简介:Nowenvironmentisanimportanttopicinacademicfield.Manyresearchesfocusonthenegativeoutcomesofnaturewhicharebeingcontinuallycreatedbyhumanandmuchattentionhasbeenpaidtohowtheenvironmentisprotectedthroughintegratedresearch,movementandpolicy.Butfewstudiesareconcentratedonpopulationandenvironmentandaretofindouttheinterconnectivityandunderlyingmechanismthathaveaneffectonpeople'spreferringadditionalchildrenandperceptiontoenvironment.Manyresearchersclaimthatpopulationgrowthisagreatproblemforenvironmentbuttheydonotprovidetheindepthintegratedknowledgeandmechanismthatinfluencefertilitytrendandenvironmentalproblems.Itisverycrucialtodeveloppracticalandconcreteinitiativestoconfirmatransitiontoreducepopulationgrowthandredirecttheperceptiononpopulationandenvironment.
简介:Sustainabledevelopmentisoneofthemostimportantideas,andgoalsofourtime.Itisdefinedas'developmentwhichmeetstheneedsandaspirationsofthecurrentgenerationanddevelopssafeandsoundsocietyforfuturegeneration'.Achievingsustainabledevelopmentthusinvolvesavigorousandurgentdebateondifferentdimensions.Thedifferentdimensionsofsustainabilityasaframeworkinvolveallissuessuchasscience,technology,economicgrowthanddevelopment,health,education,financeinvestmentandtrade,politics,naturaldisasters,populationgrowthandterrorism,etc.Nosingledimensionisresponsibletodevelopsustainablesociety.Thisarticlemainlydescribedtheintegratedrelationshipamongthethreedimensionsofsustainability.
简介:Inanopeneconomy,embodiedcarbondioxideemissionsininternationaltradeshouldbetakenintoconsiderationtoscientificallydefineeachcountry’semissionsresponsibility.Inthisstudy,amultiregionalinput-outputmodelisconstructedtocalculatetheembodiedcarbondioxideemissionsof25WorldTradeOrganizationmembers,includingChina,accordingtotheproducer-consumersharedresponsibilityprinciple.Thestudyindicatesthat:itisfairerandmoreefficienttoidentifyeachcountry’scarbondioxideemissionsresponsibilityaccordingtothesharedresponsibilityprinciple;China’sproducerresponsibilityis1.4timesthatoftheUSA,whileChina’sconsumerresponsibilityisonlyone-tenththatoftheUSA;accordingtotheproducerresponsibilityprinciple,Chinashouldersthegreatestresponsibility.Accordingtotheproducerconsumersharedresponsibilityprinciple,China’sresponsibilityshowsalargedecrease.Resourceendowment,economicdevelopmentstage,andtradestructureaccountfortheabovementionedchangesinChina’semissionsresponsibility.
简介:Communityparticipationandcommunitybasedmanagementaretopicalthemesincurrentpolicyanddiscussionrevolvingarounddecision-makingprocessesespeciallythosedealingwithnaturalresourcesmanagement.Thisreviewshowsthatwhilegovernmentshaveacceptedtheneedtoeithercedeordevolvecontrolandmanagementofnaturalresourcestothelocalcommunities,thecommunitiesarenotpartandparceloftheplanningandbudgetingwhicharecrucialindecisionmaking.Communitieswereseentobemoreinvolvedintheimplementationofnaturalresourcemanagementprogramsbutlackedownershipoftheprojects.Thiscauseslackofcommitmenttotheprogramsandattimeshostilereactionfromthecommunities.Thecommunitiesarealwaysatthereceivingendwhenitpertainstolossesintheexchange.Communityparticipationwasshowntobeeffectivewhenthelocalpopulationisinvolvednotasco-operatingusersbutasnaturalresourcemanagersorownermanagers.