A system dynamics model to facilitate public understanding of water management options in Las Vegas,Nevada

Water managers increasingly are faced with the challenge of building public or stakeholder support for resource management strategies. Building support requires raising stakeholder awareness of resource problems and understanding about the consequences of different policy options. One approach that can help managers communicate with stakeholders is system dynamics modeling. Used interactively in a public forum, a system dynamics model can be used to explain the resource system and illustrate the effects of strategies proposed by managers or suggested by forum participants. This article illustrates the process of building a strategic-level system dynamics model using the case of water management in Las Vegas, Nevada. The purpose of the model was to increase public understanding of the value of water conservation in Las Vegas. The effects of policies on water supply and demand in the system are not straightforward because of the structure of the system. Multiple feedback relationships lead to the somewhat counterintuitive result that reducing residential outdoor water use has a much greater effect on water demand than reducing indoor water use by the same amount. The model output shows this effect clearly. This paper describes the use of the model in research workshops and discusses the potential of this kind of interactive model to stimulate stakeholder interest in the structure of the system, engage participant interest more deeply, and build stakeholder understanding of the basis for management decisions.     

生态修复技术在水库水土保持中的应用

水土保持对维持良好的水库水生态环境具有重要的影响.生态修复技术作为一种新的水土保持措施,可实现受损水库生态环境的修复.围绕水库消落带、水库涵养林、库区耕地和水库水环境等方面来研究生态修复技术在水库水土保持中的应用情况.     

基于LCA方法评价多晶硅片生产的环境影响

多晶硅片制造是光伏产品生命周期过程中能耗及环境影响较大的环节之一.以四川某硅片企业一期(国内普遍水平)和二期(国内较先进水平)的实际生产数据为例,运用生命周期评价方法的分类、特征化、量化处理方法,定量计算单位多晶硅片生产的环境影响,计算结果显示:国内较先进水平比普遍水平提高了资源、能源的利用率,减少了污染物的环境排放,尤其表现在粉尘排放量、酸化潜值、全球变暖值和臭氧消耗潜值方面;并提出国内多晶硅片企业节能减排方法技术方法为利用清洁能源,提高循环水利用率,改进铸锭工艺,增大晶锭中晶粒的尺寸,改用环境污染物排放较少的硅片清洗原料.     

黄土高原国土整治中几个问题的探讨

本文讨论了四个问题。第一,黄土高原的面积为 39.1×10⁴km²,不是 56×10⁴或43×10⁴km²,其中黄河中游黄土高原的面积是 31.9×10⁴km²。第二,应将黄土高原的治理和开发紧密结合,在治理中搞开发,以开发促治理。片面地强调二者中之一,都是不正确的。第三,首先要努力防止水的流失以减少土的流失,保水的方法又主要是改土,提高土的蓄水能力。第四,1971年至1983年黄河泥沙较前减少了36％,其中水土保持的减沙量占48％,由此证明“水土保持是治黄基础”的观点是正确的。     

A LOW COST DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR SMALL FARMERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES1

ABSTRACT: In areas where water is scarce, drip irrigation provides the most efficient way to conserve irrigation water, but its cost of £1000 an acre is prohibitive for most small farmers in developing countries. The cost was reduced by 90 percent by (1) making dripper lines moveable, so that each line reaches ten rows instead of one; (2) replacing 25-cent emitters with simple 0.70 mm holes punched by a heated needle; and (3) using £3.00 off-the-shelf 20 liter containers with cloth filters in place of expensive filter systems. This reduced the cost of a half-acre system to £50. The low cost system was field tested in the hill areas of Nepal, and in mulberry cultivation in Andhra Pradesh, India. Uniformity of flow from emitters was 73–84 percent. Small farmers reported that the low cost trickle irrigation system cut labor requirements in half, and doubled the area irrigated by the same amount of water. The low cost drip system is likely to be widely adopted by small farmers in semi-arid and hilly regions.     

植物篱种植模式综合效益研究

植物篱种植模式是一种有效的山区水土保持、土壤改良以及多种经营的耕作模式。该模式自20世纪70年代以来在热带非洲和东南亚等地区进行了试验、示范和较为系统的研究,作为坡耕地水土保持和土壤改良的生物措施受到广泛重视。20世纪80年代以来该模式在我国很多地区也进行了研究、示范和推广,并取得显著成效。本文在国内外已有研究基础上,采用层次分析法对四川省宁南县马桑坪的等高固氮植物篱种植模式的生态效益、经济效益、社会效益及综合效益进行了较为系统的分析和评价。评价结果表明,植物篱种植模式的生态效益、经济效益、社会效益及综合效益均大于顺坡耕作模式,种植新银合欢植物篱比种植山毛豆植物篱的综合效益高;在种植相同植物篱树种的前提下,施磷肥比不施磷肥的效果好。同时,针对该技术目前在研究和应用方面存在的问题提出了一些建议。     

WATER QUALITY IMPACTS OF CONSERVATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA1

ABSTRACT: Nonpoint pollution in the form of runoff generated by conventional agricultural practices is one of the major sources of environmental degradation of surface water bodies. Agricultural conservation practices including no‐tillage operations have been introduced as alternatives to cope with such challenges. This study attempts to examine the economic and environmental impacts of no‐tillage as compared to conventional agricultural practices for cotton, soybeans and corn cultivated in the Mississippi Delta. Impacts in the form of sediment, nutrient and pesticide runoff at farm level are investigated, using the Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator (EPIC).     

广东连州地区珍稀濒危植物及其保护

通过对广东连州地区植物资源的考查和研究，发现该地区有珍稀濒危植物31科42唐45种，其中国家一级保护植物4种，国家二级保护植物27种。对它们的种类组成、区系成分、分布特征进行了分析，结果显示这些珍稀濒危植物具有组成多样、亚热带性质明显、起源古老、特有现象突出等特点，分析了这些植物濒危的原因，提出了相应的保护对策。     

卧龙自然保护区野生植物资源管理初探

本文初步分析了卧龙自然保护区野生植物资源的特点和存在的问题,提出了野生植物资源利用和保护的生态经济对策。     

高速公路环境影响评价样方调查研究——以昆明绕城高速公路为例

高速公路建设对生态环境和水土保持的影响较大.作为环境影响评价的一个重要手段,样方调查可以对这两种影响的程度进行定量或半定量的分析.生态环境样方调查主要是测算生态系统参数,掌握生态特征;水土保持样方调查主要是确定土壤侵蚀强度,预测水土流失.以昆明绕城高速公路为例,具体说明两种调查方法的应用,总结讨论两种调查方法的特点.