简介:Sincethemiddle1990s,ecotourismcertificationhasbeengivenmoreandmoreattentiontoaroundtheworld.Asadevelopingcountrywithabundantecotourismproducts,itisnecessaryforChinatoadoptcertificationtoensuresustainabledevelopmentofecotourism.ButtherearefewproductscertificateduntilnowinChina.Afterreviewingthetrendofecotourismcertificationintheworldandsummarizingitstheoryandmethod,thispaperanalyzestheprogressandprospectofecotourismcertificationinChina,andconcludesthatcertificationinChinaisnecessaryandpromising.
简介:Involuntaryresettlementcausedbyprojectconstructionisadifficultproblemovertheworld.Inthepast,therestorationoflivelihoodsintheeventofinvoluntaryresettlementhasbeenbasedpurelyonprovidingcompensationtothosewhoaredisplaced.Evidencehasshownthatcompensation-basedinvoluntaryresettlementcannotrealizetheobjectiveofrestoringandimprovingresettlers'livingstandard.Withaviewtoimprovethisoutcome,thecon-ceptofResettlementwithDevelopment(RwD)wasenvisagedandisnowgenerallyheraldedasthemeanstomitigatethecatastrophicfailuresofthepast.However,fewdevelopingcountrieshaveincludedtheconceptofRwDintotheirnationalpoliciesandChinaisoneofthem.TheChinesegovernmenthastakenresettlementasanopportunitytohelpresettlersrestoreandimprovetheirlivingstandardsanddevelopeconomyinreservoirareasbyimplementingRwDpolicyincludinggivingcompensationandsubsidiesatearlystageandofferingproductionassistanceatlatestage,settingupreservoirconstructionfund,initiatingpartnershipprogramsandpreferentialpolicyaswellasenhancinginfrastructureconstruction.ThepreliminaryexperiencefromtheTGPresettlementhasverifiedthatthetransformationfromcompensation-basedresettlementtoRwDisarightpolicychoice.Meanwhile,becauseofthechangingpoliticalenvironmentandthecomplexityofinvoluntaryresettlementthereisstillroomforChinatoimproveitsRwDpolicy.
简介:Thispaperhasorganizedandsummarizedtheeconomicanalysisonclimatechangefromfiveangles,namely,connotationofdiscountrate,identificationofanddisputeaboutdiscountrate,discountingway,impactofthediscountrate,andtheintegratedevaluationmodelofclimatechangeimpactandthediscountevaluation.Astheclimatechangeeconomicanalysisshows,thereisamajordisputeaboutdiscountratebetweenthemarketschoolandtheethicschool.Rateofdiscountlargelyrelatestothepresentvalueofpotentiallossattributabletoclimatechange,andtheninfluencestheselectionofpoliciesforadaptingandslowingdownclimatechange.Inthepast,theconstantindexdiscountwasadoptedasthemainway.Butwiththefullunderstandingofdiscountrate,theuncertaintyoflossattributabletoclimatechangehasbeenconsideredinthediscount.
简介:Theperi-urbanizationareaasakindofrural-urbaninterfaceischangingrapidly,inphysical,economic,andsocialterms.Thelandusepatterninsuchareaisshiftingawayfromtheassumptionsofmainstreamparadigmstonewconceptuallandscapes,whichleadstoaseriesofproblemsoneconomicdevelopmentandsocialstabilization.Therearemanyresearchesonnon-agriculturalland-useinperi-urbanizationarea.Inthispaperbothinternationalanddomesticresearchliteratureisreviewedbydividingsixparts.Thefirstpartintroducestheconceptionofperi-ur-banizationareaanditsdriverfactors.ThenInthesecondandthethirdpart,thepaperexpatiatesontheprogressinthenon-agriculturalland-useinperi-urbanareaonland-usepattern,evolution,characteristics,problems,etc.Theforthpartfocusesonthereasonsthatcausetheland-useproblemsintheresearcharea,whilethefifthpartreviewstheintegratingwaysofnon-agriculturalland-use.Finally,recommendationsforfurtherstudyaredrawwithspecificreferencetothecurrentandfuturepositionofnon-agriculturalland-usestudyinperi-urbanarea.