基于改进输出系数模型的非点源污染评估及关键源区识别：以北运河上游流域为例

非点源污染对水生态环境威胁极大,定量解析非点源污染空间分布特征和准确识别关键源区是实现其高效精准治理的基础.输出系数模型广泛应用于非点源污染的模拟,但该模型忽略污染物迁移过程中的损失量,需要进一步改进.以北运河上游流域为例,通过对非点源污染物迁移物理过程的模拟,量化产流、产沙和下渗过程中污染物的损失率改进输出系数模型,并分析Johnes、常用和改进输出系数模型的模拟精度,探究3个输出系数模型对非点源污染空间分布特征和关键源区模拟结果的影响.结果表明：(1)改进输出系数模型模拟误差(-6.79%)明显低于Johnes模型(50.44%)和常用模型(-84.01%),显著提高了非点源污染模拟精度.(2)不同输出系数模型得到的非点源污染空间分布特征和关键源区存在较大差异,改进的输出系数模型模拟结果更符合流域非点源污染特征.流域非点源污染呈西北部低东南部高的空间特征,城镇用地和耕地是主要污染源.(3)基于改进输出系数模型确定的流域非点源污染关键源区主要分布在昌平、沙河、史各庄、温泉乡北部和马连洼街道西部等区域,占流域总面积6.71%.研究可为缺资料地区的非点源污染评估和治理提供更有效的工具支撑...     

渭河流域典型支流致洪临界面雨量确定——以千河流域为例

利用渭河典型支流千河流域千阳水文站控制区域20个气象站2006—2013年的小时降水以及同期水文站的流量和水位数据,基于泰森多边形法、三参数幂函数法、一元非线性回归模型以及概率分布模拟等方法确定了千河流域不同等级洪水发生时对应的面雨量阈值,同时也计算了不同重现期的致洪临界面雨量。研究表明:三参数幂函数模型对水位与流量的关系模拟精度较高,模型能够模拟典型年份发生的洪水;典型控制断面流量主要受前9 h累计降水影响;当汛期水位由901 m升高至超标准水位时,千阳水文站控制流域的致洪临界面雨量增加了将近50 mm,而相应的洪峰流量相差1418.51 m~3·s~(-1);对数皮尔逊Ⅲ型分布能够很好地模拟洪峰流量的概率分布;10—100年重现期下,控制断面水位增加高达2 m。     

不同城市PM2.5致小鼠肝脏纤维化的效应差异研究

为阐明PM_2.5诱发肝脏纤维化的潜在机制以及导致这种不良效应的主要组分,本研究以采自我国太原、北京、杭州和广州市的PM_2.5暴露10月龄C57BL/6雌性小鼠4周后,利用组织切片染色,荧光定量PCR (qRT-PCR)以及Western blot技术检测小鼠肝脏纤维化的发生,并采用皮尔森相关系数法分析不同城市PM_2.5暴露组小鼠肝脏纤维化相关基因表达水平与各城市典型化学组分的线性相关关系.结果发现,与对照组相比,太原组和杭州组小鼠肝脏脏器系数显著降低;太原组小鼠肝脏胶原沉积面积显著增加,肝脏纤维化相关基因(Col1a1、Col3a1、TGF-β和MMP2)的转录水平显著升高,并且也仅有太原组PM_2.5暴露诱导了小鼠肝脏Col1a1蛋白的显著增高,而其他城市PM_2.5暴露组并未见上述纤维化相关因子的显著变化.相关性分析结果显示,Cr、Mn、Mo、Cs、Pb、Bi、U和Fe等金属组分与Col1a1和Col3a1的mRNA表达呈显著正相关,除NA、AC及BaP外其余15种多环芳烃均与Col1a1表达显著相关,18种PAHs之和与Col3a1表达显著相关.上述结果表明,PM_2.5暴露可导致小鼠肝脏纤维化的发生,其中太原市PM_2.5诱导肝脏纤维化发生最为显著,TGF-β及其通路中相关信号分子在介导PM_2.5诱发肝脏纤维化发生中发挥了重要作用,Cr、Mn、Mo、Cs、Pb、Bi、U、Fe及PAHs很可能是细颗粒物暴露导致小鼠肝脏纤维化的关键毒性组分.     

