Engaging Communities for Success: social impact assessment and social licence to operate at Northparkes Mines,NSW

Social issues are critical to the mining industry. This study investigates how social issues have been, and are being, assessed and managed within this industry through a case study of Northparkes Mines in central west New South Wales (NSW). The research involved 29 interviews with mining executives, environmental consultants and citizens of Parkes, plus a document analysis of four environmental impact statements prepared between 1990 and 2012. Where appropriate, findings were extrapolated to the wider mining industry. The standard for social impact assessment in NSW and emerging industry guidelines on social responsibility were analysed against internationally accepted good practice. Interviews indicated greater potential to recognise the social impacts of mining in NSW and identified good practice impact assessment as only one component of a successful community engagement strategy. Complementary strategies are essential to extend the benefits of development to local communities and for companies to establish a ‘social licence to operate’. The successful approach taken by Northparkes Mines combined good practice impact assessment with a localised workforce, an integrated management team and context-specific community engagement practices. This study highlights that local communities can be empowered through development, that benefits can extend to both the community and the business and that the ongoing management of social issues will increasingly be critical to the success of the mining industry.     

褐色土地再利用的生态和健康风险评价

在总体分析褐色土地开发存在的环境风险和危害途径基础上,对目前褐色土地再利用环境风险评价的2类主要方法即健康风险评价和生态风险评价进行论述且将其进行比较,总结出2类方法的优缺点．并以福州典型褐色地块XX电化厂为例,考察这一地块的土地利用状况和特性,采用“层次评价方法”,探讨该地块的环境风险,结果表明：该地块存在环境风险的污染物有六六六、Pb、Hg,这些污染物在空间上呈现点状分布特征;部分地块Ph存在潜在的生态风险、污染物Hg对生态存在严重的潜在风险,但从总体上说对人体不存在潜在的健康风险;六六六污染主要出自氯乙醇车间,存在严重的健康风险即致癌和非致癌风险对人体存在健康危害;总的来说,这些超标污染物潜在的健康风险的大小为：六六六〉Pb〉Hg．最后针对污染状况对该地块再利用提出相关的建议．     

边缘型地区旅游发展的居民环境认同与旅游支持——以泸沽湖景区为例

边缘型地区旅游开发较晚,因生态环境和经济环境比较脆弱,容易受到来自现代化各种因素的影响,环境认同与边缘型地区旅游发展的支持具有相关性,并且环境认同也会影响居民对旅游影响的态度,进而影响旅游支持度。以泸沽湖为例,采用封闭式问卷调查法与结构式访谈法收集居民环境认同、旅游影响的态度和旅游支持的资料,并对数据进行回归分析。结果发现边缘型地区旅游地居民的环境认同较高,对旅游发展持相对谨慎的态度;边缘型地区居民的旅游支持还取决于居民对旅游积极影响的态度,而不是对消极影响的态度;居民对旅游的文化积极影响关注度略大于旅游经济影响。因此,边缘型地区的旅游发展要避免一些核心地区旅游发展过程中的环境破坏、过度商业化等问题,以环境保护为前提,以旅游利益共享为原则,统筹规划,实现旅游可持续发展。     

A STUDY ON DECISION-MAKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FOR REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

I.Intr0ducti0nAwnerresource-environmentalsystem,withmanyquantitativeandqualitativefactors,consistsofwaterresourcesdevelopmentandenvironment.Itisveryddriculttocarryoutoverallassessmentsanddecision-maldngstudiesofthesystemusingapurelyquantitativen1athematical-l11odel.However,AnalyticalHicerarcl1yProcess(AHP,anewmethodfOrtheplanninganddecisioll-making,combiningqualitativefactorswithquantitativefactors,cansolvethedecision-mdengpr0blemsOfmultiplehierarchiesandgOalsforacomplexsystem.Thismeth0d,t…     

多年冻土地区工程建设生态环境影响研究评述

多年冻土地区工程建设的研究在国际上开展很早,而关于工程建设项目对区域生态环境影响的研究则相对滞后。在对生态环境要素所受影响角度的考察中,相关研究集中于工程建设项目对冻土层以及多年冻土地区植被、湿地、土地荒漠化、野生动物、自然保护区的影响上;在对生态环境影响预测和评价方法角度的考察中,相关研究集中于冻土层和多年冻土地区水土流失的影响预测和评价上。从既有的研究成果来看,多年冻土地区工程建设生态环境影响研究应向体系化、定量化和全面化发展,具体的工作包括生态环境影响评价指标体系的建立和综合性生态环境影响评价方法的制定等。     

