Places and People: Rhetorical Constructions of “Community” in a Canadian Environmental Risk Assessment

This paper addresses the issue of public engagement in environmental risk contexts through a rhetorical analysis of the key term “community” in a risk assessment of mining-caused soil contamination. Drawing on Burke's concept of terministic screens and method of cluster criticism, the analysis shows the divergent constitutions of “community” in the Sudbury Soils Study's official discourse and the citizen-activist rhetoric of the Community Committee on the Sudbury Soils Study. Tracing the verbal and visual clusters within each organization's articulation of “community” as place and people reveals how the official Study's technical-regulatory ideology of environmental risk and citizen participation is countered by the Community Committee's contestatory environmental justice ideology. These competing views of “community” are mutually constitutive in that the official Study's mainstream risk discourse establishes the terms for the Community Committee's reactive counter-discourse, thus limiting citizen participation mainly to questions of “downstream” impacts. Our rhetorical analysis of “community” suggests a generative method for understanding the complex power relations animating specific risk communication contexts as well as for potentially reinventing “community” in terms more conducive to meaningful citizen engagement.     

Opportunities and challenges for development of urbanization in Western China

Urban and rural dual structure in Western China is obvious.The economic development of the central cities is relatively quick while that of the rural areas is lagging behind.The speeding up of urbanization contributes to the intensively uncoordinated development of urban and rural areas.Besides,the eco-fragile environment,shortage of available water resources,adverse geographic location,and relatively backward social economy restrict the development of urbanization in Western China.However,Western China also has the advantages of backwardness.This paper analyzes the present situation and development trend of urbanization in Western China.The results show that Western China has basically formed a development pattern with"industry promotes agriculture and urban leads to village".Therefore,combined with the present situation of Western China,this paper describes and analyzes the opportunities and challenges that may appear in the process of urbanization in Western China,puts forward the development pattern in which urban and rural areas can gain mutual support and co-development,and provides related recommendations.     

自然资源的库兹涅茨曲线:来自中国省级面板数据的证据

本文运用1978-2011年我国30个省份的面板数据,对我国省级层面资源丰裕度与经济增长的关系进行了检验.研究发现,我国省级层面资源丰裕度与经济增长之间的关系并不是单一线性的,而是一种非线性的动态演变关系.当使用其他资源丰裕度和经济增长的指标进行稳健性检验,这种强烈的非线性关系仍然存在.更进一步,对自然资源作用经济增长的机制进行实证检验,结果显示:长期中丰裕的自然资源会通过降低人力资本和物质资本的投资对经济结构产生“诅咒”;恶化政府与市场的关系、阻碍非国有经济的发展、中介组织的发育和法律的完善等,从而对政治制度产生“诅咒”.     

Local communities' participation in decision-making processes through planning and budgeting in African countries

Community participation and community based management are topical themes in current policy and discussion revolving around decision-making processes especially those dealing with natural resources management.This review shows that while governments have accepted the need to either cede or devolve control and management of natural resources to the local communities,the communities are not part and parcel of the planning and budgeting which are crucial in decisionmaking.Communities were seen to be more involved in the implementation of natural resource management programs but lacked ownership of the projects.This causes lack of commitment to the programs and at times hostile reaction from the communities.The communities are always at the receiving end when it pertains to losses in the exchange.Community participation was shown to be effective when the local population is involved not as co-operating users but as natural resource managers or owner managers.     

Impacts of the Rising Opportunity Cost of Farm Labor on Agricultural Land Use Structure: Theory and Empirical Evidences

Abstract

Nowadays the rising of opportunity cost of farm labor comes to the forefront of attention in China. In order to understand its impact on agricultural land-use structure, a theoretical framework of household economics is formulated drawn on Low’s model. Under the theoretical framework, the impact of the rising opportunity cost of on-farm on cropping structure is deduced in theory. And then, using statistic and survey data, taking mountain area of southern Ningxia as an example, the theoretical assumes are verified. The results show that the rise of opportunity cost of farm labor leads to less diversified cropping structure.     

三峡水库运行初期小江回水区藻类群落季节变化特点

根据对三峡小江(澎溪河)回水区2007年5月～2008年5月藻类的跟踪观测,分析了在水库蓄水运行初期小江回水区藻类的群落结构组成和演替特点.结果发现藻类的细胞密度和生物量春季最高,冬季最低,细胞密度的最高值达到421.64×105cells·L-1,而最低值只有2.06×105cells·L-1;生物量的最高值是39231.84μg·L-1,而最低值为226.17μg·L-1.从2007年5月～2008年5月在小江共鉴定出藻类7门,101属,262种,其中绿藻51属占50.5%、硅藻22属占21.8%、蓝藻18属占17.8%,此外,甲藻4属、隐藻2属、裸藻3属、黄藻及其他1属.隐藻、小球藻、小环藻、栅藻、卵囊藻、衣藻、弓形藻、直链藻、冠盘藻和针杆藻是小江回水区段的常见藻属.星杆藻、直链藻、空星藻、小球藻、栅藻、集星藻、网球藻、鱼腥藻、束丝藻、平裂藻、角甲藻、多甲藻和隐藻等12个藻属是小江回水区不同季节的优势藻属.     

