Towards sustainable tourism planning in New Zealand: Monitoring local government planning under the Resource Management Act

In the light of the increasing pace and scale of tourism activity in New Zealand, the concept of sustainable tourism has become a key ingredient in the nation's tourism strategy. This paper explores sustainable tourism planning in New Zealand at the level of local government, and in particular, focuses on the implementation of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) as a mechanism for achieving sustainable tourism. Using the findings of a survey of Regional Councils and Territorial Local Authorities, the paper explores public sector planning responses to tourism impacts and sustainability concerns in New Zealand. The paper extends the earlier work of Page and Thorn (1997. Towards sustainable tourism planning in New Zealand: public sector planning responses. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 5(1): 59-77; 2002. Towards sustainable tourism development and planning in New Zealand: the public sector response revisited. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 10(3): 222-238), which identified major issues of concern at local council level with regard to tourism impacts and argued the need for a national vision for tourism to ensure that the RMA achieved its original goals. Since then, a national tourism strategy has been published and changes in legislation have further empowered local authorities to further progress the sustainability agenda. This paper examines these developments and the ensuing implications, concluding that significant progress has been made in developing tourism policies at the local level, but that a number of constraints and issues limit the development of New Zealand as a sustainable destination.     

退耕还林工程监测体系构建

退耕还林工程监测工作能够客观地反映工程建设进展、建设质量和建设成效,并为工程的科学管理和决策提供依据。遵循"突出重点、量力而行、方法统一、信息共享"的基本原则,构建了退耕还林工程监测体系,主要包括:监测内容:工程营造林任务的完成数量和质量、政策兑现、生态效益、经济效益和社会效益;监测层次:国家级,省级,县级,农户(退耕还林者)级等4级;监测指标:工程实施方面24个,工程效益方面46个;监测方法:遥感监测、小流域调查、小班调查、样地调查、地块调查、走访调查等方法。     

地价动态监测中数字地价模型建立方法——以武汉市为例

根据《城市地价动态监测体系技术规范》的要求,针对现有地价监测点存在的问题,运用地统计学的理论,利用空间插值充分挖掘地价监测点中的隐含信息,将地价监测点内插生成数字地价模型的原理和方法运用到武汉市地价动态监测中,利用收集的资料建立武汉市数字地价模型,并通过该模型实现地价监测在地价时空分析、基准地价更新、地价信息化建设等方面应用。     

加强人民监督遏制权力腐败

人民监督是我国行政监督体系中的重要组成部分,在当前遏制权力腐败的斗争中发挥重要作用.文章通过对我国人民监督现状的分析,提出了加强人民监督的具体对策.     

对构建全国碳交易体系的几点思考

面对气候变化的机遇与挑战,中国政府已采取了一系列积极的政策和切实的行动,其中包括将于2017年启动全国性碳交易体系。研究首先对碳交易体系的国外研究作了简要概述,然后梳理了以欧盟碳交易体系为首的10个国外碳交易体系和中国7个省市的碳交易试点的实践。研究最后对全国碳交易体系的建立提出了几点思考,强调了数据的科学监测和林业碳汇在中国碳交易体系中的重要作用。     

2008年退耕还林工程县社会经济效益监测报告

经对全国21个省(自治区、直辖市)的100个退耕县、100个村和1000个农户的7年连续固定跟踪监测结果显示,退耕还林能有效地减轻陡坡地的水土流失和土地沙化危害,能够稳定地增强粮食产品持续供给能力,能够促进农村产业结构调整和农民增收。退耕还林的直补政策是推动工程顺利进展的核心,但在新形势下,对于巩固成果需要进行完善。     

A new professionalism for agricultural research for development

There have been repeated calls for a ‘new professionalism’ for carrying out agricultural research for development since the 1990s. At the centre of these calls is a recognition that for agricultural research to support the capacities required to face global patterns of change and their implications on rural livelihoods, requires a more systemic, learning focused and reflexive practice that bridges epistemologies and methodologies. In this paper, we share learning from efforts to mainstream such an approach through a large, multi-partner CGIAR research program working in aquatic agricultural systems. We reflect on four years of implementing research in development (RinD), the program’s approach to the new professionalism. We highlight successes and challenges and describe the key characteristics that define the approach. We conclude it is possible to build a program on a broader approach that embraces multidisciplinarity and engages with stakeholders in social-ecological systems. Our experience also suggests caution is required to ensure there is the time, space and appropriate evaluation methodologies in place to appreciate outcomes different to those to which conventional agricultural research aspires.     

辐射沙脊群围垦海域海天一体化观测系统

研究沙脊群水沙动力场、动力地貌演变和遥感遥测信息集成的方法。以海洋动力地貌理论为指导,以遥感为核心,综合集成传统站网观测、地形测量和海洋水动力模型,采用现代信息技术,建立海天一体化动态观测系统。以南黄海辐射沙脊群为原型,建立以遥感监测为主体的海天一体化动态观测系统,进行沙洲 水道地貌、海洋动力场遥感大面积同步监测,为海洋开发与保护提供基础信息。     

煤炭矿区土地复垦监测指标探讨

研究目的:试图建立一套煤矿区土地复垦实施监测的指标集,为行业部门土地复垦实施监管提供参考。研究方法:采用文献综合分析法。研究结果:在煤矿区土地复垦问题辨识、土地复垦方案编制内容分析和监测指标体系构建原则基础上,提出了土地复垦实施监管的复垦进度、复垦土壤质量和复垦效果3方面的监测内容和39个监管指标,并分析了监管指标的管理属性和监管周期。研究结论:煤炭矿区土地复垦实施监管指标可以较好地反映煤炭矿区土地复垦实施的现状和变化趋势,为土地复垦活动、土地复垦效果评价、土地复垦验收和土地复垦监督工作提供了技术支撑。     

土地登记在建设用地动态监管中的应用

建设用地动态监管是当前土地资源管理的重要抓手,土地登记制度作为一项重要的土地法律制度和土地管理手段,将土地登记应用于建设用地动态监管,是适应土地"产权管理"的必然要求.是推进建设用地动态监管的基本保证.另外,土地登记制度渐趋完备,土地登记成果与土地动态监管数据功能契合、规范匹配,为土地登记制度应用于建设用地动态监管提供了可行性.因此,应该在进一步完善土地登记制度的同时,加快推进土地登记成果在建设用地动态监管中的应用.