂带中南段存在着6个具有不同现今活动习性的分段落,其中,郯城—泗洪段断层面的现今活动习性处于高应力背景下的相对闭锁状态,是未来最有可能发生强震的段落;九江段于2005年发生了5.7级地震,积累多年的能量已经释放,闭锁状态已被打开,现处于震后震源断层面应力调整阶段,出现了低b值、高应力的状态,因此,短期内不可能再复发中强以上地震;潍坊—莒县段、定远段、合肥—庐江段、宿松段的现今活动则处于低应力水平状态,较短时期内复发中强以上地震的可能性较小。     

国内温室气体减排:基本框架设计的生态经济问题——与刘世锦等商榷

碳中和是节能减排的生态机制及碳均衡的基础,新能源替代是化石能源枯竭前的必须及节能减排的根本,而直接的节能减排是近期、初期、最多中期的过渡手段。因此国内温室气体减排基本框架设计的方向,应该是在生态经济、循环经济及低碳社会转型中的节能减排、新能源替代和碳中和三方面通盘考虑的基础上,巧妙使用价格杠杆的作用,才能达到"建立起促进技术进步、经济增长和发展方式转变的新机制"的效果。建立带有经济杠杆形式的"碳排放权交易市场",运用"碳源"及"碳汇"的主观价格及市场均衡价格作为灵敏度调节的"手柄"或"砝码",甚至可以"内生性"而不是"外科手术"式地一揽子解决老少边穷地区脱贫问题、退耕还林问题、森林分类经营及生态效益补偿问题、产业的"双转移"问题、主功能区规划中"限制开发区"的生存机制问题、各种企业的高碳能源"碳排放"问题,以及国家层面的新能源基本替代及最大幅度的节能减排之根本问题。