新时期科普期刊在防灾减灾工作中的作用——以《城市与减灾》期刊为例

对科普期刊在防灾减灾工作中的作用及重要性进行了阐述,并结合《城市与减灾》综合科普双月刊14年的办刊实践,总结了科普期刊的基本工作思路和方法.重点对今后如何进一步提高防灾减灾期刊编辑的质量进行了思考;认为办好防灾减灾期刊不仅是科普工作者的责任,而且是科技工作者的共同责任.优质服务是办刊的立足之本;期刊应走跨媒介的创新之路;按照文化产业的思路做大做强防灾减灾期刊.     

环境工艺方法论研究——利用自然法

利用自然法是开发环境工艺技术的一般方法。本文对利用自然法在环境工程工艺中的应用进行了总结,并且论述了其哲学内涵。     

进一步深化建设项目施工期环境监理重点工作的思考

建设项目环境监理试点工作中,施工现场的重点工作决定了建设项目环境监理的工作质量,也提出了工程施工期环境管理的新要求。从工程实际中研究工程施工期环境影响特点及环境保护目标,深化工程施工期污染防治和环境管理要点,是建设项目施工现场环境监理的新内容。     

赣南地区钨矿找矿史回顾及新一轮钨矿找矿思考

江西南部是驰名中外的黑钨矿富集区,不但黑钨矿储量之丰、品位之富、矿床之密集享誉世界,而且钨矿找矿理论与方法也为世界一流水平。本文首先简要回顾赣南钨矿勘查历史,概括第一轮钨矿找矿三大重要理论成果:一是标志带深部找矿;二是“数大脉”的就矿找矿;三是“探边摸底”发现岩体型钨矿;其次近年来在继承和发展上述理论成果基础上,取得的新增资源量与新发现矿产地,以及矿化新类型等重大进展。藉此,反映以往理论成果在新一轮钨矿找矿中的作用,证明赣南新一轮找钨矿的巨大潜力,并提出今后钨矿找矿方向和找矿方法,即三大主要思路:一是集中在“五大”钨矿找矿远景区,借助有利的找矿线索,运用“五层楼” “地下室”模式向老矿区外围、深部拓展找矿空间;二是不断开拓思路、扩大视野,通过“破碎蚀变岩型”等新类型钨矿找矿的突破,开辟新的找矿远景区或靶区;三是经过进一步探索,争取形成一套适用于该区钨矿找矿的快速评价方法,包括地球化学模型、模式类比等。     

Sustainable solid waste management in sub-Saharan African cities: application of system thinking and system dynamic as methodological imperatives in Kinshasa,the Democratic Republic of Congo

This paper is based on a review of the methodological approaches associated with solid waste management (SWM) in the context of sub-Saharan African (SSA) cities. Using Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as a case study, the paper proposes a new way of looking at solid waste in the bid to come up with alternative methods to improve the plight of SWM. A combination of qualitative research methods and system analysis have been employed to evaluate the causal relationships observed in contemporary SWM systems in Kinshasa. This paper argues that there is an absence of coherent and broad-based approaches to SWM in Kinshasa as is common in other SSA countries. Empirical evidence suggests that contemporary SWM strategies and approaches developed on a global scale which have increasingly been adopted by the Congolese national and local government authorities have proven inadequate to address the SWM realities on a local level. Using system thinking and system dynamics, this paper attempts to develop a feasible methodological framework focusing on the formulation of an appropriate approach to improve SWM in Kinshasa. It is argued that new ways of approaching the complexity that exists in SWM will facilitate the adoption of technologies and innovative ways of thinking and managing solid waste in a more sustainable, socially, and environmentally accepted manner.     

Negotiating housing deal on a polluted day: Consequences and possible explanations

The topic of air pollution has drawn considerable attention globally. In this paper, we examine the immediate effect of air pollution on a substantial decision, that is, a housing purchase. By linking housing purchasing behavior with the air quality in Beijing, we document market participants' behaviors unexplained by rational economic theories. Our main result suggests that the transaction prices on a severely polluted day are 0.65% higher than those of the days without pollution, other things being equal. This translates into approximately 3.51 million yuan daily increase based on the average transaction volume and price on a typical day in Beijing. The heterogeneity analysis further suggests that this effect is mostly driven by non-local and low income buyers. After ruling out rational explanations, we demonstrate that our empirical results are consistent with salience theory under weak assumptions.     

Modeling patterns of breakdown (or archetypes) of human and organizational processes in accidents using system dynamics

Systems approaches to safety have received growing attention in modern accident investigation techniques (e.g., STAMP, Accimap) with the emphasis shifted to the organizational dynamics (or archetypes) that may lead to an erosion of defenses and a drift out of the safety margins. Although the literature contains many applications of archetypes and system dynamics to safety, this richness comes at a cost of learning. It has become very difficult for safety practitioners to integrate the diverse studies of system dynamics with their diverging models. To provide a practical tool of system dynamics in accident investigation, this article reviews earlier studies and integrates them as a classification of patterns of breakdown (or archetypes) of both human and organizational processes on the basis of two control models, that is, the Extended Control Model (ECOM) and the Viable System Model (VSM). In this article, archetypes are represented as variants of two generic templates of performance which exploit many elements of complexity theory and system control. Apart from providing a practical tool to safety practitioners to access the literature on archetypes, the generic templates of ECOM and VSM can be used in building simulators of individual and organizational processes for risk analysis.     

Positive psychology in education for sustainable development at a primary-education institution

The present global environmental crisis is demanding serious rather than superficial changes within the cultural assumptions of human-to-human and human-to-nature relationships. In this sense, education is one of the strongest tools to model our future and a key factor of cultural change. One of the principal aims of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is to develop cognitive and affective skills that affect people's values, such as empathy and critical thinking. Together with compromise and responsibility towards a group, it is possible to build new values and ways to interact with both people and the environment. In the present study we used positive psychology principles in creating teaching interventions to empower empathy and critical thinking through an ESD programme at a Chilean primary school. The results show that an intervention of this kind helps to harmoniously build reflective thinking and empathy within students. This enables them to achieve important changes in their disposition to make sound personal and environmental decisions, and prepares them to positively meet imposing present and future challenges.     

环境工艺方法论研究——转向思维法

转向思维法是现代环境工艺中一类非常重要的方法。本文论述了转向思维法的定义,枚举了该方法在环境工艺中的应用成果,并在此基础上讨论了它的哲学内涵。