Water on an urban planet: Urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure

Urban growth is increasing the demand for freshwater resources, yet surprisingly the water sources of the world's large cities have never been globally assessed, hampering efforts to assess the distribution and causes of urban water stress. We conducted the first global survey of the large cities’ water sources, and show that previous global hydrologic models that ignored urban water infrastructure significantly overestimated urban water stress. Large cities obtain 78 ± 3% of their water from surface sources, some of which are far away: cumulatively, large cities moved 504 billion liters a day (184 km³ yr⁻¹) a distance of 27,000 ± 3800 km, and the upstream contributing area of urban water sources is 41% of the global land surface. Despite this infrastructure, one in four cities, containing $4.8 ± 0.7 trillion in economic activity, remain water stressed due to geographical and financial limitations. The strategic management of these cities’ water sources is therefore important for the future of the global economy.     

Inland capture fisheries in the Mekong and their place and potential within food-led regional development

The inland capture fisheries of the Mekong represent critical sources of nutrition in rural diets in a region that faces endemic food and nutritional deficits. However within regional development debates that prioritize utilising the waters of the Mekong to generate electricity, capture fisheries are often presented as ultimately doomed, and therefore as an unfortunate, but necessary trade-off for hydropower. At the heart of these debates, lie contested definitions of development. The notion that fisheries could or should be traded-off for some other form of development exemplifies this tension.This paper draws on anthropological approaches to policy analysis based on discourse and narratives. We begin by placing the conventional wisdom regarding the place of fisheries in regional development under closer scrutiny. We then explore the potential for a counter narrative based around food and food sovereignty, in which fisheries and fishers are drivers, rather than costs of development. We argue that fisheries provide a range of livelihood and developmental values that cannot be replaced and that their management continues to hold potential for strengthening independence and self-reliance. In doing so, we build on empirical evidence from the Lao PDR, a country with a rich capture fishery but also endemic food crises, and also a national policy commitment to both poverty reduction and extensive large-scale hydropower development. As such, this paper attempts to reframe the debate on development in the Mekong. The paper has wider significance for considering how a broader focus on food and food producers can generate alternative development pathways.     

Land tenure and REDD+: The good,the bad and the ugly

A number of international donors, national governments and project proponents have begun to lay the groundwork for REDD+, but tenure insecurity – including the potential risks of land grabbing by outsiders and loss of local user rights to forests and forest land – is one of the main reasons that many indigenous and other local peoples have publicly opposed it. Under what conditions is REDD+ a threat to local rights, and under what conditions does it present an opportunity? This article explores these issues based on available data from a global comparative study on REDD+, led by the Center for International Forestry Research, which is studying national policies and processes in 12 countries and 23 REDD+ projects in 6 countries. The article analyses how tenure concerns are being addressed at both national and project level in emerging REDD+ programs. The findings suggest that in most cases REDD+ has clearly provided some new opportunities for securing local tenure rights, but that piecemeal interventions by project proponents at the local level are insufficient in the absence of broader, national programs for land tenure reform. The potential for substantial changes in the status quo appear unlikely, though Brazil – the only one with such a national land tenure reform program – offers useful insights. Land tenure reform – the recognition of customary rights in particular – and a serious commitment to REDD+ both challenge the deep-rooted economic and political interests of ‘business as usual’.     

地理信息安全加密系统的实现与应用

地理信息是涉及国家安全的基础性和战略性资源,出于对国家安全的考虑,需要对地理信息进行严格保护。本文通过研发地理信息安全加密系统,实现了对地理信息数据的安全管理与控制。以宾阳县地理国情普查数据生产为例,通过使用加密系统,实现了对地理信息数据分发、使用、生产的安全管理。     

基于结构码的安全数字水印方案

对数字水印模型进行研究,提出了数字水印系统是一个证明系统。指出了有效、公平的数字水印系统的出错概率应满足的条件。利用码的结构性实现了数字水印系统分析,指出该方案具有很强的健壮性,可以通过使用扩展TPM技术来增强该方案的安全性。     

城市地理信息系统建设中的若干问题及解决思路探讨

分析了城市地理信息系统(UGIS)建设与发展中存在的标准化、信息安全、运营机制等问题,并给出了相应的解决思路;阐述了相关行业部门协作与产业化发展的方向。     

不使用双线性对的无证书认证协议

基于离散对数问题,提出了一种不使用双线性对的无证书签密方案。利用该签密方案,提出了一种高效的、不使用双线性对的无证书认证协议,并在CK模型下提供安全性证明。分析表明,该协议具有双向实体认证、完美的向前保密性等安全属性,满足了认证的安全需求。此外,该认证协议仅需进行1次对称加密、3次指数运算和1轮通信即可完成,通信开销小,计算量较低。     

新疆数字化地震前兆数据的多重保护探讨

对新疆数字化地震前兆数据的安全解决方案进行了探讨.在实际工作中采取有效的预防措施,预防任何原因造成的数据丢失的可能,讨论在灾难性数据发生时,第一时间内恢复数据的可行方案,降低数据丢失或损坏造成的影响,为新疆数字化地震前兆数据加上多重安全保险.     

化工园区重大事故风险分析

目前我国对化工园区风险分析的理论研究尚处于起步阶段。针对化工园区这一特殊区域,从整体角度出发,分析研究了化工园区内多个重大事故风险源造成的区域风险,并进行了实例应用。综合考虑多个重大事故风险源产生的风险,分析了其产生风险的叠加效应,绘制出化工园区的个人风险等值线;同时根据ALARP（合理可接受风险水平）准则对化工园区的风险水平进行评估,并据此给出化工园区安全规划、风险控制和应急救援工作的实施建议。所提出的化工园区重大事故风险分析方法,在建立和完善化工园区风险分析中具有一定的理论和现实意义。     

防震减灾技术系统网络应用中的网络安全

扼要介绍计算机网络安全结构及Internet网络应用中的数据服务。国家防震减灾技术系统网络中心计算机网络的组成及安全。介绍了Internet提供的服务；网络中心与Internet的2个出口以及它提供的DNS、FTP、E－MAIL、WWW等服务。重点介绍网络中心的防火墙安全及防火墙的过滤作用。