简介:Environmentalsociologyandthesociologyofnaturalresourcesaretwokeysubdisciplinesofthesociologicalstudyontheinteractionsbetweennatureandhumansociety.Previousdiscussionontherelationshipsofthesetwofieldshaslargelyfocusedontheirdistinctionsandsynthesisinwestern(particularlyAmerican)academia.EnvironmentalsociologyemergedasanimportantsociologicalsubdisciplineinChinaintheearly1990sandisundervigorousdisciplinaryconstructionatpresent.Bycontrast,thesociologyofnaturalresourcesisstillanoveltermformostChineseresearchers.Thisarticleprovidesasystematicreviewofrecentliteratureontherelationshipsbetweenenvironmentalandnaturalresourcesociologies,whichshouldprovideimportantimplicationsforthefurtherdevelopmentofenvironmentalsociologyinChina.
简介:Therelationshipbetweentheemissionofpollutantandeconomicgrowthhasattractedalotofattentionintheenvironmentaldebateoftherecentdecades.BasedonsometheoreticalandempiricalresearchonenvironmentalKuznetscurve(EKC),thispaperintroducestheenvironmentaltechnicalinnovationandenvironmentalinvestmentintoSolowgrowthmodeltodiscusstherelationshipbetweenGDPpercapitalandtheemissionofpollutant.Bythedynamicsimulationandparametersanalysis,theresultsofthemodelindicate:(1)when'green'technicalprogressandenvironmentalinvestmentarefixed,therelationshipbetweenGDPpercapitalandtheemissionshowsthelinearrelationship;(2)'green'technicalprogresscanleadtothepositivegrowthrateswithadecreasinglevelofemis-sion,whichiscompatiblewithanEKC;(3)theproportionoftheenvironmentalinvestmentcanleadthedifferentgrowthratesandlevelofemission.Theseresultscanexplainthatdevelopingcountriesare'toopoortobegreen'.
简介:Basedon3DBiot’sconsolidationtheoryandnonlinearDuncan-Chang’smodel,a3DFEM(finiteelementmethod)programisdevelopedconsideringthecouplingofgroundwaterseepageandsoilskeletondeformationduringexcavation.Thecomparisonbetweentheanalysisresultconsideringthevariationofwaterheaddifferenceandthatwithoutconsideringitshowsthattheporewaterpressuredistributionoftheformerisdistinctlydifferentfromthatofthelatterandthatthefoundationpitde-formationsoftheformerarelargerthanthoseofthelatter,sothattheresultwithoutconsideringthevariationofwaterheaddif-ferenceisunreliable.Thedistributionrulesofsoilhorizontalandverticaldisplacementsaroundthepitandexcessporewaterpressureareanalyzedindetailintimeandspace,whichisverysignificantforguidingundergroundengineeringconstructionandensuringenvironmentsafetyaroundthepit.
简介:Establishedin1953,CollegeofMarineandEnvironmentalSciences(formerlyknownasSaltChemicalEngineeringDepartmentofTianjinCollegeofLightIndustry),changeditsnametoCollegeofMarineScienceandEngineeringofTianjinUniversityofScienceandTechnologyin2001,andwasrenamedCollegeofMarineandEnvironmentalSciencesofTianjinUniversityofScienceandTechnologyin2015.After60yearsofdevelopment,ithasgrownintoateachingandresearchorientedcollegewiththecombinationofscienceandengineering.MarineScienceandEnvironmentalScienceandEngineeringasitscoredisciplinarysystem.
简介:Sincethe1970s,environmentalissueshavegraduallyassumedimportanceintradediscussions.Tradeliberalizationandenvironmentalprotectionhavebecomeincreasinglyinterlinkedbecauseofthemarkeddevelopmentofinternationaltradeanditsseriouslydegradingeffectontheenvironment.TheWTO,asthesoleinternationalorganizationregulatingtrade,hasinevitablycomeintothespotlight.AclearreferencetotheimportanceofsustainabledevelopmentliesinthepreambleoftheWTOandintheestablishmentofanewCommitteeonTradeandEnvironment(CTE).However,theroleoftheWTOinthisissueisstillhotlydebated.LiberalistsmaintainthattheWTO,asatrade-regulatingbody,hasgonetoofarinenvironmentalprotectionwhilstenvironmentalistsclaimthattheWTOhasnotgonefarenough.ThispaperattemptstoanalyzetheroleoftheWTOinthecomplicatedlinkagebetweentradeliberalizationandenvironmentalprotection,concludingthatonlyundercertaincircumstancescantheWTOplayanactiveroleinmakingtradeliberalizationandenvironmentalprotectionmutuallysupportive.
简介:Thispapershowsthatanattachmentofpricesbycourtsorstateagenciestoenvironmentalgoodsiswithoutpropereconomicfoundationandafiction.Avaluationinmonetarytermsofdamagestobiotopesinoilpollutioncasesisarbitraryduetothemissingmarketexchangeprocesses.Itdoesnotmakesensetoattachanexchangeratetonon-exchangeablegoods.Therearenomarketsandpricesforbiodiversityandthereisnomonetisationbycentralbanksforanygoodoutsideofmarkets.Money,neverthelesscreatedbycentralbanksfornon-exchangeablegoodswouldbeusedinexchangesonmarketsandnotleftunused,onlypassivelyreflectinggiven“values”tonon-exchangeablegoods.Byvaluingandmonetizingenvironmentalgoodscentralbankswillproduceatoolargemonetarybasefortheexchangeablegoodsandaffectpricesonmarketsinaninflationaryway.Cashpricesintheformofdamagesforintangiblegoodsarenotmarketprices,butpure“preventionprices”whicharesimilarlyjustifiedlikepenalties,fines,andcompensations.Atareasonableamount,theyareeffective,useful,andrecommendableasanincentivedeviceeveniftheirbasicjustificationisnotbuiltonmarketvaluations.