Planning for growth in a natural resource boomtown: challenges for urban planners in Fort McMurray,Alberta

Between 2000 and 2010, the population of the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta increased by 80%, mainly due to the expansion of oil extraction projects and subsidiary industries. Population growth of this magnitude has significant consequences for city planning. While Fort McMurray struggles to keep up with enormous numbers of in-migrants, the cost of living in the city has skyrocketed. Using interviews with city planners and field experience in the city, in this paper I examine the current challenges faced by urban planners in Fort McMurray against the backdrop of global economic decision-making, corporate influence, and commodity dynamics. While the recession of 2008 gave city planners some breathing room, they still struggle with gathering accurate census information and predicting population growth, providing affordable housing, and balancing short-range planning with their long-term goals. Attempts by city planners to address these challenges could provide a contemporary model for urban planning in rapidly growing, resource-dependent communities.     

基于污染足迹模型的湖州市农业污染评估

太湖流域的水环境质量呈现严重恶化趋势,农业污染物的排放是太湖流域水体环境恶化的主要原因之一。农业污染物主要来源于种植业、畜禽养殖业和水产养殖业的生产过程,不同于以往分开论述三者对水环境的影响,本文基于全国第一次污染普查数据,运用污染足迹模型定量分析了湖州市农业面源(种植业、畜禽养殖业和水产养殖业)对水环境的影响。研究结果表明:(1)农业生产产生的污染物对水环境的影响排序为:磷>氮>有机物;(2)各农业生产类型对水环境的影响排序为:水产养殖业>种植业>畜禽养殖业;(3)湖州市各区县对水环境的影响也存在着明显的空间差异。通过对湖州市农业污染足迹评估,可以明确地提出哪种污染物类型、农业生产类型和区域是湖州市农业面源污染治理的重点。研究结果可以为太湖流域农业的可持续发展和水资源的可持续利用提供一定的参考价值。     

德州市临盘采油区地面沉降监测

济南市的鹊山上设立了3块岩层水准标石的原点组。使用美国Tri mble Di Ni 12电子水准仪和条码式铟钢水准标尺施测一等精密水准82.2 km,二等精密水准30.8 km,联测各类水准点35个。对观测结果进行统计与分析表明,在临盘采油区(以后仓西北采油四队LY18为中心)形成了一个较明显的沉降区域,年沉降量为54.3 mm。建议在其周边增埋地面观测标石,进行加密观测,以掌握其变化规律。     

湘江中下游农田土壤和蔬菜的重金属污染

A total of 219 agricultural soil and 48 vegetable samples were collected from the midstream and downstream of the Xiangjiang River（the Hengyang-Changsha section）in Hunan Province.The accumulation characteristics,spatial distribution and potential risk of heavy metals in the agricultural soils and vegetables were depicted.There are higher accumulations of heavy metals such as As,Cd,Cu,Ni,Pb and Zn in agricultural soils,and the contents of Cd（2.44 mg kg^-1 ）,Pb（65.00 mg kg^-1 ）and Zn（144.13 mg kg^-1 ）are 7.97,3.69 and 1.63 times the corresponding background contents in soils of Hunan Province,respectively. 13.2%of As,68.5%of Cd,2.7%of Cu,2.7%of Ni,8.7%of Pb and 15.1%of Zn in soil samples from the investigated sites exceeded the maximum allowable heavy metal contents in the China Environmental Quality Standard for Soils（GB15618-1995,Grade Ⅱ）.The pollution characteristics of multi-metals in soils are mainly due to Cd.The contents of As,Cd,Cu,Pb and Zn in vegetable soils are significantly higher than the contents in paddy soils.95.8%, 68.8%,10.4%and 95.8%of vegetable samples exceeded the Maximum Levels of Contaminants in Foods（GB2762-2005）for As,Cd,Ni and Pb concentrations,respectively.There are significantly positive correlations between the concentrations of Cd,Pb and Zn in vegetables and the concentrations in the corresponding vegetable soils（p〈0.01）.It is very necessary to focus on the potential risk of heavy metals for food safety and human health in agricultural soils and vegetables in the midstream and downstream of the Xiangjiang River,Hunan Province of China.     

