Welfare effects of rural-urban land conversion on different aged land-lost farmers:exemplified in Wuhan city

Rural-urban land conversion is a universal phenomenon in the rapid process of economic development and urban growth.The welfare of farmers who lost their farmland attracted a widespread concern within the society and academia.However,further research about differentiated policies according to the characteristics of different farmer groups is still need to be conducted.This article divides the land-lost farmers into three age groups:younger than 45,45-65,and more than 65.It proposes a welfare index system including eight functional areas based on different age groups of affected farmers,taking four districts of Wuhan City as case study area.Fuzzy mathematics method is used to derive the aggregated welfare effect index.Our analysis show that the overall welfare levels of land-lost farmers of all age groups declined,but with a varying degree,with the level of welfare in those farmers who are 45-65 years old,younger than 45 years old,and older than 65 years old decreased by 18.7%,16.6%,and 12.7%,respectively.The direction and degree of effects on the functional activity index varies among different groups.Economic conditions,living environment,health,and social participation of all age groups decrease while social security and housing conditions increase.On the other hand,development opportunities,social communication,and leisure have different changing directions in different age stages.These results call for differentiated and tailor-made compensation policies for land-lost farmers,towards improving the welfare levels of all farmers and reduce the disparity among them.

Sustainable Development of Wuhan City Based on Methods of Conventional Ecological Footprint and Emergy Ecological Footprint

This article uses the conventional ecological footprint method and its improved model of ecological footprint to analyze the state of the sustainable development of Wuhan City in 2009, the results show that the per capita ecological deficit calculated by the method of emergy ecological footprint is 3.8629 hm2, and the per capita ecological deficit calculated by the method of conventional ecological footprint is 2.0169 hm2. The results obtained by the two methods respectively show that current development of Wuhan is unsustainable. The emergy ecological footprint method introduces the energy flow to reflect the relationship between human resource demand and supply of nature to human and adopts parameters—emergy conversion rate and energy density to calculate the ecological carrying capacity data which is more accurate.

Dynamics of the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)epidemic in Wuhan City,Hubei Province and China:a second derivative analysis of the cumulative daily diagnosed cases during the first 85 days

Background:Controlling the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)epidemic requires information beyond new and cumulative cases.This study aims to conduct an in-depth analysis by geographic strata:Wuhan City(hereafter referred to as Wuhan)only,Hubei Province(hereafter referred to as Hubei)excluding Wuhan,and China excluding Hubei.Methods:Daily cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases between December 8,2019(the date of symptom onset based on patients'recall during the investigation),and March 1,2020,from official sources and published studies were analyzed.The second derivative model was used for information extraction.Data analysis was conducted separately for the three strata.Results:A total of 80026 diagnosed COVID-19 cases were reported during the first 85 days of the epidemic,with 49315 cases from Wuhan,17788 from Hubei excluding Wuhan,and 12923 from China excluding Hubei.Analytical results indicate that the COVID-19 epidemic consists of an Acceleration,a Deceleration,and a Stabilization Phase in all three geographic strata,plus a Silent Attack Phase for Wuhan only.Given the reported incubation period of 14 days,effects of the massive anti-epidemic actions were revealed by both the Acceleration and Deceleration Phases.The Acceleration Phase signaled the effect of the intervention to detect the infected;the Deceleration Phase signaled the declines in new infections after the infected were detected,treated and quarantined.Conclusion:Findings of the study provide new evidence to better monitor the epidemic,evaluate its response to intervention,and predict the trend long.In addition to re-evaluating the control of the COVID-19 epidemic in China,this study provided a model for monitoring outbreaks of COVID-19 in different countries across the world.

Fabulous Finish Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China

Helalia Johannes (right),a marathon runner from Namibia, wins the women’s5 km title in 15 minutes14.23 seconds at the Seventh CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, on October 24. The 39-yearold runner holds Namibian records in 10 km and 20 km races.

Exploration on Innovation in Planning and Design of Pastoral Complex

Based on the background and development of the pastoral complex,it is believed that the pastoral complex is an inevitable trend of the development of modern agriculture and it is the product of agriculture developing to a higher stage following agricultural industrial park,beautiful countryside,characteristic town,and whole area tourism. Combined with many years of planning and design practice of Wuhan Modern Urban Agriculture Planning and Design Institute,this paper summarized ideas of construction and operation of the pastoral complex,and discussed the construction of pastoral complex planning system,in the hope of providing certain reference for planning of pastoral complex in the whole country in the new period. Finally,through the overview of development history and highlight of urban agriculture in Wuhan,it came up with measures and recommendations for development of pastoral complex in Wuhan City.