The routes to fruit: Governance of urban food trees in Canada

Interest in planting urban food trees (UFTs) in public spaces is growing in popularity as a form of urban greening and a potential food source. Currently there is minimal research on the governance and policy aspects of integrating food trees into cities. To fill this gap, we investigated the characteristics of UFT site governance and how it compares to current urban forest governance. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with relevant municipal officials in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Victoria about their perspectives and involvement with UFT sites in their city. A scan of policy documents was completed to supplement the interviews. The interviews were analyzed using a deductive coding framework based on the Policy Arrangement Approach. We found that key actors at the UFT sites were local organizations and site champions, with minimal municipal engagement. Most site resources provided by municipalities were in-kind. There are also basic knowledge gaps about how to care for UFTs. Currently municipal by-laws prohibit the harvesting and removal of plant material, and are at odds with the purpose of UFT sites, with few municipalities fully integrating UFTs in policies. The primary discussion around UFTs centre concerns for public health and safety, management, and use of public space with limited discussions of benefits. This research demonstrates the value of co-governance models to support UFTs, while a shift in focus from risks to benefits could encourage additional resources and policy integration. Further, including UFTs into policy would also support foraging and food tree maintenance in public spaces, and more fully reflect the plurality of urban forest engagement.     

Citizens’ perception of and satisfaction with urban forests and green space: Results from selected Southeast European cities

In this paper the results of the first comprehensive study on perception of and satisfaction with urban forests and green space in seven Southeast European cities are presented. The aims of the paper are to analyse 1) citizen perceptions of the current state of urban forests and green space in their cities, 2) to what extent current urban forests and green space meet their needs and how this can be improved. A cross-sectional study was conducted by using a common face-to-face survey questionnaire. Respondents were selected based on census data though a stratified sampling procedure by taking into account age, gender and city district (n = 384 in each city). The results showed that citizens genuinely care for urban forests and green space in their cities, but are not satisfied with their current state. The respondents found issues related to misbehaviour of other users, the presence and quality of facilities, as well as the presence and quality of management or maintenance the most pressing. There were more statistically significant differences than similarities between cities. Socioeconomic variables explained perceptions only to some extent. Citizens were very supportive of educational campaigns about the importance of urban forests and green space as well as of better enforcement of the existing regulations though having more community wardens that were expected to tackle current unsatisfactory situations. Urban planning and urban forest and green space management in these cities are facing many problems characteristic for post-socialist countries. Study findings are expected to contribute to decision making in urban planning and natural resource management.     

企业会计信息质量控制策略研究

对于企业来说,会计工作重要且繁杂.面对纷繁复杂的会计工作,会计人员除了要准确的应对各种会计事务,还应该明确企业会计信息质量的重要性.因企业会计信息控制及质量管控不单单是安全方面的因素,也是企业的发展核心及未来竞争中获胜的重要砝码.     

2015年华南4种林业期刊引文对比分析

为探讨林业期刊引文特点,对华南4种林业期刊《桉树科技》、《热带林业》、《广东林业科技》和《广西林业科学》2015年度所刊发的论文引文进行引文量、引文率、篇均引文量、引文类型、引文语种、期刊自引率等6个方面进行对比分析,结果表明:2015年4种林业期刊引文量为442 ～1 839条,平均1094条;篇均引文量7.8～16.4条,平均13.6条;除《热带林业》引文率为94.7％外,《桉树科技》等3种期刊引文率均达100％;均以期刊类引文最多,图书类次之,学位论文、标准、专利等其他引文最少,其平均所占比例分别为82.3％、10.3％和7.5％.4种林业期刊的引文语种为中文与英文两种,其所占比例分别为88.7％与11.3％;平均期刊自引率偏低,为4.3％,与我国农业科学类期刊平均自引率9.7％的差距较大.     

Polymorphic mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) in a coastal riverscape: size class assemblages,distribution, and habitat associations

We compared the assemblage structure, spatial distributions, and habitat associations of mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) morphotypes and size classes. We hypothesised that morphotypes would have different spatial distributions and would be associated with different habitat features based on feeding behaviour and diet. Spatially continuous sampling was conducted over a broad extent (29 km) in the Calawah River, WA (USA). Whitefish were enumerated via snorkelling in three size classes: small (10–29 cm), medium (30–49 cm), and large (≥50 cm). We identified morphotypes based on head and snout morphology: a pinocchio form that had an elongated snout and a normal form with a blunted snout. Large size classes of both morphotypes were distributed downstream of small and medium size classes, and normal whitefish were distributed downstream of pinocchio whitefish. Ordination of whitefish assemblages with nonmetric multidimensional scaling revealed that normal whitefish size classes were associated with higher gradient and depth, whereas pinocchio whitefish size classes were positively associated with pool area, distance upstream, and depth. Reach‐scale generalised additive models indicated that normal whitefish relative density was associated with larger substrate size in downstream reaches (R² = 0.64), and pinocchio whitefish were associated with greater stream depth in the reaches farther upstream (R² = 0.87). These results suggest broad‐scale spatial segregation (1–10 km), particularly between larger and more phenotypically extreme individuals. These results provide the first perspective on spatial distributions and habitat relationships of polymorphic mountain whitefish.     

广西县级林地变更调查试点技术方法

为探索广西县级林地年度变更调查技术方法,以鹿寨县为例,运用遥感自动检测技术、森林资源管理信息平台等,对地类及管理属性变化图斑进行变更,形成本期林地数据库和林地变化数据库。文章分析了林地变更调查的关键技术方法,指出了存在的问题,并提出相应的建议。     

高校图书馆特色资源数据库建设现状分析及对策

本文通过对高校图书馆特色资源数据库建设的现状进行分析,总结存在的问题,并提出解决的对策。     

基于DLMS/COSEM的嵌入式自动抄表集中器的设计与实现

环境污染责任保险因开展经验及历史数据不足致费率难以合理厘定，引入模糊信息粒及综合评价理论，相对传统方法，更能实现费率厘定的公平合理，保障各方利益.本文以化学原料及化学制品制造业为研究对象，首先运用模糊信息粒理论处理历史数据，克服数据模糊不确定性，得出第三者赔偿额的模糊信息粒X~；其次运用传统精算定价方法得出行业基准费率的模糊信息粒p~；最后运用模糊综合评价二级评价理论，综合追溯期、企业规模等影响因素，得出投保企业风险综合评价集B~，以此修正基准费率.     

高职数字图书馆个性化信息推荐服务研究

介绍了高职数字图书馆个性化信息服务的含义、服务模式、服务方式、重要性及存在的问题,提出了高职数字图书馆开展个性化信息服务的措施。     

吉林省公益林管理地理信息系统研究

本文对公益林管理系统进行需求和可行性分析,应用Microsoft Visual C#、Java等编程语言,在个人电脑终端客户、服务器和手机上开发了公益林管理地理信息系统,该系统适用于公益林管理,工作效率高,达到了实时监管公益林森林资源的目的。