International interaction and global peace in light of international convergence: a strategy to achieve environmental diplomacy

Nowadays, two fundamental pillars of human existence are environmental protection and sustainable development. Governments and international organizations play an important role in this process. Without serious regional interactions and international cooperation, sustainability in development and environmental protection will not happen. Except for international interactions and global peace, sustainable development and development sustainability are not on their accurate paths. An effective method for natural resources and ecosystems conservation is environmental diplomacy. Therefore, environmental discussions are extremely important reasons for international convergence. Through convergence attitude, the international community can reach the global environmental conservation strategies. In this study, it is attempted to determine the international environmental law evolution and the governments’ roles in environmental challenges underlying the international convergence and legal fundamentals. It is concluded that, environmental threats and hazards resulted from illogical human act can be solved by international convergence, environmental conservation and global peace.     

A Bibliometrical Analysis of International Cooperation Research in the Field of Tibetan Plateau

Tibetan Plateau, with its unique characteristics and its impact on the global environment, ecology and climate, is an important research region of the international scientific community. The development of international cooperation in the field of Tibetan Plateau was reviewed and the quantitative statistics and data in accordance with the SCI papers of international cooperation in the field of Tibetan Plateau were analyzed during the 35 years of 1980-2014. The experience of international cooperative research in the field of Tibetan Plateau from starting stage to rapid development to tend to mature stage of development was summarized. International cooperative research has become the main organization of research in the field of Tibetan Plateau. Tibet Plateau international collaboration changing from single academic discipline to multi academic disciplines was analized. Changes in major countries of international cooperation research and independent research in the field of Tibetan Plateau were compared and suggestions for strengthening international cooperative research in the field of Tibetan Plateau for China in the future were put forward.     

Requirements of an international legal framework on nature based tourism

Nature based tourism (NBT) as an effective instrument for sustainable use of biodiversity is an interesting issue to be studied in order to evaluate response the of international community to the interaction between developmental and environmental pillars of sustainable development. Various international endeavours have been carried out with considerable outcomes to address NBT in different forms and manifestations. As a result, the international community has attained many successful achievements and valuable experiences. There is an urgent need for an internationally accepted instrument to address the existing gaps and overlaps appropriately. Such an instrument should respond to lake of adequate environmental and developmental rules and regulations at international scale. Careful study of major international environmental and developmental achievements related to NBT could provide the international community with an appropriate legal framework to address such an environmentally fragile, economically viable, and a culturally sensitive issue.     

An Review of International Climate Change Conference and Analysis on Recent Hot Issues

The international climate change negotiation has been carried out over 20 years. The issue of climate change has shifted from a scientific question into a complex political matter which is related to the sustainable development of mankind. Based on the overview of major processes and stages of international climate conferences, this paper analyzed the key measures that major countries have taken to address climate change, as well as the primary tasks of Paris climate conference and recent international actions. The recent international climate policy issues were also analyzed in order to provide suggestions for China’s activel participation in the development of a new round of international climate change system.     

Development and Application of Marine Technology International Standardization in China

Futher development and preliminary application of marine technology international standardization in China were introduced: ①Combination of marine observation international standardization, advanced manufacturing technology and information technology; ②Standardization on general marine technology; ③Connection between marine exploration and international standards; ④Standardization on submersibles. The establishment of marine technology subcommittee (ISO/TC8/SC13) provides an opportunity to bring China national marine technology standards into international market. Furthermore, it's a connection among marine technical research, standardization, and industrial development.     

