Problem-Framing: A perspective on environmental problem-solving

The specter of environmental calamity calls for the best efforts of an involved public. Ironically, the way people understand the issues all too often serves to discourage and frustrate rather than motivate them to action. This article draws from problem-solving perspectives offered by cognitive psychology and conflict management to examine a framework for thinking about environmental problems that promises to help rather than hinder efforts to address them. Problem-framing emphasizes focusing on the problem definition. Since how one defines a problem determines one's understanding of and approach to that problem, being able to redefine or reframe a problem and to explore the “problem space” can help broaden the range of alternatives and solutions examined. Problem-framing incorporates a cognitive perspective on how people respond to information. It explains why an emphasis on problem definition is not part of people's typical approach to problems. It recognizes the importance of structure and of having ways to organize that information on one's problem-solving effort. Finally, problem-framing draws on both cognitive psychology and conflict management for strategies to manage information and to create a problem-solving environment that not only encourages participation but can yield better approaches to our environmental problems.     

浅谈依安县环境信访疑难问题的成因及对策

本文对我市环境信访疑难问题的成因及对策提出了建议。     

Ecological Risk Assessment and Problem Formulation for Lake Uluabat,a Ramsar State in Turkey

Unlike the United States and the European Union, developing countries do not have sufficiently structured legal and institutional systems to apply certain environmental management tools such as ecological risk assessment. However, it is important for countries with valuable environmental and ecological resources to have appropriate tools and to strengthen their environmental management capabilities and capacities for the sake of those resources. The case study described in this paper attempts to be a case study towards developing environmental management plans, especially in developing countries. The problem formulation step of Ecological Risk Assessment applied in this study contributed to the basic elements of an environmental management plan including the following: the partnership-building process, prioritization of the problems and issues of the ecosystem, and development of the action plan. Based on the information provided by participants from a series of workshops held to develop an environmental management plan for Uluabat Lake, ecosystem risks were ranked and an action plan was formed. The results obtained with the aid of fuzzy set theory provided a base for identification of the action steps by allowing scientific information to be included in the process. The degree to which Uluabat Lakes problem formulation fits into the existing legal framework of Turkey is also analyzed in this paper.     

处理基层环境信访问题的建议

论述了基层环保工作中信访投诉的现状及特征,指出环境信访存在的问题,提出了健全、完善环境法律法规体系,切实加强领导,建章立制、依法行政,争取信访工作主动性等建议。     

哈尔滨市无公害农产品发展中存在的问题与对策

介绍了哈尔滨市无公害农产品的发展情况,指出了在发展中存在的问题,并提出了一些发展对策。     

环境综合分析报告的发展趋势

对环境综合分析报告的特点和分类进行了阐述。指出目前的环境综合分析报告对环境监测成果的利用不够，对环境管理政策措施的了解不足，环境质量评价方法有待改进，环境综合分析手段有待提高。提出环境综合分析报告应由讲述型向解答型发展，由纯文本型向多媒体型发展，由专业型向通俗型发展，由定期型向实时型发展。     

建设项目竣工验收监测难点问题解析

分析了建设项目竣工环境保护验收监测工作中存在的审核、环评批复、复测管理、建设单位配合、监测技术和监测管理等问题及原因,提出了加强相关法律法规学习宣传、建立完善验收监测制度与程序、强化质量控制管理等解决办法及建议.