An evaluation of the Wellington Regional Genuine Progress Index     

Ralph Chapman 《New Zealand geographer》2012,68(1):1-13

There is widespread discontent with the gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of progress for society. Alternative measures have been proposed, including the genuine progress indicator (GPI). This paper examines the changing institutional arrangements and attitudinal context in the recently developed Wellington region (New Zealand) GPI. We found an alignment between the GPI framework and the Local Government Act. Despite this fit, we identified challenges, including the need to revitalise public participation through deliberative techniques. It remains too early to judge whether the GPI initiative will launch a viable alternative to the GDP for the Wellington region.  相似文献   

教育公共服务设施可达性评价与规划——以江苏省仪征市高级中学为例   总被引：11，自引：4，他引：7  

韩艳红  陆玉麒 《地理科学》2012,(7):822-827

学校是公共服务设施的重要组成部分,其空间分布以及可达性的优劣,直接影响到受教育者接受教育的机会和方便程度。把可达性的概念引入到教育公共设施的规划中,利用Mapinfo公司的控件MapX和Borland公司的可视化编程语言Delphi,开发了基于时间最短的路径选择信息系统,生成了学校可达性的等时线图和学校服务范围图,通过该系统可直观地看到区域内任何一点到达学校所花费的最短时间以及通过的路径。以江苏省仪征市的高级中学为例,运用该系统对高级中学的可达性进行了评价,并提出了其规划方案。  相似文献   

Colorado’s Millennial Generation: Youth Perceptions and Experiences of Nature     

《The Journal of geography》2012,111(6):213-223

Abstract

This study uses survey and focus group methods to explore attitudes toward and experiences of nature among millennial-aged students in northern Colorado. First, results confirm that young people possess a strong interest in the outdoors yet time, transportation, and new technologies hamper their ability to visit public lands and outdoor spaces. Second, respondents experience nature in ways more mediated by new technologies such as cell phones and nature DVDs. Third, citizen science and active learning show promise as techniques for returning young people to the outdoors. The challenge lies in teaching young people to reimagine the outdoors not as elsewhere or out there but as a backyard geographic space.  相似文献   

An interdisciplinary approach to depict landscape change drivers: A case study of the Ticuiz agrarian community in Michoacan, Mexico   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Minerva Campos  Alejandro Velázquez  Ángel Guadalupe Priego-Santander 《Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England)》2012,32(2):409-419

Landscape changes are driven by a combination of physical, ecological and socio-cultural factors. Hence, a large amount of information is necessary to monitor these changes and to develop effective strategies for management and conservation. For this, novel strategies for combining social and environmental data need to be developed. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the value of an innovative interdisciplinary approach to help in explaining landscape change. We integrated three main sources of information: biophysical landscape attributes, land-use/cover change analysis and social perceptions of land-use change, institutional and policy factors and environmental services. Multivariate statistical analysis was used to develop a weight for each variable described or quantified. Finally we identified proximate causes and underlying driving forces of land transformation in the study area. The study was undertaken in a typical community in Mexico.  相似文献   

Public opinions on biological diversity in Norway: Politics,science, or culture?     

《Norsk geografisk tidsskrift. Norwegian journal of geography》2012,66(5):290-299

Loss of biological diversity is among the most pressing environmental problems facing modern societies. Whereas today much is known about peoples' opinions on climate change, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding how people asses the issue of biological diversity. The article represents a step towards a better understanding of public opinions on the issue of biodiversity, and hence also of the prerequisites and possibilities for a more or less vigorous or legitimate policy on this issue. The analyses show that social background matters for concern about biodiversity, but only to a certain extent: women are less negative towards biodiversity protection than men, the older segments of the population, at least in Norway, are less concerned with biodiversity, and education has only a marginal effect. Hence, to a large extent, political attitudes matter and indicate that concern for biodiversity seems to work by various types of available heuristics whereby a given case is linked to political understandings of other and similar and/or familiar issues. The inclusion of other political variables (local decision-making) and what the authors label ‘cultural variables’ (e.g. view of nature and trust in science) seem also to matter decisively for attitudes towards biodiversity.  相似文献   

立足本地优势不断提升公共气象服务能力     

李杨 《内蒙古气象》2012,(5):59-61

文章根据近几年内蒙古气象服务中心在公共气象服务领域所取得的成绩,认真探究社会需求对公共气象服务工作所产生的引领作用,同时摆出现阶段发展中所存在的问题,提出只有坚持公共气象服务发展方向,不断培育气象服务新的增长点,才能提高气象事业的核心竞争力,推动内蒙古公共气象服务事业更快更好地发展。  相似文献   

基于“一张图”的公共安全应急联动态势图的研究     

杨海鹏  郭建忠  成毅 《测绘工程》2012,21(5):38-41

公共安全应急联动态势图是应对公共安全突发事件的有效保障手段之一。文中提出基于"一张图"的观点,对基于"一张图"的公共安全应急联动态势图的体系架构进行阐述,说明基于"一张图"的公共安全应急联动态势图中,应急联动数据链节点构成和应急联动数据链的功能,介绍"一张图"的输出保障模式。  相似文献   

北京地区公众气象服务需求分析   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

段欲晓  潘进军  李青春 《干旱气象》2009,27(2):172-176

2006年7、8月份在北京地区开展了一次大范围的公众气象服务需求调查,本文在对回收的有效问卷进行统计分析的基础上,从公众对气象信息的关注程度、公众对气象服务的意愿付费情况及对气象服务改进的需求3个方面进行了研究,并运用行为经济学的理论对公众的气象信息需求进行分析阐述,揭示出其规律性.结果反映出公众对气象信息及其价值的认识还比较有限,气象部门有必要加强宣传和引导.最后从用户需求的角度,对如何有效提高公众气象服务质量提出了建议.  相似文献   

规划类清洁发展机制项目开发的政策分析与建议     

曾少军  李翠平 《气候变化研究进展》2008,4(3):187-192

 从规划类清洁发展机制（P-CDM）项目提出的背景出发,介绍了P-CDM项目开发的基本框架,对现阶段开发此类项目在指定国家主管机构审批、开发过程中的技术问题,指定的经营实体审定和减排量销售等方面所面临的困境进行了详细分析。针对上述问题,从政策选择角度,建议进一步完善国家主管机构的管理办法,发挥行业组织和科研机构的优势,解决P-CDM项目开发中存在的技术问题,通过规模效应促进P-CDM项目的市场建设,进一步简化相关的国际规则,以真正降低P-CDM项目开发的交易成本。  相似文献   

公共电话交换网时间认证系统的研制     

和康元  吴贵臣  冯平 《时间频率学报》2008,31(1)

研制了一种通过公共电话交换网进行时间认证的系统设备,利用电话网为数字时间戳服务机构提供标准时间服务.经实测,时间同步精度可以在±0.3 ms范围内,能满足数字时间戳服务机构为银行、证券、股票和期货交易等电子商务以及电子政务活动提供时间认证服务方面的要求.  相似文献