城市汽车服务业空间集聚特征研究:以南京市为例

随着中国城市化进程的不断深入,汽车服务业已成为城市现代服务业的重要组成部分,对城市空间影响也日益加大。以南京市为案例,对汽车服务业总体空间集聚及分行业空间集聚情况进行了分析与比较,证实了汽车服务业集聚空间的出现,不同的行业类型其空间表现是不同的。进而总结归纳出南京市汽车服务业空间布局特征,具体表现为:圈层分布特征明显,汽车销售、汽车维修养护、汽车配件、汽车租赁、汽车俱乐部五大行业在不同圈层的集聚状况也有着明显的差异;总体呈现出小集聚、大分散的格局,除了几个规模较大的集聚区,汽车服务业整体空间布局显得比较零碎;与干道交通关联紧密,大部分汽车服务业都分布于城市干道周围。     

Some Polluting Effects of Small-Scale Industrial Production in theCentral Region of Ghana

Environmental impact assessments in developing countries are generally required for new large and medium-scale enterprises. However, a larger proportion of production takes place in the very small and micro-scale sector. This sector is characterised by low incomes and high levels of illiteracyamong the operators, both of which limit awareness of the polluting effects of their activities. The paper examines the environmental impacts of small-scale alcohol distilleries in the rural areas of the Central region of Ghana. The distillers covered in the study lacked information about the pollutionthey caused and continued to discharge large volumes of stillage (hot wastewater) into adjoining streams which are important sources of drinking water supply in rural Ghana. The discharge of waste products from the distilleries polluted the streams with negative implications for aquatic life as well as human health.     

居民时空行为与环境污染暴露对健康影响的研究进展

环境污染是全球共同面对的重大问题之一,严重危害居民的健康状况。已有关于环境污染与健康研究主要包括宏观区域层面的环境污染与健康指标的相关关系研究;基于居民日常交通出行的空气污染暴露与健康效应的研究;以及关注社会经济属性,重点探讨黑人、儿童、低收入者等弱势群体所承受的环境负面影响,即环境公正和健康不平等研究。本文对上述研究进行较为系统的梳理与评价,基于时空行为、环境公正等学科前沿议题,为研究环境污染与健康之间的复杂性提供多样化的理论视角以及较为完整的分析框架。同时提出,需要将个体时空行为、环境污染与健康相关联,从微观层面深入研究基于居民时空行为轨迹的环境污染暴露与健康影响机理,挖掘不同社会、空间背景下的环境公正与健康不平等的内在关系,为发展更为公平、有效的城市与交通规划措施以及环境健康政策等提供科学依据。     

旅游者践踏对生态旅游景区土壤影响定量研究--以香格里拉碧塔海生态旅游景区为例

文章通过对云南省香格里拉县碧塔海生态旅游景区土壤、植被野外调查,实验室数据分析,构建景区旅游者对土壤践踏影响强度指标体系,建立旅游者沿游径横截面方向的正态分布模型,探寻景区旅游者分布与土壤践踏之间的规律并提出土壤践踏基础容量指标,以此反映自然状态下,生态旅游景区土壤因子对旅游者践踏的适应能力。研究结果将为景区的生态旅游环境管理提供理论依据。     

An approach for quantifying geomorphological impacts for EIA of transportation infrastructures: a case study in northern Spain

A methodological proposal for the assessment of impacts due to linear infrastructures such as motorways, railways, etc. is presented. The approach proposed includes a series of specific issues to be addressed for each geomorphological feature analysed—both ‘static’ and ‘dynamic’—as well as a series of steps to be followed in the process.Geomorphic characteristics potentially affected were initially identified on the basis of a conceptual activities/impacts model that helps to single out geomorphic impacts related to environmental concerns for the area. The following issues were addressed for each individual impact: nature of potential effects; indicators that can be used to measure impacts; criteria of ‘geomorphologic performance’; procedure for measurement/prediction of changes; translation of geomorphologic impacts into significant terms from the viewpoint of human concerns; possible mitigation and/or compensation measures.The procedure has been applied to a case study corresponding to a new motorway in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Geomorphological impacts considered in this analysis included: (1) consumable resources; (2) sites of geomorphological interest; (3) land units with high potential for use, high productivity or value for conservation; (4) visual landscape; (5) slope instability processes. The procedure has been designed for implementation in a Geographic Information System (GIS) environment. Details are given on the application of the method to each individual impact analysed and results are presented in both numerical and map form.Impacts assessed were initially expressed by means of heterogeneous magnitudes, depending on the geomorphological feature considered. Those geomorphological impacts were then translated into significant terms and homogeneous magnitudes. Integration was carried out on the basis of impact values thus obtained. Final integrated results were also expressed in numerical and map form.The method proposed enables comparison of alternatives as well as ‘prediction’ and assessment of impacts in terms directly related to geomorphic characteristics. It also facilitates the expression of those impacts in terms that allow integration with other types of environmental impacts.     

