RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE IN TRADITIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONCEPTS OF CHINA AND WEST

As the process of economic globalization gathers momentum, dialogue between different cultures has become extremely important. There should be dialogue between the Chinese and Western cultures under the principle of equality and mutual respect and understanding to increase consensus for mutual development.

City and Nature In Harmony

Xi’an,the capital city of Shaanxi Province in northwest China,is now the host of the 41st International Horticultural Exposition(IHE).China was selected the third time to host the IHE,following the 1999 Expo in Kunming and the 2006 ExpoinShenyang.Launched on April 28,the 2011 Expo lasts 178 days。

Creating Harmony Between People and Nature

During the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC),Hu Jintao,General Secretary of the CPC Central

Architecture and Nature

Chinese-American architect Maya Lin has become renowned by people in China recently because of her latest work-"What is Missing?" The multi-site project aims to raise public awareness of the current crisis surrounding biodiversity and habitat loss. Lin recently talked about the project’s background and her understanding of the relation between architecture and nature with Beijing Review.

Woman And Nature As One

CAO Xiangbin’s paintings mostly take women as subject matter. Even her paintings describing customs of Chinese ethnic people reveal a great reverence for the maternal instinct and the female. A 1982 graduate of the Lu Xun Fine Arts Academy, Cao Xiangbin is now a professional painter at the Heilongjiang Traditional Chinese Painting Research Society.

Women and Nature: Three Women Talk About Their Experience

People often think about women’s special relationship to nature. Some say women tend to have a greater appreciation of nature, but what deserves our attention is women’s intimacy and affection for nature. It is as if nature is a fundamental drive in their lives. Here are three women’s personal experience with nature.

Exploring Green Development From the Perspective of Sociology:Logical Basis,Constraints,and Optimization Paths

With the advancement of ecological conservation in China,the concept of green development has gained extensive acceptance and recognition.Exploring green development from the perspectives of environmental protection and sociology holds great theoretical value and practical significance in studying the issues related to green development.Firstly,this paper examines green development in light of the objective needs of the economic and social transformation in the international community and China,and deconstructed its underlying social logic.Secondly,it further investigates the social factors that restrict green development,encompassing social structures,social concepts,social systems,and social behaviors.Finally,within the framework of the“green”discipline system in environmental sociology,this paper proposes specific measures such as restructuring social systems and transforming production modes,lifestyles,and consumption patterns to promote green development.

An Ample and Vigorous Forestry and Nature Protection Community Area

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The Ambiguous Boundary between Buildings and Environment: Exploring the Interpretation of Traditional Aesthetic in Contemporary Japanese Architecture

At present, nature is becoming more and more important in people’s mind. It is a very popular way to combine nature and humanity in architecture. Japanese architects have deep research and attainments in this respect, and combined with Japan’s unique humanistic care characteristics, can make the whole architectural style more lifelike. This paper will analyze the architectural style of Japan from several aspects and put forward its own views.

An Interpretation of North and South from a Perspective of Eco-feminism

North and Southis one of Elizabeth Gaskell’s greatest novels.As a British female writer,Mrs.Gaskell has vividly depicted the life experience of the female protagonist Margaret Hale,a young lady who grows up in a picturesque southern town named Helstone,and has to move to a northern industrial city called Milton.The description of her experience vividly describes the great social,environmental and economic changes that have taken place in Britain during the Industrial Revoluti on.North and South will be interpreted from a perspective of eco-feminism in the following two aspects:the impact of the Industrial Revolutionon environment and women status in patriarchal society.An eco-feminist interpretation of the novel can help to eliminate gender discrimination,construct ecological civilization as well as build a harmonious society.

Emancipative Development in Contemporary World Politics

In the contemporary world, various political actors, both within and outside of states, have continued to break through subjective and objective constraints to participate more and more widely in the political activities of the world society, which has promoted inclusiveness in the relationship between all actors and fostered reconciliation between man and nature. Historically, the political development of the world has followed two routes: one involves inter-personal relationships, which have evolved gradually through violent and non-violent forms of revolution from one marked by the conflict between the oppressed and the oppressors and between the exploited and the exploiters, to one marked by equality and mutual respect; and the other involves the progress of the forms of production organization and society made possible by the productive forces driving the production relations forward and the change to the economic foundation that forced the superstructure to experience fundamental transformation. The latter is fundamental and recessive, while the former is dominant, which has a direct impact on states and the broader world. In such a progressive evolution, the political transformation of the world has gradually changed from a violent one to a more peaceful one, and the grander trend has changed from having the features of national independence and liberation as well as a people's revolution, to having the features of seeking development in an all-around way and forging a harmonious world free from threat, fear and anxiety.Hereinto, the dominant role of rational human self-restraint is becoming more and more obvious, with which the actors, even those who onceopposed each other, are seeking mutual tolerance, acceptance and cooperation, including human respect for nature and the environment. In essence, this is indicative of the emancipation of human sociality and the reconciliation between man and nature, which is still currently under way.

