Impacts of Marine Protected Areas on Fishing Communities

Abstract: Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a popular conservation strategy, but their impacts on human welfare are poorly understood. To inform future research and policy decisions, we reviewed the scientific literature to assess MPA impacts on five indicators of human welfare: food security, resource rights, employment, community organization, and income. Following MPA establishment, food security generally remained stable or increased in older and smaller MPAs. The ability of most fishing groups to govern MPA resources changed. Increased resource rights were positively correlated with MPA zoning and compliance with MPA regulations. Small sample sizes precluded statistical tests of the impacts of MPAs on employment, community organization, and income. Our results demonstrate that MPAs shape the social well‐being and political power of fishing communities; impacts (positive and negative) vary within and among social groups; and social impacts are correlated with some—but not all—commonly hypothesized explanatory factors. Accordingly, MPAs may represent a viable strategy for enhancing food security and empowering local communities, but current practices negatively affect at least a minority of fishers. To inform policy making, further research must better document and explain variation in the positive and negative social impacts of MPAs.     

Past On-Site Experience,Crowding Perceptions,and Use Displacement of Visitor Groups to a Peri-Urban National Park

Past on-site experience was linked to the crowding perceptions and use displacement of 383 on-site visitors to the peri-urban Danube Floodplains National Park, Austria. Three visitor groups were determined according to their area experience: local residents from Vienna and rural communities, having the highest level of experience; regional visitors from the city and eastern Austria; and tourists from Austria and abroad with the lowest degree of experience. Crowding perceptions were significantly different across the user groups. More than 50% of local residents perceived the national park as crowded, whereas only 27% of regional visitors and 19% of tourists reported such an evaluation. Even among local residents and regional visitors, respondents with more on-site experience expressed a greater impression of a crowded park. Differences in crowding evaluations between local rural and urban residents and between regional rural and urban visitors were not found. For 27% of local residents and 15% of regional visitors, use levels were so unacceptable that they displaced temporally and spatially, whereas use displacement was relatively irrelevant for tourists. The use displacement strategies involved differ among the three user groups. Management implications were discussed, taking the specific situation of the small national park on the urban-rural fringe into consideration.     

复合垂直流人工湿地氧化还原特征及不同功能区净化作用研究

研究了复合垂直流人工湿地系统氧化还原电位（Eh）的时空变化规律及不同功能区中污染物的净化效果。结果表明：湿地系统下行流池表层、两池底层、上行流池表层Eh的变化范围分别为402～585、-87～-130、308～432 mV，沿水流方向依次形成了好氧A区/缺氧、厌氧区/好氧B区3个功能区。好氧A区是污染物去除的主要区域，BOD₅、COD_Cr、NH⁺_4- N的去除率分别为430%、484%、541%，特别是NH+4 N去除率占总去除率的79%；缺氧、厌氧区主要是进行反硝化反应和有机物的厌氧分解；好氧B区则主要是去除厌氧分解后的有机物以及进一步脱氮。另外，NH+4 N的去除率与系统各功能区Eh呈显著相关关系（〖WTBX〗p〖WTBZ〗＜001），而BOD₅、COD_Cr、NO^-_3-N的去除率与系统各功能区Eh相关性不显著。     

USER REACTION TO WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION1

: The National Wild and Scenic River Act of 1968 was designed to protect the nation's unique waterways. This Act, however, has been criticized for negatively affecting areas it was intended to protect. Findings, based on field investigation in the Upper Mississippi River basin suggest that designation may serve as a factor for increasing recreational use levels on the protected rivers. This study discusses the social and recreational consequences of designating rivers and the attitudes of river users regarding designation.     

SBR法废水处理技术分析

本文介绍了ＳＢＲ法处理原理及特点,使用该工艺所需设备和监测手段,应用前景。证明了ＳＢＲ法适应性强,处理效果好,投资动行成本低,是一种经济、实用的污水处理工艺。     

苏州地区有关南黄海6.1级地震的前兆异常特征及预报检验

根据对南黄海６．１级地震前，苏州地区１９９５年９月～１９９６年１０月以地下水动态、地下水化学为主的前兆异常的分析，预报了这次地震，并对其进行了检验及原因分析     

新疆河流径流特征分析

选择了新疆众多河流中代表性好的7条河流，对径流的特征进行了分析。结果表明，新疆河流径流量主要集中在夏季，占年径流量的50．8％—70．7％，春、秋季径流量差别不大，冬季仅占年径流量的4．7％—10．8％。以7条河流径流深值可看出，北疆径流深值比南疆大，最大的是布尔津河，径流深为507．4mm。从径流量的Cv值看，除头道沟为0．44，极值比4．42较大外，其它河流的Cv值均在0．19—0．23间、极值比在1．85—2．42间。同时，新疆大多数河流径流量90年代后有明显增多的趋势。     

公众风险感知评价--以高校在校生为例

公众风险感知状况可以反映出社会发展变化对人们心理状况造成的影响以及人们的反应.采用比较分析法,确立了风险感知研究指标体系,通过问卷调查方式,分析了高校学生由于个体差异特征而形成的风险感知能力的强弱差异,得出了以下结论:在风险信息的传播方面,学校教育的影响远远落后于各类媒体;从性别差异看,女生的风险感知强于男生;从学科差异看,文科学生的风险感知强于理科学生;从年级差异看,低年级学生的风险感知强于高年级学生;从生源地差异看,城市学生的风险感知强于县镇学生.对个体特征与风险感知指数进行相关性分析,结果显示,学科差异与风险感知的相关性最为显著,其后依次为年级、性别和生源地,其中年级差异与风险感知呈明显的负相关性.     

基于Newmark模型的地震诱发滑坡易发性分析方法的研究

以芦山地震诱发滑坡数据为研究对象,开展Newmark模型在区域性地震诱发滑坡空间易发性分析中的应用研究.首先采用网格形式进行数据处理,完成地形坡度、地震参数等数据的统一化,重点利用地层岩性数据对Newmark模型内参数开展区域定量化赋值,在此基础上根据Newmark模型及地震参数相关公式分别计算了安全系数、临界加速度和...     

电除尘器伏安特性规律研究

对以480C型板为阳极板、不同阴极线类型、不同极距、不同极线距以及不同辅助电极配置的共计384组典型极配的伏安特性进行了全面系统的试验分析。提出了以I=aV^b幂函数的形式来数学表征常规极配的伏安特性曲线,并给出了对应极配的a、b值,对比结果表明,实测值与函数计算值的符合度均在99.5％以上。