现代农村社区认同重构视角下基层社会凝聚力提升研究

现代农村社区建设是新时期推进社会主义新农村建设的一项重大的惠民工程和制度创新实验。根据社会管理体制创新理论,现代农村社区认同重构必须从完善社区功能入手,通过社区组织功能再造、社区文化扩展、社区服务体系优化,实现发展的需求、创造的需求到满足的需求,激发农民的积极性、主动性和创造性,增强农民对农村社区的认同和归属感,从而更加有效地推进农村社区建设乃至提升基层社会凝聚力。     

中国社会保障体系状况与和谐社会的构建

社会保障体系的独特功能决定了它是社会主义和谐社会的重要内容,构建社会主义和谐社会的过程,同时也应是健全和完善社会保障体系的过程,健全和完善社会保障体系是促进社会和谐、构建社会主义和谐社会的必然要求.但中国社会保障体系目前面临一系列困难和挑战,应当通过完善立法,扩大社会保障覆盖面,多渠道解决社会保障资金,建立统一的管理体制,提高社会保障资金的营运效率,创新社会保障方法,推动新型的社会保障体系的构建,促进和谐社会的发展.     

Malaysians’ perception on the contribution of urban green spaces to the UN sustainable development goals

There are only few studies globally that have documented the linkages between urban green spaces (UGS) and sustainable development goals (SDGs). In Malaysia, there is no existing research evaluating the relationship between UGS and SDGs. In this study, we assessed Malaysians’ perception on the association between UGS and seven selected SDGs, building on existing studies that looked at importance of UGS with regards to biodiversity, health, and wellbeing outcomes in Malaysia. Using an online survey of 645 respondents across Malaysia, we tested two hypotheses: H1) perception of SDGs varies by socio-demographic factors and H2) perception of SDGs is moderated by distance to green spaces. A pre-tested structured online questionnaire was administered using a 5-point Likert scale. The data was then analysed using analysis of variance and ordinary least squares. Results show that there is an overall statistically significant difference (p < 0.001) between the sociodemographic variables and the positive perceptions of seven selected SDGs. Several sociodemographic factors (female, younger age, university education, closer to UGS, physical activities in UGS) had positive and significant relationship between UGS and SDGs perception. However, proximity to UGS did not moderate the effect of demographic factors on the attitude towards the SDGs. As Malaysia is becoming a rapidly urbanized country, we suggest developing small green spaces (e. g. pocket parks) in the vicinity of housing areas so that people will have easy access and perform physical activities for their wellbeing. At the same time these green spaces will ultimately contribute to achieving other SDGs in urban areas.