气候变暖对中国亚热带北界位置的影响

在全球气候变暖的背景下,中国气候带也有相应的变化。亚热带北界是暖温带与北亚热带的交界,是中国气候带上的一个重要分界线。论文讨论了气候变暖对中国亚热带北界的影响。数据资料来自于中国气象局,采用中国740个站点1951~2005年的日平均温度资料。根据《中华人民共和国气候图集》中气候区划的第一级气候带定义指标,以≥10℃天数为主导指标,≥10℃积温、1月平均温度为辅助指标,定义亚热带北界为≥10℃天数为218天,≥10℃积温为4500~4800℃,1月平均气温为0℃。分别统计1951~2005年暖温带与亚热带指标的年代变化及亚热带北界在1951~1970、1971~1990、1991~2005年的位置演变,结果表明:34°N附近55年来≥10℃天数、≥10℃积温、1月平均温度都呈上升趋势。20世纪50年代至今,亚热带北界西段几乎没有变化;亚热带北界中东段向北推移幅度较大,到本世纪初向北已推移到35°N附近,较1951~1970年向北推移2~3个纬度。亚热带北界位置的向北推移是对全球气候变暖的一种响应,这将对我国农业布局和生态环境有重要影响。     

城市表层土壤对生态健康影响研究述评

人地关系是新时代地理学综合研究的核心,而快速发展的城市化促进了人地矛盾的集中体现。同时,土壤圈是地球关键带中最活跃的圈层,在城市环境中成为人-地联系活跃的生态环节。城市表层土壤在区域小尺度水平人-地联系中具有重要意义,但对其生态界面意义还未有专门的论述。虽然现在已有较多的学者研究报道了城市化进程中土壤性质变化、重金属和有机污染等问题,但对其中的源-汇正负反馈效应仍然认识不足。为了城市的可持续发展,各种生态健康评价研究蓬勃开展。其中,土壤动物特有的生物学属性和环境敏感性,使之成为城市环境变化和生态健康风险评价优良的综合性指示因子,然而相关的研究比较缺乏。因此,本文就城市表层土壤对生态健康影响的研究进行了述评。城市表层土壤既是生物的聚居地,又与城市大气、水体存在密切的互作交流关系,对城市人类活动具有积极的正负反馈作用,成为城市人-地联系的关键生态界面。城市化背景下土壤表层生物、理化性质的变化不仅对土壤健康造成威胁,同时也增加了人居健康风险。最后,本文对相关研究进行了展望,提出未来应加强城市表层土壤的生态界面效应研究,在研究方法上要建立长期、多尺度的城市土壤研究计划,以及推进区域城市表层土壤动物生物学、生态学研究等。     

全球环境变化与人类健康

全球环境变化与人类健康研究是目前地球系统科学研究关注的热点问题之一,引起了越来越多机构和科学家的重视,并且已取得了一定的研究成果。本文介绍了全球环境变化研究的内容和意义及目前全球环境变化的研究体系;总结了在全球气候变化、臭氧层损耗、生物多样性的丧失、土地荒漠化和干旱、环境污染、全球化以及城市化等多方面给人类健康带来的影响;概括了目前关于全球环境变化与人类健康研究的热点领域以及我国开展全球环境变化与健康研究的主要问题。     

城市内部居住迁移对个体健康的影响——以广州市为例

居住迁移作为城市最重要的活动之一,对个体生理和心理健康的影响受到社会学和心理学的关注,但鲜有从迁移所涉及的居住环境、迁移方向、距离等地理角度展开系统研究。本文以广州市为例,利用2016年入户调研问卷数据,运用二项logistic回归分析方法,并结合深度访谈法,分析居住迁移的时间特征、空间特征等因素对个体自评生理健康与心理健康带来的影响。研究结果表明,居住迁移对个体健康的影响包括长期累积效应与短期效应。前者体现为个体18岁前频繁的居住迁移对生理和心理造成的负面影响;后者为短时间内居住迁移对心理健康造成较大的负面影响。此外,在最近一次居住迁移中,主动迁居对生理健康有显著正向影响,离心性迁移方向对心理健康亦有显著正向影响;长距离迁移对心理健康则为负向影响。研究结果对于个体择居、社区建设具有重要的意义。     

Environmental quality indicators: where to from here?

