大跨度斜拉拱桥地震响应分析

以湘潭市在建的一种新颖钢管混凝土拱桥——斜拉钢管混凝土拱组合桥梁为研究对象,通过大型有限元软件建立空间结构有限元模型,利用子空间迭代法对其进行了模态求解,得到并分析了结构的动力特性。在此基础上分别运用反应谱法和时程反应法分析了该桥的纵向、横向和竖向地震响应,采用了5条实际记录地震波,讨论其主要结构形式、不同的地震波、各种场地以及各参数对地震反应的影响和规律。研究结果表明,大跨度斜拉钢管混凝土拱桥横向稳定性突出,整体抗震性能较好,这为大跨度斜拉拱桥的抗震设计和研究提供了理论依据。     

国内外液化砂砾土土性对比分析

砂土液化问题的研究特别是砂土液化的判别目前已经取得了较大的进展,并在国内外现行的规范中充分反映,而砂砾土由于颗粒大、透水性好,普遍认为地震时孔压不至于上升至液化的程度,往往将其划分为非液化土类。通过调查汶川地震砂砾土液化情况以及勘察试验获取其土性资料,对比分析了国内外液化砂砾土的地质背景及土性特征。主要认识为:①以往国内外砂砾土液化实例虽然有限,但已经表明松散-稍密的砂砾土在一定的地震强度下仍有可能发生液化,而2008年汶川地震中的大量砂砾土液化的事实,说明笼统地将砂砾土划归为非液化土类的做法有误;②汶川地震液化砂砾土的颗粒级配范围涵盖了国内外其他地震的颗粒级配,研究汶川地震的砂砾土液化问题具有代表性和普遍性,以此建立的砂砾土液化评价方法在国际上应具有通用性。     

基于GIS技术的快速震害评估方法

地震灾害损失评估是防震减灾领域一项十分重要的工作，本文分析了当前震害评估工作的现状和存在的问题，并就GIS技术应用于震害评估的可行性进行了讨论，提出了基于GIS技术的快速震害评估方法的基本原理和技术思路。     

手机移动气象防灾减灾服务系统的设计与实现

应用目前先进的KJAVA技术，研究开发了江西省手机移动气象防灾减灾服务系统，简要介绍了该系统的基本原理、使用环境、信息流程、体系结构和主要功能。该系统投入业务运行以来，已得到各级党政领导和森林防火、防汛指挥、人工增雨等部门的好评，在防灾减灾方面取得了明显的社会经济效益。     

Effects of experimental nitrogen additions on plant diversity in tropical forests of contrasting disturbance regimes in southern China

Responses of understory plant diversity to nitrogen (N) additions were investigated in reforested forests of contrasting disturbance regimes in southern China from 2003 to 2008: disturbed forest (with harvesting of understory vegetation and litter) and rehabilitated forest (without harvesting). Experimental additions of N were administered as the following treatments: Control, 50 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹, and 100 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹. Nitrogen additions did not significantly affect understory plant richness, density, and cover in the disturbed forest. Similarly, no significant response was found for canopy closure in this forest. In the rehabilitated forest, species richness and density showed no significant response to N additions; however, understory cover decreased significantly in the N-treated plots, largely a function of a significant increase in canopy closure. Our results suggest that responses of plant diversity to N deposition may vary with different land-use history, and rehabilitated forests may be more sensitive to N deposition.     

稻田冬闲期CO2气体排放的观测研究

亚热带红壤稻作区是华中地区的主要生态系统类型,在生态、经济以及社会效益方面都起着非常重要的作用。为了解这一生态区域的碳循环过程的因素和机理,同时为进一步解释农田碳循环过程对温室气体CO2的影响提供科学依据,采用静态箱式法对亚热带红壤性稻田长达约5个月的冬季休闲期(2005年11月—2006年4月)CO2气体排放通量进行了田间原位观测,并结合同步气象资料进行了分析。结果表明:亚热带红壤性稻田冬闲期CO2通量与近地面CO2体积分数的季节变化基本同步,与地面稻田生态系统的CO2通量对大气CO2体积分数的影响60%;CO2通量日变化规律基本为昼吸夜排:白天表现为田间杂草光合作用的结果,受光合有效辐射的影响,CO2通量与光合有效辐射的关系符合对数曲线,相关性达到显著水平;夜晚则以呼吸过程为主,主要受温度的影响,CO2通量与温度呈线性关系,其中气温和5cm地温最适宜用作于描述夜间CO2通量对温度变化的响应的指标。亚热带红壤性稻田生态系统在149d的休闲期内从大气中累积吸碳量(以CO2计)约4.03t·hm-2,表现为大气的碳汇。     

O3自动监测的技术要点

通过多年在粤港空气监控系统中的O3自动监测实践,阐述了O3标准气浓度传递认证的范例性解决方案,并在O3气体样品输送、O3分析仪器性能维护及在线检查校准用标准气等方面提出了实用的技术方法。     

Illegal fishing and territorial user rights in Chile

Illegal fishing poses a major threat to conservation of marine resources worldwide. However, there is still limited empirical research that quantifies illegal catch levels. We used the randomized response technique to estimate the proportion of divers and the quantities of loco (Concholepas concholepas) they extracted illegally. Loco have been managed for the past 17 years through a territorial user rights for fisheries system (TURFs) in Chile. Illegal fishing of loco was widespread within the TURFs system. Official reported landings (i.e., legal landings) accounted for 14–30% of the total loco extraction. Our estimates suggest that ignoring the magnitude of illegal fishing and considering only official landing statistics may lead to false conclusions about the status and trends of a TURFs managed fishery. We found evidence of fisher associations authorizing their members to poach inside TURFs, highlighting the need to design TURFs systems so that government agencies and fishers’ incentives and objectives align through continuous adaptation. Government support for enforcement is a key element for the TURFs system to secure the rights that are in place.     

Participatory development of incentives to coexist with jaguars and pumas

Reducing costs and increasing benefits for rural communities coexisting with large carnivores is necessary for conservation of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor). To design acceptable incentives, stakeholders must be involved in the process. We conducted an innovative, structured, group communication process based on a Delphi technique as a template for identifying potential incentives. Community workshops with 133 members of 7 communities and surveys with 25 multidisciplinary experts from government, nongovernmental organizations, and academia provided iterative data to design a plan of incentives through 4 rounds of discussion. The final product integrated 862 ideas into 6 types of incentives: organization of communities, mechanisms for improved dialogue, citizen technical assistance, green labeling for community products, payment for the ecosystem service of biodiversity, and an assessment of financial alternatives. We used quantitative and qualitative techniques to indicate support for decisions about the design of incentives, which reduced researcher subjectivity. The diverse incentives developed and the cooperation from multiple stakeholders resulted in an incentive plan that integrated issues of governance, equity, and social norms.     

The environment as seen through the life of a journal: Ambio 1972–2022

Emerging after World War II “the environment” as a modern concept turned in the years around 1970 into a phase of institutionalization in science, civic society, and politics. Part of this was the foundation of journals. The majority became “environmental specialist journals”, typically based in established disciplines. Some became “environmental generalist journals”, covering broad knowledge areas and often with an ambition to be policy relevant. A significant and early member of the latter category was Ambio, founded 1972. This article presents an overview of the journal’s first 50 years, with a focus on main changes in scientific content, political context, and editorial directions. A key finding is that the journal reflects an increasing pluralization of “the environment” with concepts such as global change, climate change, Earth system science, Anthropocene, resilience, and environmental governance. Another finding is that the journal has also itself influenced developments through publishing work on new concepts and ideas.