What Makes Them Pay? Values of Volunteer Tourists Working for Sea Turtle Conservation

As charismatic mega-fauna, sea turtles attract many volunteers to conservation programs. This article examines the ways in which volunteers value sea turtles, in the specific context of volunteers working with the Caribbean Conservation Corporation, at Tortuguero, Costa Rica. The complexity of volunteer values is explored using a qualitative approach. In-depth interviews with 31 volunteers were conducted in July of 1999 and 2000. Interviews probed, among other things, interest in sea turtles and their conservation, motives for participating, and the most gratifying parts of their volunteer experience. Results show that volunteers hold multiple and complex values for sea turtles, but particular values dominate. Results have implications for understanding human–environment relations and the emerging study of volunteer tourism. There are also management implications for volunteer programs hoping to attract participants.     

市场化推进农村河流环境整治探究

农村河流环境污染的经济本质是由于环境“公共物品”属性导致其使用的外部环境不经济,本文把环境问题与经济研究接轨,设计了四种市场化利用模式,把河流厦相关公共物品“特定产权”明晰化,环保责任由政府承包转移到企业或个人,使责任明确化,从而有效对农村河流环境进行长效管理。最后以扬州市汉留镇河道清淤、保洁的市场化做实证分析。     

自动增氧型潜流人工湿地处理农村生活污水的研究

采用人工配水模拟太湖地区农村生活污水水质,利用改进的自动增氧型潜流人工湿地对其进行处理,结果表明:COD、NH4 -N、TP进水浓度分别在132.4～392.6mg·L-1、21.58～50.26mg·L-1、3.60～13.17mg·L-1范围内变化时,COD、NH4 -N、TP的去除负荷随着进水浓度的升高而增大,其最高去除负荷分别为226.38 kg·d-1·hm-2、44.40 kg·d-1·hm-2、10.44 kg·d-1·hm-2,相应的去除率为89.45%、88.93%、90.25%,且系统有较强的抗冲击负荷能力.     

RURAL HOUSEHOLD RESPONSE TO WATER CONTAMINATION IN WEST VIRGINIA1

ABSTRACT: About one-third of all West Virginians obtain domestic water from private water wells. In this research, mail and telephone surveys were used to investigate household responses to bacteria, mineral, and organic chemical contamination of domestic water supplies. Of households who were informed of contamination and acknowledged the problem, over 85 percent took action to avoid exposure to water contamination problems. The most common action was to clean and/or repair the water system (55.9 percent of valid surveys). Approximately 45 percent of households made investments of either a water treatment system, a new water source, or correction of contamination source. The average, annual economic cost of rural household actions was $320 for bacteria, $357 for minerals, and $1,090 for organic contamination. These economic costs represent a lower bound estimate for rural household willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a reduction in domestic water contamination from government action. On average, investment actions had lower annual economic costs than noninvestment actions of boiling and hauling water so that households who undertook investment actions in response to water contamination would have a lower WTP for government action to reduce water contamination. When effectiveness of water treatment systems was evaluated, treatment systems which require minimal household maintenance were found to reduce exposure to water contamination to safe levels as households intended when they installed the system. Treatment systems which were commonly ineffective included those which required continual maintenance (e.g., chiorinators) or were not designed to solve the contaminant problem for which they were purchased (e.g., filter systems for bacteria).     

基于需求时间的隧道塌方应急资源分级调度研究

为打破对物资送达时间的绝对性限制,均衡关注关键考量因素,提出需求时间的概念,借助ArcGIS绘制需求时间服务范围;考虑救援需求的不确定性,在需求时间服务范围内建立模型对应急资源进行分级调度,并对关键路段及交叉口制定应急交通管控预案.模型包括2部分,在路径决策方面,建立带需求时间和畅通可靠度阈值约束的路径选择决策综合评价...     

地方政府灾害应急管理问题研究——以灾区某市政府地震灾害应急管理为例

为了建立健全我国突发公共事件应急管理体制,提高各级政府应对突发事件的能力,分析和研究各级政府在突发公共事件应急管理过程中存在的问题显得非常重要。本文通过对九江地区5.7级地震发生后灾区某市政府在应急救灾抢险方面所展开的各项管理工作的调查研究,对灾区政府从启动初动体制到全面展开应急救灾工作的应急管理过程进行了详细分析。在此基础上,以灾区某市政府地震灾害应急管理为例,就我国各级政府在灾害管理过程中普遍存在的有应急预案但没有相应的防灾规划实施细则、灾后受灾应急评估体系不健全、应急避难与应急救灾物资缺少规划管理等问题进行了探讨和分析,并就如何加强我国地方政府灾害应急管理能力提出了相应的建议和方法。     

垃圾焚烧发电厂渗滤液处理站污泥危险特性研究

通过对一例垃圾焚烧发电厂渗滤液处理站污泥进行鉴定,表明该部分污泥不属于危险固废,可以纳入焚烧炉与生活垃圾一起处理.鉴别结果为促进固体废物循环利用及同类企业合理处置渗滤液处理站污泥提供了借鉴.     

社会主义新农村建设与农村生态环境问题

社会主义新农村建设是我们党在新时期着手解决“三农”问题的重大举措,它是我国农村改革开放以来第二次重大的变革,目标明确,任务艰巨。长期以来,我国农业生产总体水平不高,为求得更多的农牧业生产量,而牺牲了生态环境,其代价异常沉重。城镇发展过渡靠农业、城乡经济二元结构矛盾日益尖锐,反应在生态环境上更为突出。治理农业生态环境问题,已成为社会主义新农村建设的重要课题。     

生态环境保护战略同国土空间规划的协调性分析

我国环境保护战略政策进入到推进环境质量改善和美丽中国建设的生态文明战略阶段,环境保护参与规划制定的必要性和重要性不断的显现。本文通过梳理近期在制定环境保护规划以及规划环境影响评价过程中所发现的问题,结合国土空间规划编制思路,进行在新阶段如何完善环境保护战略的探讨。     

践行“两山”理论 促进农业农村绿色发展

分析、疏理习近平同志关于绿水青山就是金山银山的科学论断及主要内涵,深刻理解这一理念是对农业农村发展观的重大革命,为农业供给侧结构性改革指明了方向。树立和践行绿水青山就是金山银山的新发展理念,发挥其在农业农村绿色发展中的理论支撑作用,在转变农业生产方式和农民生活方式、调整农业产业结构、优化农村产业布局、催生新产业新业态、走“资源节约型、环境友好型”的绿色发展之路、建设美丽宜居乡村等方面具有指导意义。