A green economy indicator framework for tourism destinations

This paper presents a green economy indicator framework for tourism destinations which has been developed in the case study destination of Bali, Indonesia. Whilst the term “green economy” can have many interpretations, here it refers to the global strategy framework surrounding Rio+20, as well as the policies and strategies being developed by tourism destinations as a response. Many uncertainties remain about the effectiveness of these efforts and how they may be measured. For lesser developed countries in particular, reliable data is often difficult to obtain and this study uses a case study approach to identify the relevant, and measurable, indicators in this context. First, a nominal group technique was applied to identify the green economy issues for local tourism stakeholders. The indicators were then selected based on the green economy literature and a review of the available secondary data for the destination. Data on greenhouse gas emissions from tourism was identified as one of the critical gaps and an estimate is provided to show how this could be obtained and monitored. While this indicator framework was developed specifically for Bali, the case study may be relevant for many other island destinations in the lesser developed world that are experiencing rapid tourism growth.     

Developing energy conservation and carbon reduction indicators for the hotel industry in Taiwan

This study develops and weights energy conservation and carbon reduction (ECCR) indicators for the hotel industry in Taiwan to create an instrument to help address climate change. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior hotel managers, environmental specialists, and government officials to identify the preliminary ECCR framework. An expert panel then was invited to review the structure of ECCR criteria and the compiled criteria in a structure for item modification. An analytic network process questionnaire survey was employed to determine the relative weights of the criteria. The data analysis reveals seven categories in the ECCR framework: communication and participation, top management commitment, energy, water, waste, building, and purchasing. A total of 32 indicators were identified and prioritized in terms of their relative importance to ECCR contributions. The results of this study suggest that the success of ECCR implementation depends primarily on management support and staff engagement. Hotel operators can improve their environmental management by initiating ECCR practices based on the proposed ECCR indicators.     

北京跨界水源地生态可持续发展模式比较研究——以官厅水库流域延庆怀来两县为例

水资源短缺和水环境污染的现状使得北京跨界水源地发展模式受到各界的关注。以官厅水库流域的北京市延庆县和河北省怀来县为例,运用指标体系进行对比分析,得出了延庆县符合生态可持续的发展模式,其生态可持续发展水平也接近或达到相关标准;而相对而言,怀来县的发展模式和发展现状距离生态可持续的目标差距较大。而行政区划是导致北京跨界水源地境内外发展模式不同的重要原因。     

基于新疆生态补偿的财政转移支付制度的建立

我国现行财政体制中,财政转移支付制度和专项基金对建立生态补偿机制具有重要作用。但现行转移支付制度还不能完全适应作为国家重点生态功能区的西部地区转移支付的需要,西部地区依然面临着保护和发展的现实困境。本文以生态补偿与财政转移支付理论为基础,对新疆生态补偿与财政转移支付的现状和存在的问题进行了分析,进而提出了生态补偿视角下新疆财政转移支付制度的优化设计。     

Ecological integrity as an economic variable: An application to forested landscapes in the southern United States

Ecological integrity is important to fully describe the development of an economy. We calculated an aggregate index that quantifies the closeness of a forested region to a natural state. This naturalness index was based on the diversity of native tree species and sizes for ecological subregions in a seral condition. The index used the spatial–temporal array of sample plots from the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) database of the USDA Forest Service. In the 70 survey units of the southern US between 1961 and 2005 the naturalness of forests generally improved with per capita personal income and population. The increase with income was consistent with the hypothesis of an environmental Kuznets curve for forested landscapes.     

Crowding standards at Petra Archaeological Park: a comparative study of McKercher's five types of heritage tourists

To achieve sustainability in heritage tourism, tourists should be placed at the heart of the management and planning processes. Indicators and standards-based frameworks were developed in the field of outdoor recreation management to manage and measure crowding and other problematic issues in parks and related areas. Using normative theory and visual research methods, this article aims to examine crowding standards of tourists at Petra Archaeological Park, and compare these standards between the types of heritage tourists suggested by a model developed by Bob McKercher. Results showed that tourists’ acceptability levels go down with an increasing number of tourists, and tourists who are highly motivated to visit heritage sites (i.e. purposeful and sightseeing heritage tourists) had the most restrictive acceptable number of tourists at the park. The normative standards formulated in this article provided a guidance to manage crowding at Petra.     

农业废弃物在矿山生态恢复中的应用

矿山废弃地多为裸露岩面,需要大量的土壤用于植被的恢复与重建。同时,我国农业废弃物数量巨大且逐年增多,其合理利用与管理也成为一个难题。将矿山生态恢复与农业废弃物有机结合,是寻找矿山生态恢复治理和农业废弃物资源合理利用的新思路。本文阐述了我国矿山废弃地的治理现状、农业废弃物的特点,探讨了可用于矿山生态恢复的农业废弃物的基质类型及其应用前景。     

论创意产业成长的生态环境

创意产业的兴起是我国经济转型的一种必然选择。处于成长期的创意产业,存在产业链欠完整、资金制约突出、知识产权缺乏有效保护、抗风险水平低等问题。改善我国创意产业成长的生态环境,需要经营者提升自身素质,也需要行业组织在组织、协调、服务中为其排忧解难,需要政府在建立产业链、加强金融支持、健全法律法规、改善教育等方面,提供更多的政策和管理扶持。     

生态税与低碳经济发展

低碳经济是生态文明建设的客观要求,也是实现人与自然和谐的必然选择。文章从当前生态环境面临市场和政府干预失灵难题的基础上,分析了发展生态税对发展低碳经济的意义,进而提出建立和完善生态税促进低碳经济发展的政策建议。     

专利权收购战略下的专利价值影响因素分析

在以信息和知识为基础的后现代经济时代,专利权由于可以通过许可、出售、建立屏障以及作为第三方侵犯专利权时的证明而成为公司最重要的资产。本文从公司外购专利技术的战略角度出发,运用负二项回归,以1996—2006年中国公司在美国专利商标局获得授权的专利为样本,对专利价值的影响因素进行了分析。