Assessing Socio‐Economic Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and Environmental Hazards in New South Wales and Queensland,Australia

This article systematically reviews and synthesises academic, peer‐reviewed literature to assess the state of knowledge concerning socio‐economic vulnerability to climate change impacts and environmental hazards in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. It focuses upon empirical research that identifies socio‐economic factors associated with vulnerable subpopulations. Using systematic review methods, 35 articles met the inclusion criteria. These articles are analysed according to their general characteristics, the methods used, and the factors reported to be associated with socio‐economic vulnerability. This body of evidence reveals that (1) the majority of the knowledge about socio‐economic vulnerability in New South Wales and Queensland has only recently emerged; (2) more knowledge has been published about Queensland; and (3) extreme temperature is the most researched environmental hazard. Despite increased research activity over time, the number of factors repeatedly demonstrated to influence socio‐economic vulnerability is small. Age, gender, place of residence, and pre‐existing illness were the most commonly reported factors, although the influence of these factors upon socio‐economic vulnerability is complex. There is scope to extend the empirical research base across a broader range of climate‐related hazards and to better link findings from the domains of climate change vulnerability and population health.     

The afterlife of earthen-core buildings: A taphonomic study of threatened and effaced architecture in Central Belize

Buried architecture poses an interpretive challenge to field archaeologists the world over. The depositional sequence of the site must be reconstructed through excavation and stratigraphic analysis, and the various phases of construction and use that occurred in the past must be inferred. Effaced earthen-core architecture (e.g., architecture that was once faced with a masonry outer layer that is no longer present) constitutes a heightened challenge in this regard, as events and layers are not always clearly distinguishable, an interpretive difficulty that can be compounded when such architecture is threatened and decay accelerated by modern-day land use activities such as bulldozing and plowing. The case study presented here focuses on an ancient Maya E-Group architectural configuration—a triangular arrangement of structures that served to commemorate astronomical events, among other functions—that is being degraded through repetitive plowing. The significance of this site in regard to Maya archaeology is undeniable, as it was used and reused over a period of at least eight centuries. The site warranted a salvage-based approach designed to gather maximal quantities and types of data when only a minimal amount of time, labor, and funding was available. The procedure presented here was developed for a specific example of endangered, earthen-core Maya architecture in Belize; however, it is applicable to any archaeological project that faces similar obstacles in examining and documenting architecture before it is either eroded or intentionally destroyed.     

客观世界与文本世界的交锋--对新理论形态的马克思主义历史观评论的评论

蒋大椿先生提出的“唯物辩证的以实践为基础的系统史观”．在马克思主义历史观发展史上．是一种全新理论形态的历史观。无论是对于马克思主义历史观的发展,还是对于新世纪中国历史学的发展来说,它都具有重要的理论价值和现实意义。但是,由于评论者悬置客观实在的现实社会和历史,沉溺于马克思恩格斯文本建构起来的文本世界,加上评论者和蒋大椿先生之间在探索的问题、言说的平台和所处思想时段等方面的差距,因此,他们没有能够发现蒋先生的真问题和《思潮与发展》一文所具有的理论价值与现实意义。综览目前公开的评论,只能说这是一场极不相称的客观世界与文本世界之间的交锋。     

关于完善我国劳权法律保障制度的基本思路

劳权是劳动者合法权益的法律提炼,具有经济、社会、法律多位一体的复合特征.我国的劳权保障突出体现在就业权、报酬权、安全卫生权的保障.本文着重提出完善我国劳动合同制度和救济制度、改革劳动争议的构想.     

党内监督的立论依据、制约因素及创新路径

党内监督是不断加强执政党建设的必然要求。目前,党内监督在实践中还面临着一些制约因素,而要扎实推进党内监督的路径创新,就应积极致力于理顺党的纪律检查机关的领导体制,把重点放在对领导干部的监督上,建立健全党内监督的具体制度法规,切实发挥好党代会的监督职能及全委会的监督作用,认真抓好党内监督各项配套制度的建设。     

民法解释在处理旅游合同纠纷中的作用——以孟元诉中佳旅行社旅游合同纠纷案为例

现今旅游纠纷日益增多,而在我国旅游行政管理部门及司法实践中,普遍存在＂无法可依＂的认识误区,以及回避纠纷性质,重结果轻分析的倾向。《最高人民法院公报》公布的＂孟元诉中佳旅行社旅游合同纠纷案＂及其判决,虽然并未引起旅游业界、法学界的太多争议,但其在旅游合同性质认定及解除权问题上的认定,存在着一定的问题和瑕疵。本文从民法解释的角度重新审视该案,并对该案判决提出较为具体的不同意见,以呼吁业界通过解释现行民事立法,充分发挥其在解决旅游民事纠纷中的作用。     

非公有制企业党建：一种互补性的制度建构

非公有制企业党建工作制度创新是党的建设适应新时代要求革故鼎新的制度形态,是非公企业党建工作的内在要求和根本导向,其与非公企业制度间产生的共时性制度互补关系是非公企业党的制度建构的本质特征和嵌入依据,非公企业党建制度互补性的生成受到多层次制度嵌入性的影响,包括宏观体制性嵌入、微观制度嵌入和非正式规范嵌入。     

马鞍山采石河流域区域系统调查初步报告

2006～2007两年间,中国科学技术大学科技史与科技考古系等单位组织调查队对安徽马鞍山采石河流域进行了两次调查。调查人员采用区域系统调查法,调查了新石器时代晚期,点将台、湖熟文化时期和六朝至明清时期的遗址共24处。在调查的基础上,调查队从聚落形态的角度考察这些遗址群,分析聚落分布和演变的规律以及人类活动与自然环境的关系,总结了聚落变迁的轨迹和原因。     

中国的区域系统调查方法辨析

本文讨论了区域调查、拉网式调查与区域系统调查的区别,详细辨析了目前中国多项调查中的工作主体、田野方法、信息分析,并对田野方法中的调查目的、区域范围、年代选择、操作方法等差异较大的几方面进行了探讨,提出了目前存在的本土化、科学化、材料公布三个需要探索的问题。     

面向复杂系统的旅游规划综合集成方法

对旅游规划方法论的探讨,一直是旅游规划学术界关注的主题。本文从研究旅游系统的特征入手,在认识到旅游系统是开放的复杂巨系统之基础上,指出应以研究开放的复杂巨系统之方法论--"从定性到定量综合集成方法"作为指导旅游规划实践的方法论,同时指出了该方法论的含义、特征、实质并提出了其运作的模式。