Effect of Mountain Relief and Industrial Air Pollution on Biometric Characteristics of Pine Stands

The effect of mountain relief and industrial air pollution on biometric parameters of pine stands was studied. The empirical–statistical models of the dependence of biometric characteristics on the parameters of forest sites were developed using raster modeling and multivariate analysis. The possibility of predicting changes in the biometric parameters at any site on the basis of these models is shown.     

The implications of new information and communication technologies for sustainability

This paper discusses the relationship of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and sustainable development. It deconstructs popular myths about a sustainable information society. One myth is that telework has reduced the need to travel and hence environmental pollution. The reality is that teleworkers make up only a small share of the total workforce, telework can generate new social relationships and hence the need for more travelling, work-related travel produces only a small amount of the total carbon dioxide emissions, and that the total distance travelled per employee is constantly rising. Another myth is that information economy is weightless and dematerialized which reduces environmental impacts. The energy and resource intensities of the ICT sector are indeed lower than the one of the total economy. The ICT sector also emits less CO₂ than the total economy. But the ICT sector constitutes only a small portion of the total value added and fossil fuel combustion is still the dominant activity of modern industrial economies. Some stakeholders argue that virtual products allow resource, energy, and transport savings. But burning digital music on compact discs and DVDs, printing digital articles and books, etc. results in rebound effects that cause new material and energy impacts, computers have a low life span of 2–3 years, reusable and upgradeable computers and computer equipment are hardly used and might not be as profitable as non-reusable ones, computers are consuming much energy. Alternatives such as energy consumption labels on ICTs and green ICTs that consume less energy contradict dominant economic interests. A sustainable information society is a society that makes use of ICTs and knowledge for fostering a good life for all human beings of current and future generations by strengthening biological diversity, technological usability, economic wealth for all, political participation of all, and cultural wisdom. Achieving a sustainable information society costs, it demands a conscious reduction of profits by not investing in the future of capital, but the future of humans, society, and nature.     

Eco-environmental information system of Tianjin City─Design, implementation and applications

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任意风向时的线源扩散模式研究

给出了一个适用于风向与公路成任意夹角的有限长线源的扩散模式;讨论了不同风向、线源长度等,对线源中心下风距离的污染物地面浓度的影响;并将这个模式与CALINE-2模式和风洞试验结果进行了比较。     

会计电算化对内部审计的影响

随着网络环境下会计电算化管理系统的应用,传统的审计模式、工作方法已不能满足新形式下内部审计的需要。本文在论述电算化会计系统的发展历程的基础上,阐述了会计电算化对内部审计所带来的制约和影响,提出了会计电算化环境下,内部审计工作的工作重点。     

国际环境法中环境信息交流制度

环境信息国际交流制度，已成为国际环境法的一项基本法律制度，其内容涉及各国和国际组织在这项交流中的地位，作用及机构，权利和义务，交流范围和形式，这项制度对有效保护人类环境发挥了多方面积极作用，在尊重各国主权，合作取得和共同享有，支持发展中国家参与交流原则基础上，这项制度将日益丰富，多样，完善。     

扩散法测定环境空气中的二氧化硫

介绍了利用自制分子扩散式个体采样器 ,监测环境空气中的二氧化硫的方法 ,该方法改 PRA光度法为离子色谱法 ,提高了方法的灵敏度。经实验室性能评价能够满足实验室测试的要求。并经有动力的溶液吸收管法现场对比测试 ,两种测试方法结果一致     

风向变化对城市大气污染的影响及试验分析

针对城市大气污染的复杂多变状况，在理论分析的基础上，通过风洞实验对城市大气污染扩散模型进行了模拟试验研究，建立了适合一定条件下城市大气污染物扩散的数学和物理模型，并对城市大气污染状况的影响因素进行了分析，在得到特定条件下城市大气污染扩散普遍规律的同时，重点讨论了风向变化对城市大气污染的影响，该方法同时还可以应用于城市大气污染物扩散浓度的估算。     

大连湾陆源污染物排海总量控制信息系统概念设计

根据陆源污染物总量控制原理和沿海地区地方政府的经济条件，以大连湾为例，采用地理信息系统（ＧＩＳ）技术，设计了排放入海湾的陆源污染物总量控制信息系统的概念模型，涉及系统建设的原则，数据类型，软件，硬件，用户界面和功能。为我国海湾污染物控制工作提供经济实用，先进的管理方法。     

Community response to hazard information

The impact of flood hazard information on public acceptance of a selected flood mitigation strategy was assessed by an analysis of the content of newspaper reports of community reaction and letters to the editor. The impact of personal delivery of a flood hazard map on individual perception of risk and attitude to such information was assessed using personal interviews. The results indicated that media coverage of the flood hazard information reduced public criticism of the works. This result must be partially attributable to the dramatic style of media coverage and the fact that the media only emphasized the positive value of the works. The interview demonstrated that personal delivery of the information raised perception of risk, improved comprehension of flood risk, had no impact on acceptability of risk but discouraged some respondents from seeking such information in the future. Factors to explain the last negative change were identified to be the format of the map sheet and low salience of flood hazard. On the basis of all results, methods to improve community response to hazard information are provided.