The oil and gas industry,the Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) and the management of emergencies - Changes necessary to achieve effective competence assessment of OIMs in controlling emergencies

Within the UK offshore oil and gas industry all installations require to be under the charge of a ‘competent’ installation manager in accordance with the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations (MAR) 1995. The Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) is responsible for the safety of all persons onboard and within 500 m of an installation. Should an incident arise, the OIM performs one of the most critical roles within the offshore industry - management of the response to the emergency to mitigate and make safe the installation to secure a place of safety for persons onboard or organise their safe evacuation. The emergency response also includes limiting the loss of hydrocarbons to the environment.Research at the University of Aberdeen has identified 8 potential barriers to the effective competence assessment of OIMs in controlling emergencies. These underlying barriers are a consequence of current UK legislation and industry practices in the assessment of OIM competence and result from:

• •multiple definitions of competence,
• •competence assessment predominantly by observation,
• •lack of specific and unambiguous competence requirements for trainers and assessors,
• •complexity in UK legislation and complicated interpretation of terms,
• •lack of statutory competence requirements for OIMs in controlling emergencies,
• •lack of ownership of OIM competence and competence assessment,
• •complex interactions across multiple UK Government departments, and
• •lack of regulation and independent audit of the competence assessment process of OIMs in controlling emergencies.

The potential barriers were identified by qualitative analysis of key documentation, including legislation, using a critical hermeneutic approach. Hermeneutics has historically been used to analyse texts within the domains of theology, business and law. It arguably, however, represents a powerful approach to the study of documents within the engineering domain and the offshore oil and gas industry.This paper discusses the identified potential barriers, research conclusions and recommendations and represents the culmination of three years of doctoral research investigating the competence assessment of OIMs in controlling emergencies within the offshore oil and gas industry. The research, in particular, is relevant to Duty Holders within the offshore industry, safety engineers and UK Government departments.     

An Australian perspective on rewilding

Rewilding is increasingly recognized as a conservation tool but is often context specific, which inhibits broad application. Rewilding in Australia seeks to enhance ecosystem function and promote self-sustaining ecosystems. An absence of large-bodied native herbivores means trophic rewilding in mainland Australia has focused on the restoration of functions provided by apex predators and small mammals. Because of the pervasive influence of introduced mesopredators, predator-proof fences, and establishment of populations on predator-free islands are common rewilding approaches. This sets Australian rewilding apart from most jurisdictions and provides globally relevant insights but presents challenges to restoring function to broader landscapes. Passive rewilding is of limited utility in arid zones. Although increasing habitat extent and quality in mesic coastal areas may work, it will likely be necessary to undertake active management. Because much of Australia's population is in urban areas, rewilding efforts must include urban areas to maximize effectiveness. Thus rewilding is not synonymous with wilderness and can occur over multiple scales. Rewilding efforts must recognize human effects on other species and benefit both nature and humans. Rewilding in Australia requires development of a shared vision and strategy and proof-of-concept projects to demonstrate the benefits. The repackaging of existing conservation activities as rewilding may confuse and undermine the success of rewilding programs and should be avoided. As elsewhere, rewilding in Australia should be viewed as an important conservation tool.     

Toward participatory decision-making in river corridor management: two case studies from the European Alps

River managers are aware that river restoration entails addressing and effectively solving wicked social-ecological problems. Contemporary river corridor management is characterized by a variety of actors with different perspectives and interests, and by complex institutional settings and legal landscapes. Additionally, at the intersection between litho-, hydro-, and biological fields, new research suggests that river restoration should reactivate matter and energy fluxes, re-establish spatial connections with the floodplains, and enhance aquatic and terrestrial habitats without exacerbating flood risk. First, we outline a general structure of participatory river corridor management that addresses the following key requirements: (1) unambiguous, participatory spatial delineation of the river corridor; (2) comprehensive assessment of the river corridor's hydro-geomorphological, ecological, socio-economic and cultural processes; (3) transparency and consistency of the decision-making process; as well as (4) a coherent envisioning process. Subsequently, we present an overview of two river corridor management processes, conducted in South Tyrol, Italy. Specifically, we analysed the Etsch/Adige River corridor between Laas/Lasa and Glurns/Glorenza in the Upper Vinschgau/Venosta valley characterized by intense agricultural land use and the densely populated Eisack/Isarco River corridor in Brixen/Bressanone. Based on structured interviews with project managers, we highlight strengths and shortcomings of the proposed participatory management and envisage procedural improvements.     