International tourism today: A geographic approach

This paper presents a global overview of international tourism, concentrating on three major themes: generating regions, destination zones and the creation of resorts and regions. The world's major markets for international tourism are to be found in Europe and North America, regions which also constitute the world's major destination zones. Distinct groupings can be identified in each with changes in both markets and destinations being slow and limited. The development of international tourism has also created new resorts and tourist regions, the relative importance of international and domestic tourism being a key distinguishing feature.Translated by Douglas Pearce     

International students as urban agents: International education and urban transformation in Auckland,New Zealand

This paper discusses connections between the internationalisation of education, and in particular the growth in international students, and processes of urban transformation. The research is centred in Auckland, New Zealand, a city where the number of international students has grown rapidly over the last decade leading to significant impacts on the urban form and experience of the city’s CBD. This includes growth in educational services such as language schools and other private training establishments, new residential geographies characterised by low-cost and low-quality high-rise developments, and new ethnic economies of food, service and entertainment businesses that explicitly target international students. The paper draws on research with South Korean international students and a range of secondary materials to interrogate the connections between student mobilities and changing urban form. In doing so the paper contributes to emerging scholarship on student geographies and the role of students as urban agents through the inclusion of an international dimension that has largely been absent in the extant literature. The findings illustrate that while international students themselves clearly play a significant role in the transformation of urban spaces their influence cannot easily be separated from the contribution of a range of other actors including educational businesses, property developers, transnational migrants and local and national state actors.     

重视主导化石门类,推进国际地层表的应用--对我国区域地质工作的几点建议

在国际地层委员会的领导下,经各国科学家的努力,已确定了显生宙各地质时代的主导化石门类。中国区域地质调查工作应注重主导化石门类,以便更有效地解决地层问题。国际地层表（2004）已有很大进展,并正在完善,中国科学家对此做出了重要贡献。应大力倡导国际地层表在区域地质和其他领域的应用,与国际接轨;但也要科学地、有区别地对待和使用。     

South Africa’s soft power and the diplomacy of nuclear geopolitics

GeoJournal - From when it was reaccepted into the international community in the early 1990s, South Africa has made significant contributions towards the construction of new international regimes...     

A watershed on the Rhine: Changing approaches to international environmental cooperation

Since the 1950s, the governments of the riparian countries of the Rhine have attempted to protect the ecosystems of the river basin through international cooperation. Before 1987, their relations were unproductive and antagonistic. International programs for the protection of Rhine were far less effective than domestic policies. From 1987 onwards, international cooperation on the protection of the Rhine has been exemplary, and has led the way in domestic and international water protection policies. Many existing frameworks of international relations are not able to offer an adequate account of this wholesale change. In this article, an attempt is undertaken with the help of grid-group theory. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Distinctive and comparative places: Alternative narratives of distinction within international student mobility

Moving beyond the ‘world-class’ institutional model of international student mobility, this paper examines alternative narratives of distinction relating to place of study. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with international students at universities in the UK, Austria and Latvia, we illustrate how students inside and outside mainstream reputable higher education institutions narrate and reconfigure markers of distinction to validate their international mobility and location of study, in part to compete with peers at other (more prestigious) institutions. We demonstrate the importance of lifestyle and experiential places within a global differentiated higher education landscape and argue that many students engage in comparative narratives of place of study to authorise the symbolic capital associated with international education. The findings also consider how experiential places and mobility capital are used for distinction not only during educational mobility but within post-study aspirations.     

Local buzz,global pipelines,or simply too much buzz? A critical study

The conceptual framework of local buzz and global pipelines has received much attention. It suggests that regional collaboration (local buzz) in particular will induce value creation if combined with international collaboration (global pipelines). Here, we analyze national data from Norway and find that both regional and international collaboration can foster product innovation. However, for medium-sized enterprises, we only found a substitution effect from combining regional and international collaboration. For small enterprises, there was even a subtractive effect. For large enterprises, we found an additive effect, and for very large enterprises, there was a multiplicative effect. It thus appears that large enterprises have an increased absorptive capacity in handling both regional and international collaboration. We conclude that the local buzz and global pipelines proposition is rejected for small and medium-sized enterprises, and gains partial to full support for large and very large enterprises.     

A Glossary of Terms and Definitions Used in Analytical Chemistry

Definitions of common terms used in analytical chemistry are listed. Most have international approval through the International Organisation for Standardisation. Others are terms that have not yet received formal ISO approval, but have wide international support.     