岩溶湿地与稻田土壤团聚体细菌群落结构的比较

研究湿地系统中的土地利用变化对土壤团聚体中细菌群落结构的影响,可以为阐明土地利用变化对湿地土壤团聚体稳定性的影响机制提供理论依据.以会仙岩溶湿地和稻田为研究对象,利用高通量测序技术和生态网络分析对土壤团聚体（大团聚体0.25~2 mm、微团聚体0.053~0.25 mm和粉、黏粒<0.053 mm）细菌群落结构进行研究.结果表明：①微团聚体在稻田中占29.64%,显著高于其在天然湿地中的占比（22.20%）.②门水平上,绿弯菌门在稻田土壤大团聚体、微团聚体和粉、黏粒中的相对丰度分别为7.97%、8.56%和7.40%,显著高于其在天然湿地这3种粒径团聚体中的相对丰度（4.93%、4.81%和3.76%）;目水平上,厌氧绳菌目在稻田这3种粒径团聚体中的相对丰度分别为2.35%、3.03%和2.65%,显著高于其在天然湿地这3种粒径团聚体中的相对丰度（0.92%、0.91%和0.43%）.③生态网络分析显示,稻田微团聚体和粉、黏粒网络的节点数、边数和平均邻居数均高于天然湿地,并且在这两种组分中网络的平均连通度更大,特征路径长度更短;稻田大团聚体网络具有更长的特征路径长度、更高的模块性.结果表明,天然湿地改变为稻田后,土壤团聚体细菌群落结构改变,稻田微团聚体和粉、黏粒中细菌群落具有更高的物质循环和信息传递的效率,而稻田大团聚体细菌网络紧密性低,模块性高,其细菌群落结构更稳定.     

南水北调东线山东境内调蓄湖库蓝藻种群分布特征及环境驱动因子

为掌握南水北调东线山东境内调蓄湖库在工程运行前后蓝藻种群的分布情况及其环境驱动因子,于2010～2019年的5～11月对南四湖、东平湖、大屯水库、东湖水库和双王城水库进行藻类和水环境调查.共检出浮游蓝藻44种,其中丝状蓝藻23种.湖泊假鱼腥藻、拉氏拟柱孢藻、铜绿微囊藻和惠氏微囊藻在各调蓄湖库的检出频次和密度均较高,是主要有害蓝藻种.通过分析各调蓄湖库蓝藻种群的分布特征,发现丝状蓝藻在水力扰动较大水体中的生长优势较为明显,应成为日后调蓄湖库蓝藻风险防控的重点.Pearson相关性分析和广义线性拟合曲线结果显示,总氮、总磷、水温和水深是影响调蓄湖库主要有害蓝藻种生长的主要环境驱动因子.氮磷营养盐对于有害蓝藻种的生长具有显著的促进作用.湖泊假鱼腥藻具有良好的温度适应性,在夏初秋末仍能成为优势种,而当水温大于25℃时,拉氏拟柱孢藻、铜绿微囊藻和惠氏微囊藻具明显的生长优势.此外,较小的水深更利于拉氏拟柱孢藻的生长.建议在加强控制湖库氮磷营养盐输入的基础上,在夏初和秋末对湖泊假鱼腥藻进行重点监控,并在高温时期密切关注浅水区拉氏拟柱孢藻的生长情况,保障水质安全.     

微氧条件下自养-异养联合反硝化工艺的电子平衡分析

自养-异养联合反硝化(integrated autotrophic and heterotrophic denitrification,IAHD)工艺可以同时进行硫化物,硝酸盐和有机物的降解,作为工业废水处理的关键单元近年来受到广泛关注.引入微量氧气作为电子受体的微氧技术已被证明是强化IAHD运行效能的有效策略.本研究关注于IAHD工艺的电子平衡计算并发现了IAHD生物反应器在微氧条件下运行时利用有限的硝酸盐可将硫化物和乙酸盐完全转化去除.在IAHD序批实验中,当电子缺失率达到峰值55. 1%时,硫化物、硝酸盐和乙酸盐去除效率和去除速率均最高.进一步的硫化物氧化间歇实验表明,电子得失不平衡现象发生在生物硫化物氧化过程中,当氧气含量为5 m L和10 m L时,电子缺失率分别为18. 7%和38. 2%. Illumina微生物群落测序结果表明,Thiobacillus、Thauera、Mangroviflexus和Erysipelothrix为硫氧化过程的主要占优属,其中Thiobacillus的相对丰度随着电子缺失率的增加而增加.本研究揭示了微氧条件下电子受体缺失现象与强化的IAHD运行效能之间的潜在联系,并为深入探讨硫、氮和有机碳的代谢机制提供了新的研究视角.     

北京市河流秋季浮游动物群落特征分析

为了解北京市河流浮游动物群落空间分布特征及其与水环境因子之间的关系,于2017年9月采集了北京市28个水体的81个断面的样品,鉴定出浮游动物4类68种,其中原生动物17种占25%,轮虫36种占53%,枝角类13种占19%,桡足类占3%,主要是桡足幼体和无节幼体. 15种优势种中12种主要来自于轮虫和桡足类.山区河流浮游动物以原生动物和桡足类为主,城郊结合区以桡足类为主,城区以轮虫为主.综合水质标识指数法、Shannon-Wiener指数、Pielou均匀度指数和Margalef丰富度指数计算结果表明,山区河流水质总体上优于城区,城市水质优于城郊结合区;采用单因子水质标识指数法识别出水体主要污染因子为总氮.通过主成分分析(PCA)和典范对应分析(CCA)后发现,NH_4+~-N、BOD_5和COD等对浮游动物特征影响较大.