The Challenge of Civil-military Relations in International Peace Operations

The relationship between military and civilian humanitarian organisations has developed in an increasingly integrative way. Military initiatives to institutionalise the relationship, since the interventions in Somalia and the Balkans, entail a dilution of humanitarian independence as was manifested in practice in Kosovo. Further, the state-centric foundations of military intervention run counter to the potential for humanitarian organisations to foster a cosmopolitan ethos that would not only preserve humanitarian principles but also contest statist assumptions about conflict, development and power.     

GIS and multiple-criteria evaluation for the optimisation of tsetse fly eradication programmes

Tsetse flies are the vectors of trypanosomes, the causal agent of trypanosomiasis, a widespread disease of livestock and people in Africa. Control of tsetse may open vast areas of land to livestock-keeping, with the associated benefits of developing mixed crop-livestock production systems. However, as well as possible positive impacts there are also risks: bush clearing would accelerate and cattle numbers would rise, leading to a reduction of vegetation cover, and an increase in runoff and erosion; there may also be increased pressure on conserved areas and reductions in biodiversity. The objective of this study is to show how remotely sensed and other environmental data can be combined in a decision support system to help inform tsetse control programmes in a manner that could be used to limit possible detrimental effects of tsetse control. For Zambia, a methodology is developed that combines a tree-based decision-support approach with the use of Multiple-Criteria Evaluation (MCE), within a Geographical Information System (GIS), in order to target areas for tsetse control. The results show clear differentiation of priority areas under a series of hypothetical scenarios, and some areas (e.g. northwest of Petauke in the Eastern Province of Zambia) are consistently flagged as high priority for control. It is also demonstrated that priority areas do not comprise isolated tsetse populations, meaning that disease control using an integrated approach is likely to be more economically viable than local eradication.     

Understanding American and Korean Students’ Support for Pro-environmental Tax Policy: The Application of the Value–Belief–Norm Theory of Environmentalism

By using the value–belief–norm theory of environmentalism, this study investigates American and Korean college students’ support for pro-environmental tax policy as a way to address global climate change. The results indicate that environmental concern and the perceived severity of climate change were significant predictors of one's tax policy support. Perceived individual responsibility for addressing climate change mediated the relationship between environmental beliefs (i.e. environmental concern and perceived severity) and tax policy support for Koreans. Such relationship was not observed among Americans. This study also examines whether political ideology functions as a predictor of tax policy support. For Americans, political ideology was a significant factor in predicting one's tax policy support and that it remained significant even after the inclusion of more proximal predictors—environmental concern and perceived severity. For Koreans, however, political ideology was not a significant factor. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.     

Eco-efficiency assessment of options for metal recovery from incineration residues: A conceptual framework

Residues from municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration in Switzerland have been a hot topic in recent years, both in the research and practice communities. Regarded by many as an economically and environmentally sound solution to this issue, technological retrofitting of existing grate incinerators has the dual purpose of enhancing the metal recovery of bottom and fly ashes and improving the inertization of residues to be landfilled. How does context influence the economic and environmental performance of this particular technological option? Under which conditions would this technological option be implemented nationwide in the future? What are stakeholders’ views on sustainable transitions of MSW incineration? We propose a three-stage methodological procedure to address these questions.     

环境工程技术规范的定位、作用与编制进展

基于对环境保护新道路的探索实践,本文论述了环境工程技术规范在我国环境管理体系中的定位和作用,探讨了环境工程技术规范的主要技术内容及其编制的基本原则,介绍了环境工程技术规范的编制进展。     

红外法测定皮革行业油类物质过程中几个关键技术问题的探讨

红外分光光度法测定皮革行业油类物质时,样品的采集、测试条件的选择、萃取剂的用量、萃取的次数等等对测定结果的准确性有很大的影响,在实际工作中应把握几个关键技术环节,以保证监测结果的准确可靠。     

基于相空间重构和独立分量分析的火灾预测

利用非线性动力学的相空间重构理论和独立分量分析,结合非线性支持向量回归,提出了火灾起数时间序列预测方法。首先用时间延迟法和独立分量分析重构系统的相空间来反映火灾起数时间序列的内在变化规律,然后再用非线性支持向量回归来构建预测模型。仿真结果表明该预测方法具有较高的预测精度。     

基于支持向量机的水资源安全评价

支持向量机以统计学习理论为基础,采用结构风险最小化准则,将学习问题转化为一个凸二次规划问题,能够得到全局最优解,适合解决小样本、非线性分类及回归问题。根据水资源安全的内涵,筛选出具有代表性的指标,组成水资源安全评价指标体系。建立了基于支持向量机的水资源安全评价模型,将安全标准划分为良好、安全、临界、不安全、危险5个等级。根据水资源安全评价标准及所属评价等级值,随机生成样本集,180个样本作为训练样本,构造了5个两类支持向量分类器,20个样本作为检验样本,检验样本分类全部正确。将模型应用于山西省11个城市的水资源安全评价,结果表明,该方法是有效、可行的。     

多孔金属材料刚柔吸能结构及其在冲击地压巷道支护中的应用

多孔金属材料是一种新型功能和结构材料,具有良好的吸能、减震和阻尼特性.根据多孔金属材料的吸能特性,研究了多孔金属材料耗散能量准则,分析了多孔金属材料应用于冲击地压巷道支护的可行性.基于多孔金属材料的耗散能量准则,首次建立了刚柔吸能支护结构模型,将多孔金属材料应用于冲击地压巷道支护结构中,并利用FLAC3D计算软件,对刚...