油藏数值模拟技术现状分析

对目前国际上油藏数值模拟技术的发展现状及今后的发展方向作了简要介绍 ;对我国目前在这一领域的研究现状以及与国际先进水平间存在的差距进行了分析 ,并指出了今后努力的方向。     

中国矿业国际合作发展历程和现状分析北大核心CSCD

面对百年未有之大变局的复杂国际形势和我国步入高质量发展新阶段对矿产资源的强劲需求形势,重塑我国矿业国际合作竞争新优势是保障我国矿产资源安全的必然选择。本文选取了22个战略性金属矿产,对我国矿业国际合作特征和境外资源分布情况进行了分析,将我国矿业国际合作的发展历程分为探索起步期(2004年以前)、快速增长期(2004~2013年)和转型发展期(2014年至今)。目前,我国矿业国际合作已经实现了规模化发展,以非洲为投资重点地区,多个矿种在全球矿业格局中已占有一席之地,但还存在投资结构可持续性不强、矿业公司竞争力不足等诸多问题。建议加强中国矿业现代化治理能力建设,将国际矿业合作纳入国家总体安全战略统筹规划,并开辟“一带一路”沿线国家资源供应地,重视战略性新兴矿产资源全球提前布局,以实现我国矿产资源安全保障。     

澜沧江流域(云南段)水资源开发利用现状及趋势分析

澜沧江是一条国际河流,其中云南段自然资源丰富,水文、地理及气候特征独特。目前该流域水资源开发利用程度较低,仅有少量的灌溉面积,干流也仅建成了一个径流式水电站。作为我国西南地区的重要水电能源基地,流域的进一步开发将集中于水电、航运和农业灌溉。其开发方式具有立体开发、电力先行和国际合作开发等特点。     

"第七届国际地面沉降学术研讨会"会议情况介绍

2005年10月在上海成功举办的“第七届国际地面沉降学术研讨会”,是首次在中国召开的该系列专业国际会议。现将该次会议的基本情况作一介绍。     

石油期货市场机制及对中国石油安全的影响

本文通过系统分析2003-2008年石油期货市场过度炒作的影响和动因, 结合不同历史时期国际石油期货市场机制的演变, 指出目前的石油期货市场已由以往的价格发现、平抑油价和规避风险的场所, 转变为发达国家和国际大型金融机构借以谋利和制约发展中国家经济社会发展的工具; 提出目前的石油市场机制使中国的石油安全乃至经济安全面临严峻的挑战, 中国应一方面提高国内企业和金融机构参与国际金融市场交易的能力, 积极参与国际石油期货市场交易, 以规避价格波动的风险; 另一方面加快步伐打造中国的石油期货市场, 获得国际石油定价权。     

‘The gambling propensity’:1 Banks,developing country debt exposures and the new international financial system

This paper is concerned with the banks' reaction to the developing country and other debt crises in the 1980s. We claim that this reaction has led to a restructuring of the international financial system so that it now constitutes a new international financial system (NIFS). The chief characteristics of the NIFS are outlined and their consequences for the developing countries are discussed. Our main thesis is that the developing country debt crisis is becoming less and less of a threat to the international financial system although it obviously remains one of the most serious threats to the stability and prosperity of many developing countries.     

国际全球变化研究发展态势文献计量评价

全球变化研究是国际上地球系统综合研究的重大跨学科研究领域.随着全球环境问题的日益突出,国际上先后组织发起了全球环境变化研究的四大科学计划WCRP、IGBP、IHDP、DIVERSITAS及其组成的地球系统科学联盟ESSP,开展对全球变化和地球系统科学的研究.当前,全球变化问题不仅是科学界关注和研究的问题,也是政治界、经济界都关注的重大问题.科技文献能够反映科学前沿的发展动态.对SCIE和SSCI数据库收录的全球变化研究文献进行统计,从文献计量学的角度,分析国际全球变化研究领域的发展态势,了解中国全球变化研究的国际影响力.可以看出:国际上全球变化研究的论文数量一直呈增长趋势,以地球科学多学科、生态学、环境科学、自然地理学、植物学等学科领域为主.中国自2000年以来在该领域的发文数量增长较快,特别是中国科学院的发文量已进入国际前列,但中国在该研究领域尚缺少高影响力的论文.