滇池水体污染和治理的特点

滇池是一个发育至老年末期的高原湖泊。滇池流域是缺水地区,水资源的供需平衡靠径流、污水和农田回归水的循环利用得以实现,重复用水率25％。随着人口的增长和工农业的发展,滇池水资源污染日益加重,水体严重富营养化。滇池是整个流域污染物唯一的汇,这也是其难以治理的原因。近年来,从中央到地方用于滇池污染治理的总投资已逾40亿元,而治理措施收效甚微,因此,对滇池这样有特殊污染机理的湖泊治理应从更宽泛的角度出发去考虑,甚至采取非常措施。     

Computing least air pollution exposure routes

Personalized routing counts on traveler’s preferences which are usually based on different criteria, such as shortest, fastest, least traffic, or less expensive (e.g., less fuel cost, toll free). However, people are increasingly becoming concerned about the adverse health effects of exposure to air pollution in chosen routes. Exposures to elevated air pollution concentrations particularly endanger children, pregnant women, elderly people, and people with asthma and other respiratory conditions. Choosing routes with least air pollution exposure (APE) is seen as one approach to minimize the level of pollution exposed, which is a major public health issue. Routing algorithms use weights on segments of road networks to find optimum routes. While existing weights are commonly distance and time, among a few others, there is currently no weight based on APE to compute least APE routes. In this paper, we present a weight function that computes weight based on APE. Two different approaches, geostatistical and non-geostatistical, were used to compute APE weight. Each approach was evaluated, and the results indicate that the APE weight is suitable for computing least APE routes.     

环境硒污染的植物修复研究进展

硒污染已成为全球性的环境问题,严重威胁人类健康和环境安全。本文概述了环境硒污染植物修复技术的研究进展,包括硒富集植物的应用、富集硒的机理及生物技术对它们的改造。指出了当前研究在硒富集植物富集机理及田间应用时的不足;并展望了今后如何进一步寻找和使用生物技术培育硒超富集植物、探求富集机理和田间试验。     

重金属铜污染植被光谱响应特征研究

重金属铜污染植被的反射光谱特性会发生明显改变。在本研究中,采用不同程度的铜污染土壤作为培养基质,选择春小麦、上海青两种农作物进行铜胁迫实验,获取了4个不同生育期、10个不同铜污染强度下的植被叶片的反射光谱,并采用铜污染叶片7个特征波段和光谱角的方法研究了铜污染叶片的光谱特征。结果表明,铜污染叶片光谱差异与作物时期和作物类型有关,可以采用叶片光谱角描述铜污染叶片与健康叶片的光谱差异。该方法只需与阈值做简单的比较,方法简便易行,而且对轻度及重度铜污染十分敏感。叶片光谱辐射传输模型反演结果表明铜污染叶片内部结构参数N明显变大,这也证明了铜污染使叶片内部结构更加散乱无序。在此基础上进一步建立了N与红肩处反射率值的线性关系,相关系数为0.978。本文为铜污染叶片光谱反射模型的建立提供了初步的数据基础与理论支持。     

压裂液在煤层中的运移模拟研究

为给山西省临县三交区块的地下水环境保护提供科学依据,运用地下水数值模拟技术对压裂液在煤层中的运移进行了预测。在分析研究区地质结构的基础上,建立了水文地质概念模型,将山西组3^#煤层概化为一个承压含水层,其上覆二叠系砂岩、泥岩作为隔水层,下伏的泥岩、砂岩互层作为隔水层,并确定了地下水系统的边界条件。运用地下水模型软件(Feflow)对研究区内的压裂液在煤层中的运移进行了模拟和预测,预测结果表明,压裂液在煤层中的的运移范围在煤层压裂影响范围以内,即压裂井周围300 m范围内。     

稠油热采储层非均质性及其对开发的影响——以辽河西部凹陷某试验区于楼油层为例

本文以辽河西部凹陷某试验区为例,基于7 口井岩心、镜下薄片、分析测试及400口井测井等多种资料,采取点、线、面相结合的研究思路,利用地质统计学方法,开展稠油热采储层非均质性研究。整体上,于楼油层储层非均质性较强,储层非均质性受沉积作用、成岩作用和构造作用等影响（以沉积作用为主）。单井岩电特征与层内韵律非均质性关系密切,目的层可见3种沉积韵律模式,包括正韵律、反韵律和复合韵律（其中以正韵律和复合韵律为主）。沉积微相空间上的快速变化,导致储层非均质性增强。单层之间隔层分布较稳定,隔层厚度多大于2 m。非均质性强、中、弱的区域大体呈条带状,以北西-南东向展布,与物源方向基本一致。储层非均质性直接影响到了油藏的开发效果,研究储层非均质性可为油藏开发方式的转换提供参考。