Sustainability: a Dissent

Abstract:  Broadly conceived and considered in its many usages, sustainability has grave defects as a planning goal, particularly when used by conservationists: it confuses means and ends; it is vague about what is being sustained and who or what is doing the sustaining; it is uninspiring; it is little more than Pinchot-era conservation (and thus ignores the many lessons learned since then); it need not be linked to land, to the land's functioning, or to any ecological science; it need not include a moral component; it is consistent with the view of humans as all-powerful manipulators of the planet; and, in general, it is such a malleable term that its popularity provides only a facade of consensus. When sustainability is defined broadly to include the full range of economic and social aspirations, it poses the particular risk that ecological and biodiversity concerns will be cast aside in favor of more pressing human wants. Given these many defects, the conservation movement should discard the term in favor of a more alluring goal, attentive to nature and its ecological functioning. A sound goal would incorporate and distill the considerable ecological and moral wisdom accumulated since Pinchot's day while giving conservationists the rhetorical tools needed to defend the land against competing pressures. In our view, conservation would be well served by an updated variant of "land health," Aldo Leopold's ecologically grounded goal from the 1940s. Land health as an independent understanding should set the essential terms of how we live and enjoy the earth, providing the framework within which we pursue our many social and economic aims.     

云南省土壤污染状况调查中样品的保存与管理

主要介绍了土壤污染状况调查中,应通过规范要求土壤样品的保存与管理步骤,确保土壤污染状况调查数据的准确性与可比性。     

Adsorption and correlation with their thermodynamic properties of triazine herbicides on soils

IntroductionAdsorptionofherbicidesonsoilfromwaterisanimportantfactoraffectingtheirfate,biologicalactivity,andpersistenceinsoil watersystem .Itisoftenaffectedbyseveralpropertiesofsoil.Betterunderstandingofadsorptionanditsaffectingfactorswillmakeitpossibletoadjusttheherbicidedosageaccordingtosoilproperties,thusreducingtheenvironmentalpollutionofherbicidesintheenvironment.Fig .1　StructuresofthreetriazineherbicidesAmongthepost emergentherbicides,triazineherbicidesaremostcommonlyusedworldwideonco…     

西藏自治区土地资源的适宜性评价与利用

本文综合评价了西藏自治区土地资源的适宜性及其质量．阐明了影响土地资源潜力发挥的主要限制因素，分析了土地资源利用现状、存在问题和开发潜力。并在此基础上、提出了西藏自治区土地资源合理开发利用的方向、对策和措施。     

岷江上游半干旱河谷土壤成土特征研究：以大沟流域为例

岷江上游半干旱河谷位于新构造运动活动带，其土壤形成和发育过程有着鲜明的区域特征。本文结合该区域的自然地理特点，综合分析各成土因素和土壤性状，对该区域土壤的成土特征进行了深入的分析和研究。     

水入渗条件下边坡破坏离心模型试验研究

水的人渗能对土体强度产生较大的影响,它是造成边坡破坏的一个主要因素.不同含水量土质边坡的离心模型试验表明:边坡的破坏类型与其含水量大小有关,且主要存在两种破坏类型:一种是含水量较小时形成的拉裂缝破坏,另一种是含水量较大时形成的整体滑塌破坏;同时,含水量与边坡的最大稳定高度呈非线性关系.进一步的损伤力学分析表明,随着土体含水量的增加,损伤变量增大,并存在一个突变点;通过同离心模型试验结果比较,发现该突变点对应的含水量可作为两种破坏类型的判据.     

黄棕壤不同粒级组分对镉的吸附动力学与热力学研究

采用一次平衡法研究了黄棕壤不同粒级组分(粘粒≤2 μm、粉粒2～20 μm、细砂粒20～200 μm、粗砂粒200～2000 μm)对镉的吸附动力学与热力学,并采用拉格朗日假一级动力学方程、假二级动力学方程、颗粒内扩散模型对试验数据进行拟合.结果表明,2种温度下各粒级组分对镉的吸附均可分为快反应和慢反应2个阶段,0～15 min内为快反应阶段,吸附量达到饱和吸附量的95%以上,此后为慢反应阶段;随着温度由25℃升高到45℃,各组分对镉的饱和吸附量增加了4.86%～25.3%;各组分对镉的吸附动力学符合拉格朗日假二级动力学方程,吸附过程以化学吸附为主;二级动力学吸附速率常数表明,随着各组分粒级增大,吸附速率降低;在试验温度范围内随着温度升高,吸附速率加快;吸附过程的限速步骤为颗粒间扩散;各粒级组分对镉的吸附为吸热反应,反应能自发进行.     

扬州市不同功能区表层土壤中多环芳烃的含量、来源及其生态风险

对扬州市6个不同功能区(公园、菜地、文教区、居民区、加油站和工业区)共59个表层土壤样品(0～10 cm)中15种美国环境保护署优控的多环芳烃(PAHs)的含量和来源进行了分析,并利用苯并[a]芘(BaP)毒性当量浓度(TEQ_BaP)评价了土壤中PAHs的生态风险.结果表明,扬州市土壤中∑15PAHs总量范围为21～36 118μg·kg^-1,中值为295μg·kg^-1,PAHs组成中以4～6环为主.不同功能区∑15PAHs总量平均值高低顺序为工业区>加油站>文教区>菜地>居民区>公园.相关性分析表明,整个扬州市土壤中∑15PAHs总量与土壤总有机碳(TOC)(P<0.05)和黑碳(BC)(P<0.01)含量都呈显著性正相关,但除了加油站土壤中∑15PAHs总量与BC含量呈显著性正相关(P<0.01)外,不同功能区土壤中∑15PAHs总量与TOC、BC含量都无显著相关性.特征比值法结果表明,不同功能区土壤中PAHs来源虽有些差异,但都主要来源于石油泄漏以及石油、煤和生物质等...     

长江下游典型滨海地区农业土壤重金属污染特征

为揭示长江下游滨海地区农业土壤重金属污染状况,以滨江临海的南通市为例,网格化布点,采集表层农业土壤样品共计334个,对其重金属Cu、Pb、Cr、As、Hg含量进行了测定分析.结果表明,研究区域表层农业土壤中各重金属含量均已超过其背景值,且以Pb污染最为严重;区域性差异较大,以滨海的如东、海门、启东污染最为严重,且以海门、启东As含量最高;各重金属间相关性不显著,来源途径不止一种.从而提出南通市农业土壤重金属污染的防治应立足于防重于治的方针,着重滨海地区,以Pb、As污染源为主,并对污染土壤进行修复.