Devolving power from the state: local initiatives for nature protection and recreation in Sweden

ABSTRACT

Quests for devolving more power to local actors for nature protection stem from both international and national policies. Also, there is a growing recognition of the need for local governments to promote green infrastructure for citizens to recreate and learn about their environment. Starting in 2004, the Swedish government has allocated special funding towards these goals through the Local Nature Conservation Programme (LONA). Virtually all Swedish municipalities have received such funding in pursuit of facilitating wide access to nature and promoting recreational activities, including the protection of nature areas, creating pathways, information devices, and promoting these areas among new societal groups to enjoy. This study presents the results of ten years of experience with LONA. A survey with respondents from 191 municipalities and 20 county administrations, together with 20 key informant interviews, show that the programme has been a success in several respects. Not only have most municipalities created a wealth of new ways to engage local organisations and citizens in nature conservation and recreation, but they have also broadened the ways they think about how nature is important to their constituencies. Due to innovative ways to count voluntary work as local matching of funding, smaller and less resourceful municipalities have also become engaged. Still, the local needs for further initiatives are deemed considerable. State support coupled with knowledge sharing is important to show policy priority to such bottom-up initiatives.     

论多自然型河流治理法对河流生态环境的影响

本文首先介绍了成都府河望江公园段多自然型护岸工程的由来,然后通过简述国外多自然型河川治理常用方法论述了对河流生态环境的改善作用,最后在对府河多自然型护岸设计介绍的基础上提出了试验工程的深远意义及其对今后工作的启迪     

城市河流近自然治理--概念构架与治理设计

河流是城市生态系统的重要组成部分,是城市的自然元素和景观组分,具有提供水生生物生境和水源、调节小气候、美化城市、休闲娱乐等多种生态服务功能.随着城市化进程的飞速发展,城市河流生态系统面临着生物多样性减少、污染加剧等多方面的危害.如何恢复受损的城市河流生态系统已经成为我们的当务之急.对城市河流的生态结构及其在城市中的生态功能进行了简要介绍,讨论了河流生态恢复的近自然方法,并对现有的河流生态恢复存在的问题及发展趋势提出了几点看法.     

环境工艺方法论研究--仿自然法

仿自然法是现代科学和技术发展中非常重要的方法,也是研究新的环境工程工艺的重要途径,其核心思想是“师造化”。本文通过对环境仿自然法的成果及其理论进行论述,揭示了仿自然法丰富的哲学内涵,指出其符合“天人和一、道法自然”的伟大哲学思想。     

From Environmental Ethics to Nature Conservation Policy: Natura 2000 and the Burden of Proof

Natura 2000 is a network of natural sites whose aim is to preserve species and habitats of relevance in the European Union. The policy underlying Natura 2000 has faced widespread opposition from land users and received extensive support from environmentalists. This paper addresses the ethical framework for Natura 2000 and the probable moral assumptions of its main stakeholders. Arguments for and against Natura 2000 were analyzed and classified according to “strong” or “weak” versions of the three main theories of environmental ethics – anthropocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism. Weak (intergenerational) anthropocentrism was found to underlie the Natura 2000 network itself and the positions of environmentalists, while strong (traditional) anthropocentrism pervaded the positions of economic developers. Land users seemed to fall somewhere between weak and strong anthropocentrism. The paper discusses the relation between ethics and different attitudes towards Natura 2000, highlighting some of the implications for the network’s ongoing implementation. It is shown that Natura 2000 achieves a strong reversal of the burden of proof from conservation to economic development and land use change under anthropocentrism. It is argued that the alleged theoretical divide between anthropocentrism and non-anthropocentrism in relation to the burden of proof does not seem to hold in practice. Finally, it is predicted that the weak versions of anthropocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism, are likely to converge extensively in respect to nature conservation policy measures.“Charting the depths of law and policy disputes yield an understanding of ethical differences.” Paul B. Thompson (2002, p. 189).     

灾害易损性研究的回顾与展望

近十余年来,易损性研究成为灾害学术研究和国际社会发展减灾策略的一个主题.本文概述了易损性研究的历史发展过程,评述了易损性的三类概念,总结了易损性的四个性质,阐述了易损性识别和测量的一些基本理念和方法,指出了易损性分析在灾害研究和减灾防灾中的积极意义.     

试论城市水环境的建设

本文通过对城市水环境的形成以及加强水环境建设对整个城市建设舒适度的影响和作用的剖析,试着引用了一种国际上较为流行的对河流综合整治的方法,对秦皇岛城市水环境建设提出了一点建议。     

烧碱生产过程危险评估及对策措施

离子膜烧碱生产过程中涉及多种危险有害因素。笔者通过对国内现役离子膜烧碱生产装置进行调研 ,同时结合国内外其他涉及烧碱生产厂家的情况 ,分析并指出了生产过程中可能出现的危险有害因素 ,进而提出了相应对策措施 ,为企业消除事故及安全生产可以提供保障     

用碱渣烧制白色水泥

利用电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱 X射线衍射等测定手段,分析了碱渣的化学成分。在此基础上,以碱渣为主要原料,设计并烧制了一种以阿利尼特矿物为主要组分的白色水泥。研究结果表明,碱渣的主要矿物成分为CaCO3,所得白色水泥可在1250℃烧成,其主要矿物为阿利尼特及少量(CaO)11·(Al2O3)7·CaCl2,水泥具有快硬早强、初凝与终凝时间间隔短的特性。     

生态住区的内涵及问题

本文从可持续发展的理念出发，讨论了生态住区的内涵，分析了我国生态住区建设的现状，指出了误区与不足，并对生态住区的建设提出了合理建议和核心内容。