Containment and counter-containment: planner/community relations in conservation planning

Critical analyses of public involvement in conservation projects in developing countries commonly point toward imbalances of power between project agencies and communities and the persistence of top-down patterns of decision-making. Taking an actor-oriented research approach, this paper probes beneath the surface patterns to analyse the complex socio-political mechanisms at work in the negotiating arena represented by public participation in project planning. The discussion is based on a case study of community involvement in the planning of protected areas in Belize. Detailed analysis of the power relations and tactical interactions between different actors in the negotiating arenas revealed that planner/community relations in the case study were dominated by a process identified as 'containment'. Containment refers to a strategic management of public involvement by the planning agencies, and it hinged on three fundamental social actions: avoidance of conflict; exclusion of dissent; and control over knowledge and procedure. Actions by local stakeholders that served to undermine containment constitute 'counter-containment'. The paper discusses these mechanisms in depth, before developing a comparative analytical framework of containment and counter-containment to help explain disparities in planning progress between different sites.     

岩溶峰丛洼地饲料植物元素富集特征研究

通过研究典型岩溶峰丛洼地常见饲料植物对矿质元素Ca、Mg、K、P、Fe等的富集特征发现,岩溶峰丛洼地中元素在饲料植物各器官内的分布具有不均一性;大量元素Ca、Mg、K、P主要富集在饲料植物的叶片中,微量元素Fe、有益元素Na 主要富集在根部;饲料植物各器官对大量、有益元素的富集特征为高Ca、K而低P、Na;生长于不同岩溶峰丛洼地区的同种饲料植物,由于岩溶地球化学背景及气候条件等的差异,其同类器官对同一元素富集的量不一样。      

神延铁路路基植物护坡植苗及灌溉技术初探

针对神延铁路边坡坡度大、表层土质坚实问题和尽量减少对坡面破坏性施工的要求,在植物护坡工程中,用自制缝植锹植苗,自制注水器灌溉,保证了护坡工程的顺利实施。结果表明:采用植苗锹进行缝植,一是能满足陡坡作业要求。锹板坚固锋利,用脚踏可穿透包坡的硬粘土层以减小对坡面的破坏程度;二是提高工效,缝隙植苗一次性完成;三是缝隙深度可达40cm,能完成植苗深栽20cm以下的工程设计要求。采用注水灌溉,一是克服了坡度陡坡面光滑,不利水分下渗,植苗补水不到位,灌溉操作难度大的困难;二是注水器可插入土壤深度15~ 20cm以下对苗木根系处进行补水,抑制了土壤表层水分的蒸发,提高了有限水利用率;三是延长补水周期,降低拉水投入成本,增强植苗的抗旱能力。经采用上述技术措施,栽植的灌木紫穗槐(Amorpha fruticosa)苗木平均成活率达85%以上,边坡覆盖度超过90%,根系多分部在土壤20~ 40cm深处,主根平均长度50cm。     

干旱区植物水分生态位适宜度的数学模型及其过程数值模拟试验研究

在干旱地区水分是影响植物生长的限制因子。文章分析了沙地植物的水分利用状况,通过扩展经典生态位理论的内涵,用数学抽象方法定义植物水分生态位适宜度为其水分最适生态位点与现实生态位点的贴近度,建立了响应数学模型及数值模拟方法,依据试验观测结果进行了植物水分生态位适宜度过程的计算分析,所获结果具有较高的精度。文中有关数值模拟试验研究结果为干旱区无灌溉条件下人工植被的营建提供了新的理论模式和定量依据。     

古尔班通古特沙漠短命植物分布及其沙面稳定意义

Based on systematically monitoring plants on dune ridges in the southern part of the Gurbantunggut Desert in 2002, this paper, from the angle of dune stabilization by vegetation,describes the temporal and spatial distribution patterns of ephemeral plants on isolated sand dunes,analyses the natural invasion processes of ephemeral plants on human-disturbed sand surface and expounds the importance of ephemeral plants in stabilizing sand dune surface. A total of 45 plant species were identified in the study area, 29 of which are ephemeral plants. Ephemeral plants sprouted in early April and completed their life-circle within about two months. Just as aeolian sand activities came to the strongest stage from April to June in desert regions of northern Xinjiang, the total coverage of trees, shrubs and herbs of long vegetational period on most dune ridges was less than 10%, while the mean coverage of ephemeral plants reached 13.9% in April, 40.2% in May and 14.1% in June. Therefore ephemeral plants acted as the major contributor to dune surface stabilization in the Gurbantunggut Desert.Investigations of vegetation restoration on engineering-disturbed dune surface show that ephemeral plants first recolonized the disturbed dune surface.     

祁连山海北高寒湿地植物群落结构及生态特征

海北高寒湿地系沼泽型和湖泊型湿地相并存.海北高寒湿地植物种类组成较少,从湿地中央到边缘植物优势种组成不同,群落结构变化明显.中部以帕米尔苔草为主要植物建群种的沼泽草甸,边缘地带以藏嵩草为主要建群种的沼泽化草甸,从中央到边缘地带主要有25种植物组成,隶属10科20属.高寒湿地植物有较高的地上生物量(349.373 g·m^-2)和地下生物量(仅1~40 cm层次最高可达10769.301 g·m^-2),而且地下部分远高于地上部分,地下生物量从表层到深层基本均匀下降,与矮嵩草草甸和金露梅灌丛草甸区的地下生物量分布截然不同.因湿地帕米尔苔草、藏嵩草、黑褐苔草、华扁穗草等为主的植物粗纤维高,牲畜利用率下降,不论地上还是地下对土壤有机物的补给均较高,多年的积累使其海北高寒湿地有深达2~3 m的泥炭层,使湿地形成一个非常重要的碳库.在气候变暖的条件下,这些未分解或半分解的土壤有机物质(或残体)将加速分解,对大气有更多的CO₂、CH₄等温室气体的排放.     

热力隧道下穿地面建筑物的安全评价与对策

在北京市北三环路和平东桥－太阳宫西路段热力管线工程中,依据设计热力隧道要下穿一处面积为23.4 m× 24.5 m的地表一层砖砌群房。由于隧道埋藏浅,且所处于富水粉质粘土之中,其抗扰动能力很差,常规的施工降水对强化土体效果甚微,经评价认为,普通的施工方法必然会造成很大的地表沉降而危及地表房屋安全,同时,由于土体自稳能力极低,对施工亦存在很大的安全隐患。基于此,选定在不降水的条件下,采用水平长管棚支护技术和在隧道上半断面注浆技术,实现阻水、固土、均一沉降的目的,其有效地控制了土体沉降,保证了隧道安全贯通和地表建筑的安全使用。     

摩擦型根-土作用模型

随着人们环境保护意识的增强,在边坡防护工程中采用植物护坡方式已经得到越来越多的认可。针对目前植物护坡技术理论水平落后于工程实践的状况,对根与土体的相互作用关系进行了探讨,建立了摩擦型根-土作用力学模型,并且实验结果验证了该模型的正确性。     

顾及垂线偏差的重力大地水准面差距内插法

指出传统距离加权内插法的不足,推导了垂线偏差同大地水准面差距偏导数的转换公式,在此基础上利用间接平差模型得到了顾及垂线偏差的重力大地水准面差距内插法,改进了传统距离加权平均法。     

光纤传感腐蚀监测研究

通过化学、物理的方法用金属敏感膜取代光纤的原始包层监测海洋环境中金属结构物的腐蚀状况。通过腐蚀前后光功率的变化表征腐蚀的发生和发展。