Evaluating multi-stakeholder perceptions of project impacts: a participatory value-based multi-criteria approach

This paper describes a participatory multi-stakeholder impact assessment approach based on the concept of a value tree (VT), generated using the value focused thinking method (VFT) developed by Keeney (1992 Keeney, R. 1992. Value-focused thinking, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.  [Google Scholar]). This approach allows stakeholders to specify impact parameters to be evaluated, which in the context of the VT, are organized as goals, objectives and alternatives. The approach is implemented in two phases: Phase I is designed to formulate stakeholders' collective VT following VFT concepts and the cognitive mapping method, and Phase II is a participatory valuation approach based on the VT formed in Phase I. The VT and the VFT concepts are adopted as tools to capture different stakeholders' values, goals and perceptions. The resulting VT is structured as a hierarchy between goals and objectives, and a network consisting of relationships, linkages and cross-impacts of the different alternatives and objectives. The hierarchy and network structure enables stakeholders to decompose complex assessment problem into ‘smaller’ units, which makes for easier and clearer assessment context, without ignoring linkages of the units or assessment elements. The second phase allows stakeholders to express their preferences with respect to each assessment element, through a voting system that ultimately leads to measures of importance or relative weights associated with each element. A modified Analytic Hierarchy Process (called Analytic Network Process) was used to distill relative weights from the voting results. Results obtained from a case study in a Zimbabwean community forest show that the proposed approach is easy to implement and can address questions about whether a project can lead to a positive change in attitudes, and whether the changes actually lead to a propensity to adopt alternatives that the project supports (e.g. conservation-oriented alternatives).     

Stakeholder participation in management of invasive vertebrates

Stakeholders are increasingly involved in species conservation. We sought to understand what features of a participatory conservation program are associated with its ecological and social outcomes. We conducted a case study of the management of invasive vertebrates in Australia. Invasive vertebrates are a substantial threat to Australia's native species, and stakeholder participation in their management is often necessary for their control. First, we identified potential influences on the ecological and social outcomes of species conservation programs from the literature. We used this information to devise an interview questionnaire, which we administered to managers of 34 participatory invasive-vertebrate programs. Effects of invasive species were related to program initiator (agency or citizen), reasons for use of a participatory approach, and stakeholder composition. Program initiator was also related to the participation methods used, level of governance (i.e., governed by an agency or citizens), changes in stakeholder interactions, and changes in abundance of invasive species. Ecological and social outcomes were related to changes in abundance of invasive species and stakeholder satisfaction. We identified relations between changes in the number of participants, stakeholder satisfaction, and occurrence of conflict. Potential ways to achieve ecological and social goals include provision of governmental support (e.g., funding) to stakeholders and minimization of gaps in representation of stakeholder groups or individuals to, for example, increase conflict mitigation. Our findings provide guidance for increasing the probability of achieving ecological and social objectives in management of invasive vertebrates and may be applicable to other participatory conservation programs.     

基于复杂网络理论的轨道交通网络脆弱性分析

城市轨道交通是城市客运体系的重要支撑,而突发事件易使某些轨道交通站点瘫痪,从而影响轨道交通网络全局效率。分析城市交通轨道网络的拓扑特征和脆弱性对于优化路网结构、保障稳定运营有重要意义。以重庆市轨道交通网络为例,使用Space L法构建拓扑网络并用Matlab软件分析节点度、平均路径长度、聚类系数等指标和分布规律,定量计算各个站点对于蓄意攻击的脆弱性,以鉴定对网络效率影响最大的关键站点。模拟攻击实验结果表明:现阶段重庆市轨道交通网络平均路径长度较大,聚集系数较小,网络连通性有待提高。面对蓄意攻击时,红旗河沟站和大坪站作为关键节点对网络效率的影响较大。在加快重庆市轨道交通建设的同时,应在运营中加强保护关键站点。