Achieving sustainable lifestyles? Socio-cultural dispositions,collective action and material culture as problems and possibilities

This article focuses on the everyday life of ordinary households, their behaviour and responsibility with regard to environmental and sustainability issues. Previous research has shown that there is a gap between what households perceive as ideologically correct behaviour and what they actually do. It is argued here that socio-cultural dispositions, material culture and collective action need to be included in future strategies for creating more sustainable lifestyles. The investigation is based on a study of families participating in a year-long project in which the families learned to live in a more environmentally friendly way. In the study of the families, material culture interacted with routines, family relations and citizenship in a reproducing manner. The lifestyle changes were gender-biased, with the women as driving forces but also bearing most of the extra workload. From early life experiences, garbage sorting stood out as an especially powerful tool for a change towards more sustainable lifestyles.     

A case for urban liveability from below: exploring the politics of water and land access for greater liveability in Kampala,Uganda

ABSTRACT

Improving urban liveability and prosperity is commonly set as a priority in urban development plans and policy around the world. Several annual reports produced by international consulting firms, media, and global agencies rank the liveability of cities based on a set of indicators, to represent the quality of life in these cities. The higher is the ranking, the more liveable is the city. In this paper, we argue that such quantitative approaches to framing and addressing urban liveability challenges leave little room to reflect on people's experiences of this liveability, which cannot be expressed through numbers. To illustrate our argument, we draw on empirical evidence of urban liveability challenges in access to water and land in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, ranked recently as the most liveable East African city by various global agencies and media outlets. By showing that increasing the number of water connections does not guarantee improved access to water and sanitation in the long run, first, we demonstrate how urban liveability challenges are tightly linked with land-title issues in the city. Second, we highlight the political game-playing between the central government, the opposition, the traditional leadership, and the slum dwellers in governance processes of service delivery. Finally, by arguing that urban liveability can be enhanced by broadening political participation in city development planning, we discuss some of the strategies that can be used by communities to make collective claims towards improving their quality of life and the environment.     

氧化-混凝工艺处理碱性含砷废水的技术改造

针对某锑冶炼厂已有氧化-混凝法处理碱性含砷废水工艺中存在的药剂成本较高的问题,通过将氧化剂由双氧水改为次氯酸钠,将混凝剂由硫酸铁改为聚合硫酸铁,并采用二次混凝工艺,得出了废水处理效率和药剂成本的变化情况。结果表明,经技术改造后的工艺能在保证废水处理效率的前提下,使药剂成本有较大幅度的下降。     

基于OBE的《安全系统工程》课程教学改革及实践

为促进学生工程实践能力的培养,确保培养目标达成,本文探讨在《安全系统工程》教学中面临的主要问题及其解决办法。针对课程教学过程中存在的学生缺少必要的专业知识,学习困难,理论教学和实践相脱节,以及课程考核方式难以反映学生工程实践能力培养效果等问题,基于“成果导向”研究教学大纲、教学内容、授课方式、学习方式以及课程考核方式等方面的改革措施,并在教学过程中加以实施,取得较好效果。     

Myanmar under reform: Emerging pressures on water,energy and food security

Myanmar's water‐related sectors are subject to intensive changes, as the country's abundant land and water resources provide substantial scope for development. Recent steps towards economic reform in Myanmar have led to a surge of foreign investment directed towards intensified natural resource extraction. Both the agricultural and the energy sector are increasingly affected by foreign investments that will impact the status of water, energy and food security in the country. With these on‐going developments, Myanmar's future is largely dependent on how its natural resources are managed and how the benefits from the resource extraction are shared. With various institutional changes and new actors welcomed to the sectors, existing livelihoods and ecosystems dependent on the land and water resources are to face increasing competition for the shared resources, while lacking secured access to them. There are increasing concerns that this sectoral development is occurring at the expense of environmental and social sustainability. As one way to tackle these challenges, the water‐energy‐food nexus approach could help in finding synergies and co‐benefits across sectors by addressing the imbalances along the nexus and externalities derived from the on‐going intensification.     

论建立与全面深化改革相适应的环保技术工作机制

对环保技术工作的机理进行了研究,提出了适应全面深化改革要求的环保技术工作思路,以及国家治污先导技术研发储备制度的构想。     

建国50年海南岛社会经济发展与资源环境变化研究

本文根据建国以来海南岛地区的行政管理体制。政策演变历程。研究了海南岛社会经济发展和资源环境变化之间的关系．通过对社会经济数据和资源环境数据的综合分析。将海南岛社会经济发展和资源环境变化划分为三个不同特点的阶段，并分别阐述了这三个阶段社会经济发展和资源环境变化的不同特点以及社会经济发展对资源环境变化的影响过程。本文对于评价建国50年来海南岛经济发展和资源环境变化、预测未来社会的发展并作出合理的规划具有重要意义。     

新时期完善全链条环评管理制度的建议

环境影响评价（以下简称“环评”）制度作为生态环境源头预防的重要手段，有力支撑生态文明建设、推进生态环境治理能力现代化。当前，我国已建立了包括生态环境分区管控，项目环评、规划环评，以及区域发展战略（政策）评估的环评体系和排污许可管理制度体系，但是全链条环评管理在制度联动、衔接融合和管理闭环等方面仍存在薄弱环节。为进一步健全生态环境源头预防制度体系，须加快构建功能定位明确、责任边界清晰、衔接关系顺畅的全链条环评体系；建立生态环境分区管控与环评管理、排污许可等制度之间“四联动、三融合、两闭环”的基本模式。建议进一步完善全链条管理制度顶层设计，推动重点领域科技攻关，深化政策创新试点，强化能力建设，为推进美丽中国建设提供支撑保障。     

新冠疫情冲击下旅游相关研究的进展与展望

新冠疫情使全球旅游业在消费需求、旅游投资、区域格局、产业链条、企业生存、人员就业等方面遭受诸多挑战。基于文献计量与内容分析的方法,对Web of Science核心数据库中2020—2021年与新冠疫情相关的旅游文献进行了分析与整理,研究的内容可归纳为疫情冲击力的评估及旅游业恢复情景预测、疫情冲击下的旅游产业现状、游客和旅游从业者的心理与行为、旅游危机管理、旅游业发展与旅游研究新变化等5个研究角度。最后从新冠疫情对旅游业的影响、旅游危机管理、旅游产业变革3个方面提出了需要进一步研究的内容,以期对未来的旅游研究提供借鉴。