Function-analysis and valuation as a tool to assess land use conflicts in planning for sustainable, multi-functional landscapes

In order to reconcile landscape conservation with changing demands on land use and natural resources, it is essential that the ecological, socio-cultural and economic values of the landscape be fully taken into account in planning and decision-making.This paper presents a comprehensive framework for integrated assessment of ecological services and socio-economic benefits of natural and semi-natural ecosystems and landscapes. The framework can be applied at different scale levels to different ecosystems or landscape-units and basically consists of three steps: (1) Function-analysis: translates ecological complexity into a limited number of ecosystem (or landscape) functions, which, in turn, provide a range of goods and services; (2) Function valuation: includes ecological, socio-cultural and economic valuation methods; and (3) Conflict analysis: to facilitate the application of function-analysis and valuation at different scale levels, it is important to integrate analytical valuation methods with stakeholder participation techniques.The framework presented in this paper facilitates the structured assessment of the (total) value of the goods and services provided by a specific area (landscape) and to analyze the costs and benefits involved in trade-offs between various land use options. The last section of this paper gives some conclusions and recommendations for application-possibilities of function-analysis and valuation to achieve more sustainable landscape use and maintenance of our “natural capital”.     

论泛生态化校园规划

一所大学就是一个社会意义上高度综合的生物有机体。作为这一生物有机体的栖息地的校园应是功能完备的、适于居住的,但更应是能够赋予学者以灵感,并在其中有效地进行创造、学习与发明的。一个优秀的校园规划,应具备泛生态化特征。本文从构筑学科生态环境、知识生态环境、生物共生生态环境、物资消耗生态环境、景观生态环境与城市社会生态环境等六个方面对泛生态化校园规划进行了论述。     

福建泉州“生态连绵带”项目实施的 评估及优化策略

泉州“生态连绵带”规划建设作为一种新的生态网 络空间形式出现，虽然已经在生态空间连续、居民日常可达、 功能构成复合、景观形式优美、经济效益显著等方面取得一定 的成效，但仍然存在较多可以优化提升的空间。为更好地开展 “生态连绵带”项目实施，通过深入调查研究，并运用AHP 分析法和李克特量表双重科学的评估体系，对已完成的若干泉 州“生态连绵带”示范项目加以评估，确定出示范项目中规划 建设效果最佳的项目，再从其生态保护修复、园林景观营造、 可持续发展理念及历史文化展示等方面的关键技术和难点重点 进行研究分析，为泉州“生态连绵带”后续规划建设提供理论 依据与技术支撑。     

汉江之花城中之岛——襄樊鱼梁洲经济开发区总体规划方案

襄樊鱼梁洲经济开发区总体规划为鱼梁洲的未来发展提供了一个清晰的策略性框架．并为整个洲岛提供了概念性景观生态规划。通过科学分析为基础的旅游策略与生态环境策略以及关于生态保育的原则，提供了一个真正的城下绿心设计。     

开放性带状生态旅游区规划研究——以西藏尼洋河生态观光旅游带为例

随着生态旅游的发展，生态旅游区规划越来越需要新理论的支持和指导。西藏尼洋河生态观光旅游带的规划运用生态系统健康理论，把河流、植被、村镇、交通等作为整体规划关注对象，注重自然生态系统与人文生态系统的健康，在空间布局的基础上注重各个生态子系统的协调平衡，力求实现生态健康与旅游发展并重的目标。     

An ecological assessment of the vernacular architecture and of its embodied energy in Yunnan,China

This article engages ecological architectural concepts to evaluate the traditional dwellings of the Lancang River Valley, Yunnan Province, China. By discovering the implied interpretation of nature and assessing the energy consumption of vernacular houses, this research establishes certain advantages of vernacular building in light of a modern environmentally aware evaluation.     

Phytoplankton development and ecological status during a cyanobacterial bloom in a tributary bay of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Reservoirs can provide suitable conditions for cyanobacterial bloom development, which may impact on water quality and biological communities. Weekly surveys in a cyanobacterial bloom process were carried out in the mainstream and Xiangxi Bay of the Three Gorges Reservoir (China), from June 6 to July 18 in 2008. By application of the phytoplankton functional group approach, the spatiotemporal pattern, impact factors, and the ecological status based on Q index (assemblage index) were analyzed. The depth of euphotic layer was apparently the key factor driving the phytoplankton functional group variations. Longitudinal patterns of phytoplankton distribution were detected during this bloom: in the beginning phase, groups D (mainly Stephanodiscus hantzschii) and B (Cyclotella stelligera) dominated in the mainstream of the Three Gorges Reservoir and the mouth area of Xiangxi Bay, group Y (Cryptomonas species) dominated in the upper area, while groups J (mainly Pediastrum duplex), F (mainly Sphaerocystis schroeteri) and G (Pandorina morum and Eudorina elegans) were important in other areas; in the mid phase, group M became absolutely dominant in the whole region; and in the ending phase, besides groups M and Y, groups X2 (Chroomonas acuta, Pyramimonas nanella, etc.) and Lo (Ceratium hirundinella) became more important in the lower and upper area respectively. Generally the ecological status was bad, temporally varied with the bloom process. No spatial difference of ecological status was found in the mainstream, while longitudinal patterns in Xiangxi Bay were detected for different phases: firstly a few sites had relatively better status than the others, then nearly all the sites were in the bad condition, and at last the status in the downstream was better than that in the upstream. The longitudinal patterns of ecological status were related to phytoplankton distribution, disturbed by jacking from the downstream and flood from the upstream of Xiangxi Bay.     

中国传统建筑单体的生态文化内涵浅析

该文以中国传统哲学为背景．在简要梳理中国传统生态核心思想的基础上．以中国传统建筑单体作为研究对象，分别从建筑单体屋顶、台基、屋身三段构成束分析其生态文化内涵，并探讨它与中国传统生态思想之间的相关性．以求从一个新的角度束认识中国传统建筑的设计理论和方法．也可为现代生态建筑的发展提供借鉴，关键词     

英国谢菲尔德大学景观系风景园林硕士设计课程简述

本文对谢菲尔德大学景观系风景园林硕士的教学工作、教学理念进行了综合介绍。主要侧重讲授式硕士课程(TaughtMastersProgrammes),尤其是两年制风景园林硕士(2YearMAinLandscapeArchitecture)和一年制风景园林硕士(1YearMAinLandscapeStudies)课程。介绍了教学计划中的四个课程单元,即生态设计与管理、综合景观设计、城市景观规划、城市设计,并相应附有各课程单元最近的优秀学生作业。     

生态型绿化法在上海"近自然"群落建设中的应用

应用生态型绿化法建设"近自然"群落是城市植被恢复的种新途径.生态型绿化以生态学潜在自然植被和群落演替基本理论为依据,选择适生乡土植物,应用容器育苗和"近自然"苗木种植技术,超常速、低造价地营造具有群落结构完整、物种多样性丰富、生物量高、趋于稳定状态、后期完全遵循自然循环规律的"少人工管理型"绿地.生态型绿化法已在世界各地广泛应用,对于推动我国城市绿化也将起到重要作用.