Memory and resilience: A two-pronged approach to natural spaces in Colombia’s transition to a peaceful society

The analysis of spontaneous environmental initiatives undertaken by individuals and communities in cases of conflicts has led to a growing research field in social science, according to which the community-based stewardship of nature seems to conduce to the resilience of co-evolved social-ecological systems. In Colombia, where no such research exists so far, the conflict which officially ended in November 2016 has led to massive internal migration due to forced displacement, as well as to widespread degradation of the environment. Based on evidence provided by case studies of top-down and bottom-up living memorials and urban agriculture initiatives, the article explores the potential of urban greening in the process of memorialisation and in generating new social cohesion, as well as better living conditions in urban areas. It analyses cases both where the conflict has taken place and in the cities where refugees have settled, in order to explore avenues for public policies in post conflict Colombia. The author concludes that greening initiatives offer manifold, so far overlooked, opportunities to restoring social and ecological resilience in urban areas and thus contribute to a lasting peace in Colombia.     

和谐社会下失地农民社会保障体系的构建——以合肥经济技术开发区为例

在分析我国失地农民社会保障问题现状及当前存在的主要问题的基础上,以合肥经济技术开发区为例,构建了失地农民社会保障体系。     

我国银行存款保险制度的路径选择研究

明确存款保险制度应当作为我国金融安全的重要组成部分。基于风险定价的存款保险费应当由政府和银行共同承担。政府提供的隐性存款保险随着存款保险制度完善逐步减少，为银行积累资本赢得时间。银行应当通过充实资本，降低存款保险费，为实施明确存款保险创造条件。我国最终应当建立信息透明、市场机制主导、政府严格监管、风险处置及时的明确存款保险制度。     

论高校图书馆读者公德素养的培育

读者公德素养培育是高校图书馆读者教育的重要组成部分.对比当前图书馆发展与读者公德素养现状得出,读者公德素养培育有其紧迫性和长期性。读者公德素养培育既要满足时代发展的要求,也要满足个人发展的要求,只有克服其培育内容的单一化,注重读者＂礼＂、＂爱＂、＂责＂、＂诚＂几种品质的培养,利用教育引导、榜样示范与制度约束相结合的方式,才能取得比较理想的效果。     

被征地农民的群体分化与社区融合——以重庆为例

在对重庆市进行实地调研的基础上，从群体、社区以及社会工作者3个方面来探寻影响被征地农民社区融合的原因，在分析不同类型被征地农民社区融合的需求的基础上，探讨不同层次的社会工作介入被征地农民社区融合的路径。     

Suitability of Multi-Agent Simulations to study irrigated system viability: application to case studies in the Senegal River Valley

It is assumed that Agent-Based Modeling is a useful technique for water management issues. In particular, it may provide a suitable framework for representing irrigated systems. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate its potential for a specific use: research on irrigated systems’ viability in the Senegal River Valley. The main assumption to be verified is that Multi-Agent Systems constitute a suitable architecture to study theoretically irrigated systems’ viability using simulations. By using Multi-Agent Systems, virtual irrigated systems can be designed that might then be used as virtual laboratories. These virtual labs constitute an alternative when real labs cannot exist for some reason.

In this paper we report on experiments we have conducted using such virtual labs for exploring an Agent-Based Model through the simulation of scenarios. A scenario is defined as a triplet: an environment, a set of individual rules, a set of collective rules. It is evaluated according to the longevity of the irrigated system. An index is defined, based on the ratio of long-enduring simulations among a set of repetitions of a given scenario. Even if simulation results display significant diversity for a given scenario due to random factors in the processes simulated, the ratio of long-enduring simulations is repeatable. This entails to explore the overall behavior of the virtual irrigated system and to build theories concerning the viability of Senegalese irrigated systems. An example is given showing the need for strong coherence for a given environment among individual rules and collective rules.     

论保险法的最大诚信原则

保险业是我国金融业的重要组成部分,对保险法上最大诚信原则内涵的拓展有利于弥补我国当前保险法律法规的不足,这对我国保险业的快速、健康发展具有重要的现实意义.     

西部退耕还林工程社会影响评价——以会泽县、清镇市为例

从毁林开荒到退耕还林是对单纯追求物质文明的经济增长模式的否定，符合社会发展方向，是我国实施可持续发展战略的必然选择。西部退耕还林工程给工程实施区带来了方方面面的影响，工程的有效性和持续性受到各种因素的挑战，全面评价工程实施所产生的现实影响是提高决策科学性的必要前提。论文根据工程的特点建立西部退耕还林工程社会影响评价指标体系，通过深入调查研究取得评价的基础材料，以会泽县和清镇市为例，用定性定量相结合的方法从生态、社会和经济效益3方面对退耕还林所产生的影响进行系统分析与评价，在探明实施中制约工程有效性和持续性的社会变量的基础上，提出工程可持续发展的若干对策。     

Public compensation for windstorm damage reduces incentives for risk management investments

Governments of some European countries compensate landowners for windstorm damage to forests. We analyze the impact of such programmes on non-industrial private forest owner decisions to purchase an insurance policy for windstorm coverage and other natural events and/or invest in risk-reducing forest management activities. We develop a theoretical model to predict demand for an insurance policy or risk-reducing forest management activity, and improve upon previous efforts by varying the damage losses proportional to timber stand value. We characterize the comparative static effects on risk management investments of variations in the price of insurance, landowner risk attitude, timber stand value, and presence or absence of public compensation. Then we discuss public policy implications and analyze some alternative approaches. We conclude that providing public financial assistance to non-industrial private forest owners after damage-causing events may reduce their incentive to purchase insurance or invest in protective forest management activities.