Coordinated Development of Agricultural Water Resources and Socio-Economy in Shanxi Province Considering Uncertainty

Conflict between agricultural water resources and socio-economy development is a global problem. Accurate evaluation of coordinated development of agricultural water resources and socio-economy and risk mitigation is necessary for sustainable development. An evaluation method, including selection of criteria, data collection, determination of weight, evaluation of coordinated development, prediction of parameters, and judgment of coordinated development state, has been proposed to study coordinated development degree. To deal with uncertainties, Monte Carlo method and fuzzy set method were used. The method is demonstrated to solve a real-world evaluation problem in Shanxi Province in the middle of China. Results show that coordinated development degrees were (0.7, 0.8) for most of the cities of Shanxi in 2015, indicating that coordinate development state was intermediate coordinate. To achieve balanced development, more attention should be put on socio-economic development in Taiyuan and Yanquan, and agricultural water resources utilization in Jinzhong, Yuncheng and Xinzhou. The average coordinated development degree is 0.758, and coordinate development state was intermediate coordinate from 2006 to 2015. Coordinated development degree has a trend of decreasing markedly, coordinate development state will be barely coordinated, and agricultural water resources utilization lags behind socio-economic development in 2020. The study demonstrates the practicability of the improved method, by evaluating coordinated development degree under uncertainty and forecasting future risks, which will conduce to promote sustainable development of agricultural water resources and socio-economy.

The Research on the Coordinate Development of the Renewable Resource Industry Chain Systems Based on Multi-Level Hierarchical Structure

By using the theories and methods of large system, the multi-level hierarchical structure of the renewable resources industry chain is studied and discussed. The constructive measures of the renewable resource industry chain are proposed based on multi-level hierarchical structure. In addition, the plan and design of renewable resources industry chain of a waste recovery company under E-commerce environment is given.

A Research on the Development of Low-Carbon Economy Based on the View of the Logistics Industry

A low-carbon economy reach is a win-win configuration of a kind of economy that zoology and economy coordinate development. This paper researches on the low carbon economy development based on the view of the logistics industry, therefore the paper discusses two respects: first, interaction mechanisms between the logistics and ecological environment; second, feedback relationship between the logistics and the economic development. However, the traditional logistics can only make economic development, but not be able to achieve environmental protection. Finally, it comes to the necessity of the development of the low-carbon logistics, in addition puts forward the methods and measures for the low-carbon logistics.

The fallacy of conventional signalling

All signals, with the exception of very special ones such as human verbal communication, evolve to be reliable. Communication systems that have been considered as systems of conventional signalling are reinterpreted as reliable systems by indicating the investment which increases their reliability. Examples are given from decorative patterns and set specific signals, such as status signals. The general importance of reliability is further discussed for cases such as the chemical signals within the multicellular organism, in which there is no conflict between the communicating parties. The reliability of signals which display symmetry, as is measured by the ‘fluctuating asymmetry’, is interpreted as a consequence of the investment required of signals that coordinate development.