Integrating climate change adaptation into Dutch local policies and the role of contextual factors

Moving towards a more sustainable adaptation process requires closer integration of policies related to the environment. An important actor in this is the local government. This paper examines to what extend adaptation is currently being integrated into Dutch local policies, and what the role is of a municipality's size, risk and experience in the encountered manifestations of adaptation. First, it was determined that adaptations taking place only anticipate currently perceivable weather extremes – mostly increasing precipitation. Second, it was determined that the realisation of further adaptations is hindered by a strongly sectoral divided reality. Adaptation is now heavily dominated by the water department, while spatial planning and the environment are only limitedly involved. Finally, it was observed that the contextual factor size proved to most important for horizontal policy integration, whereas the contextual factor extreme-weather experience was the most definite for the realisation of adaptations. We conclude that a more sustainable adaptation should first tackle the sectoral divides which requires administrative efforts, for example, professional training. These would preferably be initiated from a vertical direction.     

Technical assessment and public perception of environmental issues: the case of the Municipality of Pisa

The different approach of specialists and general public to environmental topics has often led to contrasting positions. After decades of strong debate, however, there seems to be a growing agreement on the need for overcoming a mere contraposition in favour of an integration of opinions. This paper aims to contribute to the topic by shifting the setting into the urban environment, through the case of Pisa Municipality, Italy. It compares the scenarios described by the latest State of the Environment Report – expression of the technical evaluation – with the perception of citizens measured by a direct survey. Results were first used to investigate any disagreements about quality of environmental matrices, entity of pressures exerted on them and characteristics of determinants. They were then used to identify the range where the integration of the two positions might be pursued and finally collect, in view of future policies, indications on locally adoptable key factors and strategies.     

长三角经济一体化的关键：产业结构的调整与互动

首先分析了国际经济一体化组织 ——欧盟产生的原因、发展历程、达到的目的，提出经济一体化的关键和实质是产业结构的调整与互动。在此基础上分析了长江三角洲地区两省一市产业结构的特点及存在的问题，即该地区已进入由重化工业和高加工度化制造业为主导的工业化中后期发展阶段，但不同地区的经济发展水平仍存在一定的差距，产业结构呈阶梯状特征，制造业结构有明显的地域分工，部分产业集聚度低，产业的地区间转移受阻。最后对长江三角洲地区产业结构调整与互动提出了对策和建议：要充分发挥上海的龙头作用；以世博会为契机，推进长江三角洲第三产业的一体化发展；加快跨地区大型企业集团的建立等。     

长株潭一体化中行政区划手段和非行政区划手段研究

长株潭地区是湖南省内以长沙为核心包括株洲、湘潭的一个典型的城市群，它在区域经济协调发展的取得了一系列重大成绩，但矛盾和问题也有不少。究其原因，主要是在“行政区经济”运行下区域发展所暴露出来的问题。本文在行政区经济还将长期存在的基本事实的基础上。从发挥其正面效应．削弱其负面效应着手．针对长株潭一体化中存在的主要问题。提出用行政区划手段和非行政区划手段来进行协调。并提出一系列解决问题措施和设想。     

改进环境和职业健康安全管理整合体系适应GB/T24001-2004标准

建立与实施环境和职业健康安全管理整合体系有利于企业降低管理成本、提高管理效益。环境管理体系标准的改版加强了其与其他管理体系之间的协调性和兼容性,有利于进一步推动整合体系的建立与实施。在深入研究GB/T24001-2004版标准在结构框架、术语、要素名称及内容等方面变化情况的基础上,在环境和职业健康安全方针、目标、指标和方案的策划、资源,特别是基础设施的保障、合规性评价的完善、纠正措施和预防措施的实施以及一体化内部审核的开展等方面提出了建议对策,以供企业借鉴。改进环境和职业健康安全管理整合体系,以适应体系标准的发展变化,不断提高企业的现代安全健康管理水平是企业可持续发展的重要因素。     

环境安全的新挑战:经济全球化下环境污染转移

发达国家环境污染转移主要通过两种途径实现：一是产业投资转移，二是贸易转移。从国际环境污染转移的形式来看可能完全符合市场经济原则，但却明显具有不道德性和非持续性。本文基于环境安全面临现实挑战，简要分析了环境污染国际转移产生的途径与根源，并对我国在出口推动型的增长中如何不降低对外贸易的依赖程度而保持资源与环境的优化，提出了相应的可持续发展准则与对策。     

Fractionating dead reckoning: role of the compass,odometer, logbook,and home base establishment in spatial orientation

Rats use multiple sources of information to maintain spatial orientation. Although previous work has focused on rats’ use of environmental cues, a growing number of studies have demonstrated that rats also use self-movement cues to organize navigation. This review examines the extent that kinematic analysis of naturally occurring behavior has provided insight into processes that mediate dead-reckoning-based navigation. This work supports a role for separate systems in processing self-movement cues that converge on the hippocampus. The compass system is involved in deriving directional information from self-movement cues; whereas, the odometer system is involved in deriving distance information from self-movement cues. The hippocampus functions similar to a logbook in that outward path unique information from the compass and odometer is used to derive the direction and distance of a path to the point at which movement was initiated. Finally, home base establishment may function to reset this system after each excursion and anchor environmental cues to self-movement cues. The combination of natural behaviors and kinematic analysis has proven to be a robust paradigm to investigate the neural basis of spatial orientation.     

污水处理厂污泥处理系统集成

概述了污泥处理系统的单元操作方案,对污泥处理单元操作进行了系统集成模型的研究。结合各方案之间的匹配关系,针对环境影响、投资、占地面积、运行维护费用等方面的实际限制因素,建立了系统的工艺集成和优化选择模型;对污泥处理系统的装备集成和信息集成进行了阐述;对系统工艺集成优化模型进行了应用示范。     

天津临港工业区循环经济发展思路

天津临港工业区作为滨海新区重要组成部分,港口经济特点突出,是我国临港型工业发展的典型代表。从港口工业一体化港区联动的循环经济产业体系、围海造陆特色区域的循环经济发展新模式、公用工程岛资源能源集成共享网路和循环经济支撑体系多维角度,构建临港型工业区循环经济发展思路,探索临港型区域发展循环经济的途径和模式,以期为我国同类区域循环经济发展提供经验借鉴。     

低能耗污水处理技术的应用

以蚌埠市第三污水处理厂为例,详细介绍工程中所应用的一体化技术、低溶氧技术、同时硝化/反硝化技术、微孔软管曝气技术、新型推流技术等低能耗污水处理技术,并从反应机理、处理效果、节能效果等方面加以分析和比较,为相关技术人员选择污水处理工艺提供了新的思路。