简介:ValuationofecosystemserviceshasbeensoughtaseffectivetoolsthatenablethedecisionmakersindesigningthecosteffectiveresponsepoliciesformanagementofecosystemstowardsalleviatingthepovertyespeciallyineconomicallypoorregionslikeSouthAsia.Variousdirectionsandlinkagesbetweenpovertyanddegradationofecosystemandreducedflowofecosystemservicescanbetterbeunderstoodiftheregulatingserviceslikehydrologicalflowandcarbonsequestrationbyforest,andnutrientcyclingandbioremediationbywetlandscanbecapturedinmonetaryunit.SouthAsiancountriesincludingIndia,Nepal,PakistanandBangladesharethehotspotsofpovertywherepoordependuponvariousecosystemservicesfortheirlivelihoodsandallocationofresourceforconservationofecosystemswouldhaveadditionalmeritifregulatingservicesarecapturedandinternalizedintothepublicpolicy.Thepaperfirstraisesproblematicissuesinvaluationofregulatingecosystemservices,andattemptstolinkitwiththedependenceofpoor.Second,complexitiesofpoverty-ecosystemdynamicsarediscussed.Thirdly,thepossibleinterventiontoachievepovertyalleviationgoalisanalyzedwiththehelpofsomeexamplesfromaccountingandvalua-tionofregulatingservicesofIndianforest.Finally,thepapersuggeststhatgreaterattentionisneededtodocredibleandbettervaluationofregulatingservicessothatinsightsfromthesecanbeusedinunderstandingtheimpactofdegradationofecosystemsonpoorpeople.
简介:Withtheexpansionoftheurbanization,theurbanagglomerationisformingintheregionandshowingaunificationtrend.Thedevelopmentofurbanagglomerationanditsunificationdependsonthecoordinationofthedivisionoflabor.Itissignificanttothefurtherdevelopmentofurbanagglomerationthatthecoordinationmechanismwasconstructed.TakingthesouthSichuanurbanagglomerations(SSUA)asanexample,theresearchanalyzesthecurrentsituationandproblemsofcities’unification,studiestheindustrialdistributionlayoutanddesignstheframeworkoftheregionallycoordinateddevelopment.Thentheauthorconstructsthecoordinationmechanismofurbanagglomerationdevelopmentandpresentsstrategiesforthecoordinateddevelopmentofurbanagglomerationanditsunification.