Hazard and Outrage: Developing a Psychometric Instrument in the Aftermath of Katrina

This article details the development of a psychometric instrument measuring the constructs of hazard and outrage in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The study focused on the interplay of perceived hazard and outrage in relation to evacuation from the New Orleans area, with specific attention to demographic differences. Perceptions of hazard and outrage during Katrina served to illustrate the utility of the scale in examining these responses across different demographic groups. Possible ways that this information can be used to design messages that alert audiences to hazards, yet successfully address the need for outrage, emerged from the study.     

创业板市场风险防范研究

中国的创业板市场将付诸实施。它将给我国带来积极的影响,但同时也存在巨大的风险。因此,对创业板市场要进行合理引导和严格监管以防范和化解风险。对创业板市场存在的各种风险进行了细致的探讨分析,并提出了相应的风险防范措施。     

基于B/S模式的重大危险源安全管理信息系统

在深入研究重大危险源安全管理的基础上,采用Struts结构,使用JDBC,Filter等J2EE中的关键技术,结合DAO模型和普遍受欢迎的B/S模式,实现了重大危险源安全管理信息系统。系统主要包括数据上传、地理信息系统、危险源辨识分级等9个功能模块。该系统为政府、企业加强重大危险源管理提供了科学高效的信息化管理工具。     

Slope stability hazard management systems

Weather-related geo-hazards are a major concern for both natural slopes and man-made slopes and embankments. Government agencies and private companies are increasingly required to ensure that there is adequate protection of sloping sur- faces in order that interaction with the climate does not produce instability. Superior theoretical formulations and computer tools are now available to address engineering design issues related to the near ground surface soil-atmospheric interactions. An ex- ample is given in this paper that illustrates the consequences of not paying adequate attention to the hazards of slope stability prior to the construction of a highway in South America. On the other hand, examples are given from Hong Kong and Mainland China where significant benefits are derived from putting in place a hazard slope stability management system. Some results from a hazard management slope stability study related to the railway system in Canada are also reported. The study took advantage of recent research on unsaturated soil behaviour and applied this information to real-time modelling of climatic conditions. The quantification of the water balance at the ground surface, and subsequent infiltration, is used as the primary tool for hazard level assessment. The suggested hazard model can be applied at either specific high risk locations or in a more general, broad-based manner over large areas. A more thorough understanding of unsaturated soil behaviour as it applies to near ground surface soils, along with the numerical computational power of the computer has made it possible for new approaches to be used in slope hazard management engineering.     

道德风险与经济发展

道德风险是一种机会主义行为，它在存在与人的机会主义倾向，社会经济变迁，制度缺陷有关，道德风险阻碍了社会分工，专业化的发展和市场范围的扩大，阻碍了企业组织从传统形式向现代形式的演变，因此我们必须有效发挥伦理道德的秩序化功能，充分发挥法律制度的硬性的束作用，充分发挥经济杠杆的抑制作用，充分发挥政府的作用。