地理环境决定论是人类优秀文化遗产

对地理环境决定论是“资产阶级地理思想”提出质疑。并对人与自然关系进行系统梳理和反思:(1)地理环境决定论产生并发展于东西方两个伟大时代;(2)地理环境决定论在近代受到的批判是误解所致;(3)地理环境决定论大大丰富了历史唯物主义。提出地理环境决定论是人类优秀文化遗产。     

THE VALUE OF HUMANS IN THE BIOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF SPACE

Regardless of the discovery of life on Mars, or of “no apparent life” on Mars, the questions that follow will provide a rich future for biological exploration. Extraordinary pattern recognition skills, decadal assimilation of data and experience, and rapid sample acquisition are just three of the characteristics that make humans the best means we have to explore the biological potential of Mars and other planetary surfaces. I make the case that instead of seeing robots as in conflict, or even in support, of human exploration activity, from the point of view of scientific data gathering and analysis, we should view humans as the most powerful robots we have, thus removing the separation that dogs discussions on the exploration of space. The narrow environmental requirements of humans, although imposing constraints on the life support systems required, is more than compensated for by their capabilities in biological exploration. I support this view with an example of the “Christmas present effect,” a simple demonstration of human data and pattern recognition capabilities.     

Redating the onset of burning at Lynch's Crater (North Queensland): implications for human settlement in Australia

Lynch's Crater preserves a continuous, high‐resolution record of environmental changes in north Queensland. This record suggests a marked increase in burning that appears to be independent of any known major climatic boundaries. This increase is accompanied, or closely followed, by the virtually complete replacement of rainforest by sclerophyll vegetation. The absence of any major climatic shift associated with this increase in fire frequency therefore has been interpreted as a result of early human impact in the area. The age for this increase in burning, on the basis of conventional radiocarbon dating, was previously thought to be approximately 38 000 ¹⁴C yr BP, supporting the traditional model for human arrival in Australia at 40 000 ¹⁴C yr BP Here we have applied a more rigorous pre‐treatment and graphitisation procedure for radiocarbon dating samples from the Lynch's Crater sequence. These new dates suggest that the increase in fire frequency occurred at 45 000 ¹⁴C yr BP, supporting the alternative view that human occupation of Australia occurred by at least 45 000–55 000 cal. yr BP. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ecological and social constraints are key for voluntary investments into renewable natural resources

Encouraging pro-environmental behavior is an urgent global challenge. An interdisciplinary framework covering governance, economic, social, ecological, and psychological dimensions is required to understand the salient features that encourage pro-environmental outcomes within and across contexts. We apply the Ostrom social-ecological systems framework to model voluntary investments by members of civil society into the aquatic environment. Using a data set of 1,809 angling clubs managing water bodies for fish stocking and habitat management in Germany and France, we show that a small set of factors, most crucially social-ecological and governance context as well as social norms and other bottom-up social pressures, drive environmental investments. These factors appear to override behavioral influences from psychological variables of the decision-maker. By contrast, the contextual setting related to property rights, size of the resource system, and social expectations were found to be strongly related to behavioral decisions, highlighting that the social-ecological context as well as incentives may be more important than knowledge and cognitions in driving certain pro-environmental actions.     

地下水资源可更新性的环境同位素研究

论述了环境同位素在研究地下水可更新性中的应用现状,分析研究区氢氧稳定同位素、氚和14C放射性同位素、CFCS的分布特征及其指示意义,对比人类开采前后地下水的同位素特征.结果表明:盆地地下水的可更新性随不同深度、地域、含水层的不同而各异,人类活动加强了浅层与深层地下水之间的水力联系.     

基于实测的导管架海洋平台振动对人员安全评价

目前我国的海洋工程结构中,导管架式海洋平台占有很大比重,动荷载作用下导管架式海洋平台的振动问题日益突出。随着石油开发向深海进军,平台结构柔性更大,振动问题更为显著,可能对结构、设备及人员造成一定的安全隐患。基于现场监测获得的导管架平台振动响应,结合相关规范给出振动对人体的影响,提出人员感受评价流程。最后,以渤海、南海海域的导管架平台为例,基于现场监测,分析了结构的振动特性及作业人员在相应振动环境下的感受。此方法对导管架平台上部作业人员的工作与安全保障提供了科学依据。     

土地利用变化对芝罘连岛沙坝附近海岸带的影响

在RS,GIS技术支持下,经过遥感影像解译获取了研究区1979,1989,1997和2007年4个典型时期土地利用信息,通过对土地利用变化分析,表明近30a来建设用地始终大幅增长,耕地一直大量减少,养殖池和河漫滩从无到有,其他地类呈波动式变化。在快速城市化进程中人类活动对芝罘连岛沙坝附近海岸带产生了深刻影响：其土地利用...     

区域发展不平衡研究进展

区域发展不平衡是指区域之间在发展水平、功能和结构上的时空不平衡性.文献综述分析发现:区域发展不平衡的评价指标主要有两类:一类是地区经济增长成果指标,另一类是地区间生活水平指标.这两类指标都局限于收入或GDP等经济指标,这对评价区域发展不平衡是不够的,区域发展不平衡的评价应该落到福祉水平层面.区域发展不平衡是区域发展与时间、空间组成的三位一体,对其研究应从时、空2个维度展开,即将空间维度的静态研究和时间维度的动态研究结合起来.     

基于熵值法的江苏省农村人居环境质量评价研究

农村人居环境的提升与优化是建设社会主义新农村重要内容之一。以江苏省为研究区域,64个县市为研究单元,建立居住环境系统、基础设施系统、公共服务系统及生态环境系统4个人居环境评价子系统的指标体系,运用熵值法定量评价江苏省农村人居环境质量。结果表明：江苏省农村人居环境系统层中居住环境子系统及指标层中公共图书馆藏量的权重最大;农村人居环境存在地域差异性,根据综合得分划分为优级发展区、良级发展区、一般发展区及差级发展区4类发展区;在子系统得分上,苏锡常地区农村人居环境最高,苏中及苏北地区的农村人居环境质量有待加强。     

京郊新农村建设人居环境质量综合评价

农村人居环境是农民生活品质的重要标志,农村人居环境质量的提高可以促进农村居住环境与社会、经济、资源环境之间的良性互动。通过对北京市首批市级新农村规划建设试点村的问卷调查,结合多元统计分析,探讨新农村建设以来京郊农村人居环境质量的要素特征、影响因素和发展水平。研究表明:相比新农村建设前,京郊农村人居环境在基础设施、公共服务设施、自然生态环境等方面取得较大改善;京郊农村人居环境质量的地域特征显著,近郊平原区优于其他地域类型;基础设施配套和社会协调水平对村民形成人居环境整体印象最为重要,收入状况、村内道路质量、垃圾处理设施、卫生所等因素对人居环境满意度有显著影响;加大对农村公共产品的投入和建设力度、建立设施的长效管护机制、增加农民收入是实现京郊农村人居环境优化的关键环节。