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.     

基于IRT框架的乡村旅游协同发展机制研究 ——以山东省典型村为例

乡村旅游产业发展契合了乡村振兴战略的基本要求,以可持续发展视角关注乡村旅游业的多重价值,为乡村产业融合、经济发展和农民就业增收提供了持久动力。基于一体化乡村旅游(IRT)框架理论,以山东省乡村旅游典型村为研究对象,运用案例分析方法探究乡村旅游协同发展的内在基础与阶段特征,剖析乡村旅游协同发展的驱动机制与实现路径。结果表明,乡村旅游初始发展阶段依赖于资源内生性与利益共享性,市场化运作阶段强调组织化嵌入与规模化经营,快速扩张阶段关注社区赋权与内生性发展,持续发展阶段诉求利益均衡与合作共生。社区参与、多元赋权与价值认同,多利益相关者的参与、联合与协同,持续、有效的制度性供给与规范是乡村旅游协同发展的运行基础。但是,乡村旅游不同发展阶段面临着多元主体利益不均衡、资源内生性不足、乡土文化异化、社区赋权程度低和城乡要素流动不畅等问题与挑战。因此,提出合作网络构建与协作经营机制、多元主体的利益协调机制、乡村社会文化的保护与建构机制、资本嵌入与竞合机制等协同发展路径。     

投影寻踪模型在水稻灌溉制度评价中的应用

优化水稻灌溉制度是解决粮食安全与水资源短缺两大紧迫问题的关键。从水稻灌溉制度评价方法研究出发,针对传统的水稻灌溉制度评价中指标权重赋值客观性差的问题,提出了基于粒子群优化投影寻踪模型的水稻灌溉制度评价方法,该方法通过对水稻主要生育阶段的多个状态变量建立投影寻踪模型并优化投影方向,从而根据状态变量在最佳投影方向线型投影得到的投影值大小进行水稻灌溉制度的综合评价,避免了专家赋权的人为干扰。选取水稻分蘖及灌浆2个重要生育阶段,分别建立模型并对4种灌溉模式进行综合评价,其评判结果与实际相符,验证了该方法的准确性与可行性。     

村民自助组织与社区森林恢复与保护的关系

作者从社会人类学的角度,阐述了森林周边社区的村民自助组织是社区森林可持续管理的重要载体的理论依据.作者以西双版纳热带森林恢复与保护项目为案例,深度剖析了村民自助组织的成立的过程和产生的作用.森林的有效管理有赖于当地社区的有效组织和集体行动,村民自助组织是开展集体行动、管理森林资源的一项必要的社会工程.作者认为建立村民自助组织是一项复杂的社会工程,是社区森林管理的必要条件,加强社会工程与森林的恢复与保护的联系,还需要社区组织对森林管理的进一步投入,进一步协调森林资源保护与发展创收活动的矛盾,同时,赋权的过程还需要宏观政策的支持和对村民自助组织的认识的提高.     

“Do Not Let the Grange Die!” Michigan Grangers' Struggle for Continued Relevance in the Twenty-First Century

ABSTRACT

The Grange was founded during a time when farmers were the majority of the population and secrecy was a means of survival. More than one hundred thirty-five years later, those characteristics are still strongly associated with it. Yet there is a growing consciousness among many members that the Grange has to become better at promoting itself among nontraditional constituencies-or it will die. This article explores the Grange experiences of five members. All have been profoundly affected by their membership. All are struggling with the need to reconcile loyalty to tradition with the need to change and adapt. In sharing their thoughts and feelings, the study has the opportunity to consider what the Grange's past was, what its present is, and what its future may become.     

The performance of community organisers in promotion of community forestry in Leyte Province,Philippines

A study was conducted to assess the role and effectiveness of community organisers in supporting the development of people’s organisations in achieving community-based forest management objectives in Leyte Province Philippines. Community organisers were found to be effective in forming people’s organisations (POs), motivating people to participate in voluntary activities organised by POs and encouraging cohesiveness among PO members. Community organisers manage to raise the level of environmental awareness and knowledge of members of people’s organisations, develop leadership interest and skills, create various livelihood opportunities and provide direction and facilitate the establishment of large tree plantations. However, the short duration of community organisers’ contracts (typically two years) is insufficient to establish mature and cohesive POs prepared to assume management on their own, including the management of tree plantations. Further, lack of training and funding support, low wages, delayed payment of salaries and limited time to work with people’s organisations, as well as the pressure to produce tangible outputs such the establishment of large tree plantations, prevents them from placing greater emphasis on the development and empowerment of the people.     

从赋能授权理论看企业领导角色的转变

随着管理环境的变化,企业管理层关注的不再是如何控制员工,而是如何激发员工的创造力和工作热情。国外企业成功的经验表明,赋能授权管理思想正在引起管理者的重视,并被越来越多的企业应用于实践,成为获得市场竞争优势的有效途径。     

Drivers of Deforestation in the Lake Victoria Crescent,Uganda

We examined key drivers of deforestation in the Lake Victoria Crescent, Uganda from 1989 to 2009 through a case study approach with a multiple-case design. Nineteen focus groups with local community members and forest officials, archival analysis, and field observation revealed both proximate causes and underlying drivers of deforestation. Proximate causes of deforestation included agricultural expansion into forests, unsustainable extraction of wood forest products, and clearing of forests for nonagricultural uses. Underlying drivers of these proximate causes included policy and institutional factors, economic factors, population growth, technological changes, and changes in culture—each resulting in alienation of local people from forest resources. Alienation of local people, defined as a psychological dispossession of responsibility for forest resources, is posited as the most important underlying driver of deforestation. We discuss the importance of the involvement of local people in the management and maintenance of forests in the Lake Victoria Crescent.     

变革型领导·心理授权与离职意向的关系——对农产品加工企业的实证研究

以农产品加工企业401名雇员为研究对象,采用问卷方式对变革型领导、心理授权和离职意向进行调查。结构方程模型和偏相关分析的结果表明,变革型领导对雇员离职意向存在负向关联,心理授权与雇员离职意向间也有负向关联。其中,变革型领导先影响直接资源,再影响心理资源,最后对离职意向起负向预测作用。心理授权在变革型领导和离职意向间所起中介作用得到了实证分析的支持。     

天龙屯堡与郎德苗寨乡村旅游社区经济增权比较研究

采用田野调查、统计分析和文献分析方法,以Regina Scheyvens提出的面向社区的增权框架为依据,借鉴Ap和Crompton提出的旅游影响评估指标体系及国内旅游学者社区增权研究的已有成果,对贵州天龙屯堡和郎德苗寨两地不同乡村旅游开发模式下社区经济增权差异进行对比分析.