The Effect of Risk Beliefs on Property Values: A Case Study of a Hazardous Waste Site1

Health risk beliefs of homeowners near a landfill site were assessed in a survey and compared to expert judgments of the health risks of living near the site. A bimodal distribution of health risk beliefs suggested sharp disagreement between the experts and at least some of the residents. Correlates of high risk beliefs included perception of odor from the site, exposure to media coverage of the problem, having children living at home, age (younger respondents more concerned), and gender (females more concerned). An aggregated neighborhood health risk belief predicted reductions in home prices even after controlling for home physical characteristics, such as size and other disamenities such as proximity to a freeway. In the 4100 homes near the site, the estimated depression in property values was estimated to total about $40.2 million before the site was closed and to be about $19.7 million after closure. Implications of these results for community conflict and for benefit-cost analysis of hazard site remediation are discussed.     

Risk,Media, and Stigma at Rocky Flats

Public responses to nuclear technologies are often strongly negative. Events, such as accidents or evidence of unsafe conditions at nuclear facilities, receive extensive and dramatic coverage by the news media. These news stories affect public perceptions of nuclear risks and the geographic areas near nuclear facilities. One result of these perceptions, avoidance behavior, is a form of "technological stigma" that leads to losses in property values near nuclear facilities. The social amplification of risk is a conceptual framework that attempts to explain how stigma is created through media transmission of information about hazardous places and public perceptions and decisions. This paper examines stigma associated with the U.S. Department of Energy's Rocky Flats facility, a major production plant in the nation's nuclear weapons complex, located near Denver, Colorado. This study, based upon newspaper analyses and a survey of Denver area residents, finds that the social amplification theory provides a reasonable framework for understanding the events and public responses that took place in regard to Rocky Flats during a 6-year period, beginning with an FBI raid of the facility in 1989.     

地方性高校本科毕业生职业价值取向初探

职业价值取向作为个体评价和选择职业的标准,在很大程度上决定了个体的职业生涯发展。本研究选取地方性应届本科毕业生这个特殊的群体,对他们的职业价值取向进行探讨。通过问卷调查的方法对197名学生进行了调查,对部分同学进行深度访谈,通过spss分析,得出以下几个结论:(1)当代大学生选择职业时最看重的是经济取向,而且个体间差异很小;(2)不同专业性质的应届毕业生在职业价值观的劳保稳定维度差异显著;(3)与来自城市的毕业生相比,来自农村的毕业生更少考虑今后工作的地域取向。     

关于列表曲线插补问题的探讨

本文介绍了根据列表曲线的离散点计算各程序段初值的一般方法.     

论中国现代大学精神的重构

传承、弘扬和培育优良的大学精神,是现代大学共同面临的现实问题。笔者从现代大学精神的内涵和基本功能的阐释入手,提出了现代大学精神的本质。在此基础上,分析了现代大学精神缺失的表象,进而提出要树立新的理念重构现代大学精神。     

从功能语言学的视角论《尤利西斯》中语码转换的翻译

爱尔兰著名作家乔伊斯的《尤利西斯》被公认为20世纪最晦涩难懂的英文小说。小说中大量的语码转换是《尤利西斯》的一大特色,也是造成《尤利西斯》晦涩难懂的主要原因之一。本文从韩礼德系统功能语言学的语言功能观入手,不仅探讨了《尤利西斯》中存在的大量的语码转换现象及其诗学价值,而且分析了两个汉译本对原作中的语码转换所采取的不同翻译策略及其功能的再现。     

公公娶儿媳之法律思考

直系姻亲间能否结婚这一问题在我国现行法律规定上来看是没有疑问的,但在学理上仍然有探讨的必要性,在社会上、理论界对该问题都有不同看法,到底是保障当事人的婚姻自由权利还是维护社会伦理与社会利益,笔者在文中试图从几个方面对其进行论述并予评价,最终得出自己的判断。     

巫术的救赎：《哈利·波特》的文化阐释

《哈利·波特》作为历史上西方最畅销的小说之一,从文化的角度看具有以下四个方面的显著特征。一是它复活了古代魔幻世界与巫术文化,二是它具有反现代化的文化倾向,批判了工业技术和科学发展对自然和人性的破坏,三是它表达了基督教“原罪救赎”的宗教文化信仰,倡导人们对善的追求,四是它赞颂了历史长河中对邪恶力量勇于抗争的小人物的英雄主义。     

“满铁资料”发掘研究之探讨

“满铁资料”是日本军国主义侵略中国的铁证，也是研究当时历史和教育子孙后代的重要材料。对“满铁资料”进行发掘研究具有重要意义和学术价值。“满铁资料”数据库的建设可以比照CALIS专题特色数据库建设，遵循“分散建设、统一检索、资源共享”的原则。统一“满铁资料”数据库的建库标准和服务功能要求，构建统一的公共检索平台，鼓励“满铁资料”重点收藏单位积极参加“满铁资料数据库”的建设，建成一批各具特色的“满铁资料”子数据库。     

现代西方人本主义价值观对当代中国大学生的消极影响及对策

根据现代西方人本主义价值观中最有代表性的叔本华的悲观主义人生观、尼采的权利意志论、萨特的个人“自由选择”观、弗洛伊德的性解放论以及实用主义的“效用”价值观等，揭示了现代西方人本主义价值观对当代中国大学生的消极影响，并提出了相应的对策与方法。