论自然资源的可持续利用

本文从可持续发展的思想出发,系统分析了自然资源可持续利用的定义,内函,目标及影响因素。     

区域农业可持续发展的生态安全及其评价探析

资源、生态环境问题是区域农业可持续发展的核心和基础。本文首次提出农业可持续发展的生态安全的概念、特点;并以浙江省嘉兴市为例,讨论了区域农业可持续发展的生态安全评价的基本过程和方法;提出了包括资源生态环境压力、质量和保护整治能力三方面指标在内的评价指标体系,不安全标准值的确定和不安全指数的计算方法,提出了区域农业可持续发展的生态安全建设的途径和对策。     

山东石灰岩山区生态经济农业发展战略研究

本文分析了山东石灰岩山区生态环境的特点,认为造成农业生态系统退化的原因是脆弱的生态环境和长期人为干扰.分析了石灰岩山区农业持续发展面临的主要问题是粗放的农业生产方式和薄弱的农业经济基础.提出石灰岩山区农业持续发展的途径主要是重建山区生态环境,发展生态经济农业;因地制宜,开发山区自然资源,发展高效特产型农业;增加资金和科技投入,发展精确农业.     

论中国景区城镇的生态经济建设

景区城镇与景区旅游业之间存在着十分密切的互动关系,中国景区城镇虽然类型多样,但作为一类特殊的生态经济系统,其系统结构、服务功能及人流、能流、物流、资金流等都有一些共通的特点,当前中国景区城镇的生态经济建设,主要存在规划水平不高、重复建设、产业结构不完善、地方与民族文化特色不鲜明、环境保护较差以及市民生态意识偏低等问题。针对以上问题,本文提出了相应的对策。     

农业现代化与生态经济关系初探

农业现代化与生态经济关系,是把经济系统纳入生态系统,一统改虑,使得农业生产长久持续地发展。枝江市是湖北省农业现代化建设的试点市,通过运作认为;除适应市场要求搞好结构调整外,重要的是合理定位,科学运作,全面优化环境建设,文章就此加以论述。     

可持续发展理论中代际公平研究的述评

代际公平与代际均衡是可持续发展理论的核心内容 ,也是学术界的一个热点研究课题 ,本文对近年来国内在“代际公平”研究方面作一些简单的述评。     

Narratives of the future: Suspending disbelief in forest-sector scenarios

Scenario analysis considers highly uncertain future conditions. The method involves developing and analyzing plausible narratives of the future and evaluating them for a range of implications. The power of scenarios lies in creating and considering compelling stories about the future. Thus, narrative, defined as an account of a series of events, is central to the process and plays a pivotal role in engaging participants in a scenario analysis exercise. While a good scenario story can engage individuals and influence their suspension of disbelief, we know little about how participants actually respond to the scenarios so they can, and will, suspend disbelief in scenario outcomes.We explored the role of narrative in suspension of disbelief in a scenario-based study of the long-term future of Canada's forests and forest sector. We discovered that specific aspects of the scenario narratives themselves influenced participants’ suspension of disbelief. While interacting with the scenario narratives, participants actively worked to suspend disbelief by creating new narratives or accessing other existing ones, and by projecting themselves into the scenarios as characters in the stories. Our results may help scenario writers, practitioners, and researchers understand what, in one project, cued people's abilities to suspend disbelief and engage productively in discussions about possible futures.     

调结构、扩内需的税收政策分析

中央经济工作会议为2010年经济工作提出了总体要求和六大任务。其目标是要提高宏观调控水平,提高经济发展质量和效益。从手段和方法上看,经济结构调整、扩大内需、保障和改善民生仍将是今后经济工作的主攻方向。本文结合当前国际国内的经济形势,从税收角度分析了今后政策的调整方向和内容。     

Sustainable agricultural practices,environmental risk mitigation and livelihood improvements: Empirical evidence from Northern Ethiopia

Using sustainable agriculture practices has various economic, social and environmental benefits. Determining the attitude of farmers toward risk is an important first step in understanding their behaviour and coping strategies to mitigate environmental risks. This paper investigates the dual impacts of some agricultural practices on agricultural yields and farmers’ livelihoods considering sustainable farmland. Cross-sectional data is collected from farmers in six rural villages in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia using structured questionnaires. Results show that education, labour supply, agricultural extension services, attitudes, social capital, risk mitigation attitudes, farming experience and soil conditions are factors that significantly affect farmers’ decisions to adopt these practices. The practices are adopted either in isolation or jointly of integrated sustainable practices that increase crop production, household income and asset. Therefore, government and other development actors should promote their adoptions especially in drought-prone, degraded and water-stressed areas     

Economic and social yield of investing in hiking tourism: the case of Berguedà, Spain

ABSTRACT

Nature-based tourism is on the rise around the world. This article employs a cost–benefit analysis methodology to contribute to knowledge in this area by estimating both the economic impacts and the social costs and benefits of investing in hiking tourism. It includes tangible and non-tangible impacts, such as health benefits and CO₂ emissions. Using data collected between March 15 2014 and March 14 2015, results show a positive return from every Euro invested in hiking tourism. A single figure of net returns to society enables policymakers to assess the social value of the investment itself and can help citizens’ rational choice regarding whether to encourage or resist additional tourism development.