Employment and Socio-spatial Relations in Australia's Cultural Economy

This paper examines the significance and contribution of Australian 'creative' industry activities in light of recent debates on the emergence of the 'cultural economy of cities'. First, census employment data and business location counts are used to illustrate patterns of metropolitan primacy and concentration in the cultural industries both across states and in Sydney. Second, the specificities of the locations of cultural production, and the links between cultural industry activities and wider urban-regional change are explored in more detail. A set of observations of urban-regional change is used to demonstrate how the notion of 'cultural economy' should include complex interactions between the material activities of consumers and producers, and the discursive worlds of image makers and place marketers. Urban renewal, housing market pressures and intra-regional migration all mediate Australian experiences of the 'cultural economy'. Such interactions, in addition to key quantitative data on employment and business activity, suggest important policy considerations.     

Measuring the maritime economy: Spain in the European Atlantic Arc

Despite the importance of the socio-economic dimension of the use of marine waters, there has been little research in the field until recently, when interest has grown in the concept of ‘blue growth'. This paper aims to contribute to filling this gap with a socio-economic assessment of the main maritime sectors, focused on the Spanish part of the European Atlantic Arc. To this end, it first proposes a theoretical structure for the maritime economy and then collects and classifies comparable and reliable maritime socio-economic indicators. The data obtained allows us to assess the size of the Spanish maritime sector and the position of the Spanish Maritime Cluster in the wider context of the maritime economy of the European Atlantic, as well as discuss the appropriateness of a strategy of forming clusters at the national level vs. a transnational approach. The results indicate differences between regions in the European Atlantic Arc that complicate the development of integrated policies to stimulate blue growth. Extending our knowledge of the maritime economy of the European Atlantic Arc will make it possible to design strategies that address the real issues, increasing the likelihood of these being effective.     

From shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs) to oceanic system pathways (OSPs): Building policy-relevant scenarios for global oceanic ecosystems and fisheries

There is an urgent need for developing policy-relevant future scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services. This paper is a milestone toward this aim focusing on open ocean fisheries. We develop five contrasting Oceanic System Pathways (OSPs), based on the existing five archetypal worlds of Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) developed for climate change research (e.g., Nakicenovic et al., 2014 and Riahi et al., 2016). First, we specify the boundaries of the oceanic social-ecological system under focus. Second, the two major driving forces of oceanic social-ecological systems are identified in each of three domains, viz., economy, management and governance. For each OSP (OSP1 “sustainability first”, OSP2 “conventional trends”, OSP3 “dislocation”, OSP4 “global elite and inequality”, OSP5 “high tech and market”), a storyline is outlined describing the evolution of the driving forces with the corresponding SSP. Finally, we compare the different pathways of oceanic social-ecological systems by projecting them in the two-dimensional spaces defined by the driving forces, in each of the economy, management and governance domains. We expect that the OSPs will serve as a common basis for future model-based scenario studies in the context of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).     

Sweet Auburn: Constructing Atlanta's Auburn Avenue as a Heritage Tourist Destination

Utilizing redevelopment plans created by Central Atlanta Progress, this study explores the process of constructing a heritage tourist landscape on Atlanta's Auburn Avenue. Once home to the wealthiest African American community in the United States, Auburn Avenue went through a period of economic decline in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2000, planners for the City of Atlanta focused on redeveloping the Auburn Avenue corridor. At that time, Central Atlanta Progress began to update plans to convert Auburn Avenue into the United States' premier African American tourist destination. Utilizing those plans, this article argues that the city's redevelopment vision ties into particular aspects of African American identity, which link to neoliberal economic policies in an effort to turn Auburn Avenue into a "culturetainment" district. This vision is juxtaposed against the reaction of community residents who seek an alternative redevelopment vision.     

珠海经济开发战略初探

珠海在坚持以工业为主的同时，不能忽视剖汇农业及其深度加工业的发展，旅游业在特区经济中仍占有十分重要的地位。加强与澳门的全面经济协作，建设共同使用的供水、供电、供气、机场、深水港、高速公路、铁路等基础设施，并进一步台作开发地处珠澳边境的湾仔，符台积方利益，有利于互相促进、共同繁荣。珠海特区可考虑易名为中山特区。     

澳门回归与粤澳经济和空间一体化

在澳门回归、广东与澳门之间政治关系转变的基础上, 结合改革开放后两地在经济与空间互补和紧密结合的历史事实, 指出澳门回归后, 在历史、经济、政治、文化等因素作用和影响下, 粤澳经济和空间一体化是一种必然趋势, 应充分利用两地资源和空间优势互补关系, 推动两个地区的发展。     

近20年来中国人口重心与经济重心的演变及其对比分析

采用近20年来中国各省（市、区）的人口、GDP、工业、农业、第三产业的产值及消费额数据，计算出其各年的重心坐标，定量表示出中国近20年来人口、GDP、工业、农业、第三产业及消费重心的动态演化过程。在此基础上分析了中国人口、经济发展、生活水平区域差异的动态变化及其之间的关系，以及各要素动态演化的驱动因子。结果表明：近20年来，中国人口重心表现为缓慢地向西南方向移动；GDP、工业、第三产业和消费额重心向东南方向移动。与中国几何中心比较，区域差异在总体上是扩大了；与人口重心相比较，东西方向呈不平衡态势发展，南北方向则开始趋于平衡；而农业重心则表现为无规律性变化。     

可持续发展与自然灾害类型的分析研究

在人口与经济快速增长的条件下，人与自然关系的不协调发展导致了自然灾害频繁发生。为了协调环境与资源的关系，拓展并良化人类生存空间，作者根据多年来收集的自然灾害资料与研究成果，对自然灾害的分类与危害进行了系统分析，在采用边缘科学相互交叉的基础上，从社会经济可持续发展的战略角度出发，总结了国内外防灾工作的经验，提出了防御自然灾害的减免措施。     

中国西北生态-经济耦合资源环境信息系统的研制

本文重点分析建立西北生态-经济耦合信息系统的必要性与应用前景,探讨西北生态-经济耦合资源环境信息系统的构成与发展计划.     

United international central city: A new spatial organization model in tumen river economy development zone

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