Study on Design of Ecological Garden

Ecological garden views were adopted to re-explore benefits of garden landscaping, co-prosperity of man and tree was applied to study application modes of plants in ecological gardens. Green spaces in ecological gardens should be evenly and reasonably distributed, actual conditions of the planning site respected, outstanding styles and diversified plant furnishings defined. Three layouts of ecological gardens and the future development trend of modern ecological gardens were introduced.

Envisioning the Profile of Chinese Culture——from the Perspective of the Social Value Theory

For a few decades China has undergone an enduring, drastic and complicated transformation. The structure and form of Chinese culture has been profoundly shaped and re-shaped during this process. With careful analysis of the history and the actualities, this paper presents a sketch of Chinese culture that highlights three significant traits; an elegant temperament featuring both classicality and novelty, an intrinsic value focusing on nature and freedom, and an encompassing structure marked by harmonious diversity. A new Chinese culture has already revealed her profile against the sunglow at the dawn of the new era. Beautiful and promising as it is, Chinese people believe that she deserves being heartily applauded, warmly welcomed, and boldly embraced.

Human Development from the Perspective of Ecology

the pursuit of the liberation of all mankind and the comprehensive development of human freedom is the theme of all marxist theories.Marx in the criticism of classical political economics“abstract”,to the whole history of the definition of“general”,found the abstract“general”of the people behind the objective existence and state of development,so as to clearly indicate the relationship between man and nature of human development has experienced on the basis of the nature of the dependence on one stage,gradually from natural objects depends on the stage and with the natural fusion of freedom comprehensive stage,and the concrete connotation of man’s free overall and implementation path.

On the Embodiment of Chinese Classical Thought in Whitman's Urban Ecological Poetics——Taking the Riverbank of the Ferry Crossing Last Winter as an Example

Whitman believes that people in cities should establish a harmonious relationship between humans and nature.In his urban imagination,humans are a common link in the entire ecosystem.As a part of heaven and earth,everything is one.Through dialogue with nature,Whitman explored that man and nature should be equal and harmonious.Whitman embodies the unique urban ecological poetics in his essay the Riverbank of the Ferry Crossing Last Winter,which contains Chinese classical thought of harmony between man and nature.

The Factor that Affects Biophilia Application at the Workplace

Many theories in sociology and psychology encourage people to maintain and contact with nature.Biophilia,for instance,examines the connection between humans and nature within the built environment.It is considered one of the solutions to human isolation from nature,especially in the work­place.This study examined the factors of employee's awareness and prefer­ence that affect biophilia application at the workplace.This study's primary data collection method is a survey questionnaire through which responses from 167 employees at the International Islamic University Malaysia(IIUM)were collected.The findings show that employee's awareness and prefer­ence have a significant positive effect on the biophilia application.Further research on this topic is necessary to understand other factors that may affect human's connection with nature at the workplace.

山区过渡性地理空间识别及分类研究——基于人文自然耦合分异视角

The coupling of humans and nature differs in terms of distribution and intensity, thus producing a gradient of synthetic geographical environments. Within this variety of gradients, the transitional zone represents a complex space where dynamic processes and unstable conditions are observed. Based on the concepts of ecotone and transitional zone, we propose a conceptual framework for the transitional geospace of coupled human and natural systems and a quantitative identification method for the zone. Taking the Sichuan Basin as an example, this study defined the strength and direction of the coupling of the natural ecosystem and socioeconomic system and divided different types of transitional geospace. The transitional geospace of the strong coupling type accounted for approximately 16.7% of the study area. Nine of the ten counties with the largest proportion of the type were formerly nationally poor counties in the study area. In the strong coupling type, human and nature jointly explained a high proportion of the variance in transitional stability(e.g., in Shifang city, with an unexplained proportion of 1.7%). The discovery and characterization of the transitional geospace types is crucial for facilitating more effective land use planning and sustainable balance among the population, resources, and environment.