统筹城乡发展与完善农村土地流转制度的思考

针对中国农村土地流转不畅阻碍统筹城乡发展的现状,政府应从城乡两个方面完善土地流转制度,即建立与土地流转制度相关的制度体系,包括土地使用权市场、培育土地流转中介组织、集中使用农业补贴和以土地换保险等制度。为确保土地流转促进统筹城乡发展,实现城镇政府和进城务工农民的双赢,政府应对自身行为加以规范。     

Silphids in urban forests: Diversity and function

Many ecologists have examined the process of how urbanization reduces biological diversity but rarely have its ecological consequences been assessed. We studied forest-dwelling burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae)—a guild of insects that requires carrion to complete their life cycles—along an urban-rural gradient of land use in Maryland. Our objective was to determine how forest fragmentation associated with urbanization affects (1) beetle community diversity and structure and (2) the ecological function provided by these insects, that is, decomposition of vertebrate carcasses. Forest fragmentation strongly reduced burying beetle diversity and abundance, and did so far more pervasively than urbanization of the surrounding landscape. The likelihood that beetles interred experimental baits was a direct, positive function of burying beetle diversity. We conclude that loss of burying beetle diversity resulting from forest fragmentation could have important ecological consequences in urban forests.     

城市规划公众参与初探

在公众参与城市规划理念产生背景的基础上,简要回顾了国外公众参与理论,介绍了我国公众参与的影响因素及现状,提出了公众参与实现的三个方面的转变及公众参与的三个促进机制,论述了公众参与存在的几个问题及应对措施.     

临沂城市经济影响区的范围

利用《沂蒙生活报》的发行范围、2 0 0 1年 7月临沂城区的长话业务量、2 0 0 1年临沂城日发送客运班次和临沂城区批发市场的销售范围等资料 ,通过对人流、资本流、信息流等因素的分析 ,将临沂经济影响区划分为核心区、直接腹地、间接腹地和过渡地带     

入世后城市商业银行如何应对挑战

城市商业银行在加入WTO后的五年过渡期中 ,应练好内功 ,提升自身的核心竞争力来应对外资银行的挑战。     

重庆市渝中区都市文化中心的定位及其建设

文化建设是都市建设的重要内容 ,渝中区是重庆的都市中心 ,在重庆市和渝中区的社会经济发展规划中 ,应当把文化建设放在重要的战略地位。本文重点讨论文化建设在都市建设中的意义和基本要求 ,并提出一些发展都市文化的建议     

土地开发决策模式与城镇发展——近代英国海滨休闲城镇的启示

近代英国海滨休闲城镇的发展在很大程度上受到土地开发模式的影响和制约 ,不同时期的决策主体 (地主、“改善委员会”和市政当局等 )对土地开发的自发或自觉的决策 ,显示了他们把握机遇的准确程度 ,从而决定了海滨休闲城镇的发展趋向 :起初处于“自发”状态 ;铁路时代则以利用大片土地进行铁路与车站建设为关键 ;后期 ,市政府能否顺应时代、积极有效地介入城镇建设至关重要。有鉴于此 ,在我国城市化过程中应注意城镇土地开发 ,进行系统规划 ,避免无序开发 ,尤其不能听任开发商的“自发”行为 ,这样才能在我国建成一批功能各异、各具特色的生态城镇     

城市建设引入体验经济--谈大连城市的体验模式

体验经济正以强劲的势态进入人类生活的各个方面 ,城市建设意义上的体验无疑是在一个较大的范围内涉及到城市建设的各个环节 ,城市建设的文化价值已经成为城市经济发展新的增长点。大连城市的体验模式在长期的发展中已经形成了基本的框架 ,对其认真的思考与整理 ,从体验经济理论高度作进一步研究 ,对建立大连城市特色 ,发展城市新型经济格局将起到重要的作用     

The State, Institutional Transition and the Creation of New Urban Poverty in China

Since the 1990s, the introduction of a market economy and the process of rapid urbanization have been accompanied by a new urban poverty related to lay‐offs and unemployment as well as by large‐scale rural–urban migration, which is different from the traditional urban poverty of the ‘Three Nos’ (no relatives or dependants, no working capacity and no source of income). This article focuses on new urban poverty in China under market transition and discusses the causes of poverty creation. Instead of considering Chinese new urban poverty only as a result of market mechanisms, it argues that the state as the manipulator of institutions and policies does matter in the creation of new urban poverty, and that the cleavages between the old and new institutions further intensify it. Specifically, the following aspects of the creation of new urban poverty are examined in detail: the adjustment of industrial policy, the reform of state‐owned enterprises, evolution of the household registration system, and the transformation of the welfare state.     

Rainfall interception by Santa Monica's municipal urban forest

Effects of urban forests on rainfall interception and runoff reduction have been conceptualized, but not well quantified. In this study rainfall interception by street and park trees in Santa Monica, California is simulated. A mass and energy balance rainfall interception model is used to simulate rainfall interception processes (e.g., gross precipitation, free throughfall, canopy drip, stemflow, and evaporation). Annual rainfall interception by the 29,299 street and park trees was 193,168 m³ (6.6 m³/tree), or 1.6% of total precipitation. The annual value of avoided stormwater treatment and flood control costs associated with reduced runoff was $110,890 ($3.60/tree). Interception rate varied with tree species and sizes. Rainfall interception ranged from 15.3% (0.8 m³/tree) for a small Jacaranda mimosifolia (3.5 cm diameter at breast height) to 66.5% (20.8 m³/tree) for a mature Tristania conferta (38.1 cm). In a 25-year storm, interception by all street and park trees was 12,139.5 m³ (0.4%), each tree yielding $0.60 (0.4 m³/tree) in avoided flood control costs. Rainfall interception varied seasonally, averaging 14.8% during a 21.7 mm winter storm and 79.5% during a 20.3 mm summer storm for a large, deciduous Platanus acerifolia tree. Effects of differences in temporal precipitation patterns, tree population traits, and pruning practices on interception in Santa Monica, Modesto, and Sacramento, California are described.