Urban regeneration and democratization of information access: CitiStat experience in Baltimore

This article explores the potential of a GIS-based approach to city management - Baltimore's CitiStat e-government program - for meeting the goals of sustainable urban regeneration. The argument advocated here builds on the widely held recognition that the application of ICTs in general can lead to both new forms of inclusion and exclusion of citizens. Therefore attending to the 'digital divide' is a relevant issue because cities are complex environments where outcomes of interventions are uncertain and widening participative arenas to different actors can increase the possibilities to regenerate declining urban areas in a more democratic way.     

城市规划环境影响评价指标体系综述

城市规划是实施城市可持续发展战略的重要载体。城市规划环境影响评价的内容应集中体现在评价指标体系上。本文首先将城市规划环评指标分为总体规划和下位规划(专业规划、详细规划)两个层面,再分别系统论述城市总体规划和专业规划环评指标体系主要内容和结构,指出当前城市规划环评指标体系建立、内容、实施、总体与下位规划协调等方面的问题,奠定城市规划环评指标体系研究基础并为未来研究指明方向。     

天津地区沙尘天气与沙尘污染程度特征分析

针对天津地区沙尘天气过程环境空气中颗粒物的污染时空分布特征进行了系统分析。在分析我国沙尘发生频源区域分布、输送途径基础上,分析了天津地区特殊的地理位置及地处沙尘暴多发区下游,空气中颗粒物的污染特征,概述了沙尘天气对空气质量影响程度的年、季、月及日污染时空变化分布特征。建立了沙尘天气颗粒物与有效水平能见度乘幂指数相关方程,为沙尘污染程度的诊断提供了依据。     

The variability of polychlorinated biphenyls levels in urban soils from five European cities

The concentration of PCBs in topsoils from five European cities was assessed and the highest levels were found in Glasgow (Scotland), followed by Torino (Italy), Aveiro (Portugal), Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Uppsala (Sweden). All cities showed the presence of local sources in addition to diffuse contamination from global atmospheric transport. The association of general soil parameters with PCBs in Glasgow and with heavier congeners in Torino and Ljubljana indicates that retention of these compounds is occurring. The profiles obtained resemble Aroclor 1254 and 1260, which are important local sources. Nevertheless, differences in PCB profiles were observed among cities, due to the combined effects of the age of the contamination (which determines the time available for volatilisation and degradation), different sources of PCBs and differences in climate (which influence volatilisation and deposition).     

中心城区河道基本消除黑臭的可行性措施和对策

概述了上海浦东新区水环境的现状,并对新区黑臭河道的数量、分布和污染程度作了详细的分析,探讨了新区河道黑臭的成因,针对新区已基本消除黑臭的骨干河道和黑臭的中心城区镇(街道)、村级河道分别提出了不同的污染防治可行性措施和对策。     

城市空气污染数值预报的技术关键

在分析城市空气污染数值预报要素的基础上,建立了包括污染源排放清单,气象中尺度数值预报模型MM5,ADMS-城市模型软件的城市空气质量预报系统。首次提出了空气质量环境背景值的确定等提高城市空气污染预报准确率的有效措施。     

Field demonstration of in situ immobilization of soil Pb using P amendments

A long-term field-scale demonstration project on the feasibility of using P to immobilize Pb in a Pb-contaminated urban soil was conducted. Phosphate was applied at an average rate of 3040 mg P/kg soil based on a P/Pb molar ration of 4.0, with four treatments: T₀, no P application; T₁, H₃PO₄ only; T₂, 1/2 H₃PO₄+1/2 CaH₂PO₄; and T₃, 1/2 H₃PO₄+1/2 phosphate rock. Soil samples were collected and analyzed 220 days after the P applications. For all P treatments, toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) extractable Pb levels in surface soils (0-10 cm) were reduced to below 5.0 mg Pb/l, with T₂ also effective in reducing the TCLP Pb level in subsurface soils (10-30 cm, <4.63 mg/l). Sequential extraction analysis indicates that P was effective in transforming soil Pb from non-residual fractions to a residual fraction. Such a transformation was mainly through dissolution of Pb associated with carbonate fraction and precipitation of pyromorphite-like minerals, which were confirmed using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Among these three treatments, T₃ was the most effective in reducing Pb mobility and minimizing P and Pb leaching in the soil. Our research clearly demonstrates that P amendments were effective in immobilizing Pb in contaminated soil.     

保定市区主要交通干道环境空气污染状况分析研究

利用保定市2013年7月份监测站点位大气环境监测统计数据,对保定市主要交通干道环境质量状况进行分析,结果表明,二氧化硫的日变化呈单峰分布,在中午12:00左右出现峰值,最低值出现在凌晨5:00。氮氧化物及一氧化碳的日变化呈现双峰型变化规律,早晨8:00左右出现第一个峰值,分别在下午15:00和17:00左右达到最低值,夜间19:00左右出现第二个峰值。说明交通干道两侧区域的二氧化硫、氮氧化物、一氧化碳的浓度变化与机动车流量之间存在一定的关系。     

城市第三产业环境管理的基本原则探讨

第三产业迅速发展所带来的环境问题日益成为影响区域环境质量及市民环境投诉的重要原因。文章分析了第三产业环境管理中存在的主要问题，初步探讨了第三产业环境管理的基本原则与污染控制途径。     

城市浅水型湖泊底泥污染物释放过程模拟试验研究

通过对城市浅水型湖泊(以宁波东钱湖为例)疏浚后上层底泥污染物释放过程模拟试验研究,分析了环境因子对底泥污染物释放特性的影响及其原因,得出了上覆水营养盐水平、水温和扰动对底泥污染物释放的影响曲线.同时,说明了湖泊内源性有机污染源对湖泊水质存在着潜在的危险性,提出了疏浚施工期间的规避措施,为城市浅水型湖泊底泥疏浚和富营养化治理提供依据.