Implementing the ecological approach in tobacco control programs: results of a case study

The ‘new public health’ has stimulated calls to adopt an ecological approach for action aimed at improving population health. However, the implementation of ecological programs has often remained a challenge. The objective of this study was to identify factors facilitating the implementation of ecological tobacco control programming in two Public Health Departments in Québec (Canada) using Scheirer's model of program implementation as a conceptual framework and an exemplary case study design. Analysis revealed two distinct configurations of environmental, organizational and professional characteristics that were related to equally successful implementations of the framework. Key roles for factors such as provincial ministerial guidelines and financial resources, human resources, and relationships and alliances with other organizations, were highlighted. These results replicate findings from quantitative surveys and allow better understanding of the conditions required for planning ecological programming.     

Effects of Remanufacturable Product Design on Market Segmentation and the Environment

Despite documented benefits of remanufacturing, many manufacturers have yet to embrace the idea of tapping into remanufactured‐goods markets. In this article, we explore this dichotomy and analyze the effect of remanufacturable product design on market segmentation and product and trade‐in prices by studying a two‐stage profit‐maximization problem in which a price‐setting manufacturer can choose whether or not to open a remanufactured‐goods market for its product. Our results suggest that it is optimal for a manufacturer to design a remanufacturable product when the value‐added from remanufacturing is relatively high but product durability is relatively low and innovation is nominal. In addition, we find that entering a remanufactured‐goods market in and of itself does not necessarily translate into environmental friendliness. On the one hand, the optimal trade‐in program could result in low return and/or remanufacturing rates. On the other hand, a low price for remanufactured products could attract higher demand and thereby potentially result in more damage to the environment. Meanwhile, external restrictions imposed on total greenhouse gas emissions draw criticism in their own right because they risk stifling growth or reducing overall consumer welfare. Given these trade‐offs, we therefore develop and compare several measures of environmental efficiency and conclude that emissions per revenue can serve as the best proxy for emissions as a metric for measuring overall environmental stewardship.     

The role of beliefs,trust, and risk in contributions to a public good

This paper experimentally investigates if and how beliefs, trust, and risk attitudes are associated with cooperative behavior. By applying incentivized elicitation methods to measure these concepts, we find that beliefs about others’ cooperation and trust are positively correlated with cooperation in a public goods game. However, even though contributing to a public good resembles a situation of making decisions under strategic uncertainty, elicited risk preferences do not seem to explain cooperation in a systematic way.     

Transforming Social Work Curricula: Institutional Supports for Promoting Sustainability

Due to the centrality of human rights and social justice in the profession, social work must collectively take a stand on ecological degradation and the climate crisis. Overall, social work education's engagement with issues of sustainability and an expanded ecological justice perspective has been peripheral and piecemeal. It is crucial that social work education expand opportunities to prepare social workers to respond to the global environmental crisis. This conceptual paper considers strategies for integrating environmental content in social work curricula and addresses the essential role of institutional supports for curricular change and professional development focused on sustainability. The role of institutional supports to advance curricular change to respond to environmental crises and promote sustainability is highlighted, along with specific examples from the authors' home institution, including (1) institutional commitment and culture, (2) curricular supports and guidelines, and (3) interdisciplinary faculty development.     

论环境公益诉讼的历史发展及检察机关在其中的定位

新《环境保护法》即将实施,党的十八届四中全会公报明确提出探索建立检察机关提起公益诉讼制度,这意味着环境公益诉讼在我国的司法实践将获得突破。本文试图结合环境公益诉讼的历史发展结合检察机关在环境公益诉讼中的主体地位进行初步探讨,以期确定检察机关在环境公益诉讼的定位。     

论公共危机管理法律体系的建构

公共危机的本质是社会结构的失衡。现代社会危机发生的频率越来越高,种类越来越多,应对和处置的难度越来越大。不断深入地探索和认识危机形成、发生、发展的客观规律,并据此构建完备的危机管理法律体系,以有效的制度保障和有力的秩序控制去应对、调控和处置危机,是历史的必然选择。     

"环境工程设计"综合素质培养体系及内容优化

针对“环境工程设计”存在的问题 ,并结合目前我国环保产业对环境工程专业提出的要求 ,优化“环境工程设计”各个教学环节的课程内容、课程深度、课程范围 ,形成“环境工程设计”综合素质培养体系。     

中国公民社会的先声——以业主委员会为例

一般说来 ,国家、公民社会与市场是任何一个完整社会中三足鼎立的三个独立领域。每一个领域都有其行动的独特逻辑 :国家是等级权力的逻辑 ,市场是盈亏逻辑 ,公民社会是自愿主义的逻辑。中国改革开放、特别是 2 0世纪 90年代以来社会经济结构的巨大转型 ,在城市住宅小区中出现了业主委员会 ,它是一个居民自治组织 ,业主对自己的利益和社区的公共事务更加关心和主动参与 ,业主和业主委员会最主要的工作就是面对物业管理公司的抗议活动 ,维护业主的权益 ,业主委员会积极参与公共领域的讨论。这一切初步体现了公民社会的主要属性 ,堪称中国城市公民社会的先声     

云南少数民族的水文化与当代水环境保护

云南少数民族中存在着丰富的水文化,对于各民族长期的生存与发展有着积极的作用,同时也保护了云南的生态环境。由水的观念、使用与保护水的习俗、制度、规范、宗教等构成的水文化,是当代解决水危机、营造良好的水环境、实现可持续发展的重要基础,是从源头解决水环境问题的有效手段。在当代,少数民族的水文化仍然具有重要的价值,有助于人类认识与平衡自身与自然之间关系。     

关于我国公共服务市场化若干问题的分析

公共服务市场化反映了公共服务供给领域政府职能的调整和市场价值的回归,就其内涵而言,我国公共服务市场化应该包括目标和手段两个方面。通过对我国公共服务市场化的阻力和动力作进一步分析,可以得出我国公共服务市场化改革的有效对策组合。