Environmental or land quality indicators are being developed internationally as a means whereby the ‘State of the Environment’ (SoE) can be assessed and trends monitored. In Australia, the use of indicators in SoE reporting is in its early stages of development. Indicators have been developed, in relation to agriculture, for flora and fauna, soil, chemical contamination, surface waters and groundwater. Internationally, the World Bank has listed ‘indicators of pressure’ on the land, ‘indicators of state and impact’, and ‘indicators of response’ for each of seven major issues of land degradation. Late in 1996, an ‘indicators of catchment health’ workshop in Australia identified a relatively small number of key indicators relating to farm productivity, soil health, water quality and ‘landscape integrity’, later adding social indicators, and also distinguishing between indicators at farm and catchment scales. A broad range of other indicators was also considered by various participants in the workshop, which concluded by supporting a nationally co‐ordinated effort and the establishment of a national steering committee. Although most indicators are static measures, those from which predictions can be made require a greater emphasis on the functioning of the system. This implies that indicators are only one aspect of system modelling, and that environmental or land assessment needs to progress further than the search for quality indicators. Since this involves both biophysical and human processes, geographers should be playing a central role.     

Effects of accessibility and environmental health risk on housing prices: a case of Salt Lake County,Utah

While transportation infrastructure can increase housing price by improving accessibility to opportunities, it generates environmental health risks, such as noise and air pollution, which may have negative effects on housing price. However, the combined effects of accessibility and environmental health risk on housing price have not been well examined in the literature, especially in the auto-oriented urban context of the United States. In this study, we use assessed housing value data and the hedonic model to examine the single-family housing market's reaction to accessibility and environment health risks in Salt Lake County, a growing metropolitan area in Utah experiencing significant air pollution. Three regression models are employed with the consideration of spatial effects: ordinary least squares (OLS), spatial lag regression (SLR), and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM, or multilevel modeling/MLM). By controlling for the influences of structural attributes and socioeconomic conditions, we find that the negative impacts (traffic noise and air pollution) of transportation systems on single-family housing prices are greater than the positive impact (accessibility). Single-family residents in Salt Lake County are willing to pay more to reduce environmental health risks than to get better accessibility. These findings are different from what have been found in some dense and compact urban areas in the literature. These findings suggest that people's willingness to pay for minimizing environmental health risks varies across different urban contexts.     

The Interaction of Religion,Political Ideology,and Concern About Climate Change in the United States

Political ideology and religion are considered important influences on attitudes about climate change, as many people rely on ideological and religious cues to help shape attitudes about this highly complex, uncertain, and politicized issue. While many scholars have studied the impacts of political orientation and religious affiliation independently, few have studied whether and how they interact in shaping concern about climate change. This article uses a large sample study to examine the impact of religious tradition on two indicators of concern about climate change within categories of political ideology. This study shows that religious affiliation moderates the impact of ideology, and that these interaction effects vary across religious traditions. Perhaps most significantly, this study reveals that religious affiliation is most influential on political liberals but has very little impact on conservatives. This holds significant implications for the way we understand the relationship between religion and environmental attitudes.     

土地利用规划环境影响评价指标与案例

土地利用规划环境影响评价,是针对土地利用的宏观结构调整与布局对环境与生态的可能影响作出的预测性评估。本文从生态保护、土地退化防治、耕地资源保障、建设用地增长的适度性与后效、耕地占补平衡的生态风险等5个方面,设计了11个指标用于预测和评估土地利用规划对环境、生态和土地资源的可能影响程度,并以《1997~2010年全国土地利用总体规划纲要》为案例进行了实际应用。结果表明,所提出的指标能较好的预估土地利用规划方案的实施对环境、生态和土地资源的潜在影响,为规避土地利用调整可能出现的不良环境与生态影响,提供有益的决策支持。     

涠洲岛活珊瑚覆盖率变化的仿真分析

为了更好地理解环境参数对珊瑚礁生态的影响,以涠洲岛为研究区域,结合历史文献所记载的活珊瑚覆盖率（Live Coral Cover, LCC）资料,利用MODIS 2003-2015年遥感观测获取的环境参数,即叶绿素a质量浓度（Chl-a）、海表温度（SST）和光合有效辐射（PAR）,探讨LCC变化与环境参数之间的关系,并建立了LCC变化模型。首先计算出每个环境参数3~10个月的移动平均值,并用皮尔逊相关系数计算得到与LCC变化相关性最大的环境参数值;然后考虑环境参数值之间、前后不同年份的LCC之间可能存在的自相关性,利用主成分分析法消除这些自相关之后,再利用非线性约束优化方法估计LCC与环境参数值关系的经验模型。该模型的系数为Chl-a（-0.109 04）、SST（-0.061 62）和PAR（0.013 58）,据此推测,人类活动所造成的海水富营养化可能是涠洲岛LCC下降的最主要原因。最后,对涠洲岛珊瑚礁未来的发展与变化进行仿真和预测,结果表明：涠洲岛在环境不变的条件下其LCC会稳定在10%左右,而在当前气候变暖的条件下其珊瑚有可能会在2120年左右存在开始消失的风险。     

风电场对环境的影响研究进展

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