Lake Elsinore disaster: The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

A case study of a flood which occurred at Lake Elsinore, California, February, 1980, focuses upon the assistance which the community received during both the flood and recovery periods. Relevant literature on disaster research is examined, including a model of disaster recovery, and the study places the events which occurred din Lake Elsinore within that recovery model. Implications for policy include the recommendation that decision-makers consider the pre-disaster growth of the community indecisions to support recovery assistance.     

From farming families to scavengers: a case study in the outskirts of Belém in the state of Pará

 In the middle of the 1970s, the introduction of large industrial and agricultural projects in Brazilian Amazonia created a situation of violence and loss of land used by farming families. In this context, the process of migration to the metropolitan region of Belém, which is principally in the interior of the state of Pará, was intensified. Excluded by the formal labor market, these families started to collect disposed material as scavengers. The material collected is found in landfills, streets, and open dumping areas. The main purpose of this research is to understand the social and environmental relations inherent in collection and recycling activities in the Amazon Region. Received: August 19, 2001 / Accepted: November 21, 2001     

华北平原东部全新世古年地表径流量的估算

利用以现代数据建立的年平均降水量、年平均温度与年平均地表径流深间的关系式和全新世古年降水量、古年温度的推测值估算了华北平原东部的全新世古年地表径流深,并将估算结果与已有的古水文数据作了对比。     

国外土地利用规划中各方利益协调的研究综述

土地利用规划是协调社会经济活动中各方利益冲突、保证土地资源可持续利用的必要手段，而市场调节与宏观调控、不同行政级别之间、土地发展权与公共利益这三对关系的协调是土地利用规期编制中协调各方利益的主要体现。本文通过大量文献综述．对国外土地利用规划中的协调市场调节与宏观调控、不同行政级别之间、土地发展权与公共利益的关系的研究进展进行了总结，以期为我国新一轮土地利用规划的修编提供积极的借鉴。     

Nature's impartiality, man's inhumanity: reflections on terrorism and world crisis in a context of historical disaster

This paper compares the terrorist outrages of 11 September 2001 in New York City and Washington to the Lisbon earthquake of 1 November 1755. Both events occurred, literally out of the blue, at critical junctures in history and both struck at the heart of large trading networks. Both affected public attitudes towards disaster as, not only did they cause unparalleled destruction, but they also represented symbolic victories of chaos over order, and of moral catastrophism over a benign view of human endeavour. The Lisbon earthquake led to a protracted debate on teleology, which has some parallels in the debate on technological values in modern society. It remains to be seen whether there will be parallels in the reconstruction and the ways in which major disasters are rationalised in the long term. But despite the differences between these two events--which are obviously very large as nearly 250 years of history separate them and they were the work of different sorts of forces--there are lessons to be learned from the comparison. One of these is that disaster can contribute to a perilous form of self absorption and cultural isolation.     

建设社会主义新农村的真实含义:生产关系和社会形态的创制

针对当前对建设社会主义新农村的各种看法，认为，这个建设过程不仅是一系列的方法创制，它的真实含义是一种生产关系和社会形态的创制，其直接针对是打破责任制以及各种权宜性或过渡性措施的局限，在城乡统筹的意义上谋求共同富裕。社会主义新农村是20世纪50年代以来社会主义理念在农村现代化建设方面的延续，更是社会主义自身创新的一个重要内容；这种既延续又改革的原创特性主要体现为，它的建设内容和可能途径始终是互为因果和互为表里的；新农村建设的创制必须依据社会主义原则，而新农村的建设成效将确证和充实着社会主义自身的创新发展。     

论环境规划与国民经济长期可持续发展的关系

随着中国对环境问题的不断深入,充分考虑环境承载力的影响对国乒。经济长期可持续发展进行科学规划显得愈加重要。从环境规划内涵、基本特征及内容、国民经济与可持续发展等相关概念开始,规范分析了环境规划与国民经济长期可持续发展的关系,并最终给出了基于环境规划角度国民经济长期可持续发展的实施途径。     

解释结构模型在航空事故分析中的应用

为了提高航空事故分析的有效性,促进飞行安全,运用系统工程中解释结构模型(ISM),以发生的航空事故为例建立ISM并进行了系统分析.将事故的12种原因分为4个层次,明确了不同层次中的要素及其关联影响.该方法能为航空事故预防和分析提供一条有效的途径,对航空公司的安全管理也有很大的参考价值.     

A contingency model of union commitment and participation: Meta‐analysis of the antecedents of militant and nonmilitant activities

Correlation estimates from a meta‐analysis of 108 studies including 126 independent samples and nearly 70 000 participants were used to test multiple path models of the antecedents of militant and nonmilitant union participation. Variables moderating the relationship between union commitment and participation were examined. The magnitude of the relationship between commitment and militant participation was moderated by status‐based group membership (i.e., white collar versus blue collar), supporting a contingency model of union participation. Results updated and further developed an integrative model of union participation. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptation to a New Workplace According to Reactivity and Values-Motives Coherence at Work

A new workplace is a result of changing a work post or undertaking a new job. Direct indices of adaptation to this situation (average mood at the workplace and job satisfaction) and the indirect ones (costs like health complaints and the level of depressing or facilitating anxiety) are analysed with regard to reactivity and values-motives coherence at work. Sixty bank workers were investigated. The obtained results confirm that mood and costs depend on reactivity, but satisfaction with work depends on coherence. Only achievement values-motives coherence at work differentiates direct and indirect indicators of adaptation. Considering both kinds of variables modifies dependencies. Some theoretical and practical conclusions resulting from the research are included.