Aggressive driving: a survey of attitudes, opinions and behaviors

INTRODUCTION: Aggressive driving encompasses a continuum of behaviors that range from extreme acts, such as shootings, to less severe manifestations, such as arguments and gestures. It is clear from the available data that aggressive driving is not uncommon and very risky. However, little is known about the opinions and practices of drivers. The purpose of this study was to help bridge these gaps. METHODS: The data were gathered by means of a public opinion poll among a representative sample of 1,201 Canadian drivers. Univariate frequency distributions and 95% confidence intervals were calculated and logistic regression and generalized linear latent models were used to summarize the data. RESULTS: It was found that the issue of aggressive driving is a significant one as a considerable percentage of drivers admits to it. The results coming from the logistic regression and the generalized linear latent model suggest that male and younger drivers are more likely to behave aggressively in traffic and that behaving more aggressively is associated with a history of traffic tickets. DISCUSSION: When gauging people's attitudes, opinions, and behaviors, it becomes clear that aggressive driving is a considerable problem. There also seems to be a need for a better understanding of which specific behaviors respondents associate with the generic term "aggressive driving." IMPACT ON INDUSTRY: Results from this study further emphasize the need of increasing the aggressive driving knowledge base.     

中国环境影响评价中的公众参与有效性研究

公众参与不但是环评工作的重要内容,而且对实施可持续发展战略起着重要作用。文章阐述了环境影响评价中公众参与的概念、作用,分析了现阶段公众参与存在的主要问题,结合工作实践,并借鉴国外经验,提出了提高公众参与有效性的若干改进建议。     

上海市轨道交通明珠线噪声影响后评价研究

采用现场监测和公众参与相结合的方法对上海市轨道交通明珠线噪声影响开展了后评价。评价结果表明 :明珠线列车运行噪声对沿线居民影响较大 ;对沿线办公楼和学校的影响相对较轻。明珠线现有噪声防治措施无法完全解决其噪声影响问题。建议今后城市轨道交通在人口密集区建设应采用地下轨道交通     

THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF WESTERN WATER DEVELOPMENT1

ABSTRACT: Social scientists were included in the planning and design for an integrated, trans-basin water resource project. Within this complex project, a socioeconomic impact assessment (SIA) concentrated on identifying the social, political, and economic issues and potential impacts inherent in developing a city's water rights. Before the SIA began, some of the development alternatives had already generated widespread hostility and organized opposition from communities within the watershed. The SIA involved residents of affected communities in the study design and project planning. The study found a number of components that constituted the concerns, beliefs, and expectations about perceived, potential impacts that might result from the different alternatives. In most cases these issues constituted threats to valued environmental resources, valued community resources, the social environment, the economic base, and a secure future. The social science component was a key factor in the ultimate decision to pursue a particular alternative which was sensitive to the social and political issues, minimized environmental and socioeconomic impacts, and ultimately had support among the communities potentially affected. The experience from this case study suggests that the approach used can be applied successfully in the planning of other water development projects and result in cooperation from the wide range of interest groups that often present costly obstacles to such projects.     

ADAPTING THE LAW OF WATER MANAGEMENT TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER HYDROPOLITICAL STRESSES1

ABSTRACT: Existing legal regimes for the management of water resources are already stressed by changing technologies and growing populations. There is little reason for doubt that today the planet is undergoing significant and even alarming climate change. In the past such global climatic changes had dramatic effects on water resource availability with disastrous consequences for many human communities. Today's climate changes can be managed without such disastrous consequences for present day communities only if there are major reforms to existing water law regimes at the local, national, and international levels. In particular, at the local and national levels, water resources must be treated as public property rather than as common or private property. At the international level, water must be managed at the drainage basin level rather than according to national boundaries that largely ignore rational water management criteria. At all levels, care must be given to decentralizing decision making and to use economic incentives insofar as possible, without, however, mistaking economic incentives for markets. The public nature of water resources precludes true markets as a significant management tool.     

发展中国家环境影响评价的现状分析与对策研究

从ＥＩＡ的环境立法、环境管理、实施对象、执行程序等方面分析了发展中国家的环境影响评价现状,并提出相应对策：①关注机构建设;②建立ＥＩＡ 信息资源中心;③加大公众参与程度;④加强开发区域环境影响评价研究     

基于“弓弦箭模型”的地区公共卫生风险测度与评价

为评估我国各地区的公共卫生风险,基于"弓弦箭模型",从划分功能性指标和标志性指标入手,构建公共卫生风险评价指标体系。运用SPSS软件,对指标数据进行主成分分析,测度中国内地31个省区市的公共卫生风险指数,找出影响公共卫生安全的最主要因子,研究了我国各省市公共卫生风险的排序及地区发展不平衡的特征,并为我国公共卫生安全较高风险和高风险地区改善安全状况提供启示意义。结果表明卫生资源和经济因子、婴幼保健因子和传染病控制因子是影响公共卫生风险的最主要因子,中西部地区公共卫生风险较高。     

大型公共场所多源疏散的控制流模型研究

以现有的单源最快流控制算法为基础,考虑人员在大型公共场所中的实际分布状况,遵循最大限度利用各出口的原则,提出针对多源疏散的全局最优化算法。根据此算法可以得出各疏散源点经过各出口的疏散人员数量以及人员的行走路径、从源点出发和完成疏散的时刻。将算法应用于某百货公司的案例研究表明,在多源疏散的情况下,各源点依次按照单源最快流控制算法进行独立疏散,能够保证每个源点的最优疏散,但整体的疏散效率并非最优;而应用全局最优化算法进行疏散,可以充分利用疏散过程中不同出口的疏散时间差,取得减少整体疏散时间、提高疏散效率的效果。     

网络视域下突发事件对旅游目的地形象的影响过程研究

突发事件直接影响旅游目的地形象,关系到目的地的可持续发展。基于网络视域,从旅游者感知角度,建立突发事件影响目的地形象的过程模型。根据突发事件网络传播的效应——信息爆炸效应和舆论聚合效应,将模型分解为对目的地形象的强化过程和反馈过程。突发事件的网络传播会加速目的地形象感知的过程并深化目的地形象感知的内容,从而强化对目的地形象的感知,反馈过程导致目的地形象的调整。分析表明,网络视域下突发事件对目的地形象的影响更加显著。最后总结网络信息时代目的地遭遇突发事件时维护自身形象的策略。     

公共危机管理中的组织学习研究

目前国外对危机管理的研究已经趋于成熟,已经进一步提出了在危机中学习的概念并取得一些进展。而在经历了几次大的危机之后,国内学者开始关注公共危机管理。随着危机种类越来越多,发生频率越来越高,政府的公共部门必须要具备组织学习的能力。但是国内对于组织学习研究在公共管理领域的延伸还十分有限,我国仅少量学者探讨了学习型政府,对其它类型公共部门的组织学习研究则更为罕见。显然,这种研究的缺失不利于公共组织构建组织学习能力和提高服务水平。未来的国内学习型组织研究需要在公共组领域有所突破,特别是危机情境下的公共组织学习。因此本文以分析文献的方式,借鉴国内外学者对公共危机管理,以及组织学习的研究,希望能为公共部门组织学习的深层探索提供思路。