Geographies of Displacement: The Karenni and The Shan Across The Myanmar-Thailand Border

First, central to our analysis is the argument that human movement within and across borders fundamentally challenges the view of geopolitics based upon fixed territorial states, inter-state relations, national identities and citizenship; indeed the whole idea of "national geographic". Using the examples of the Karen and Shan peoples, we explore the processes and patterns of forced relocation, displacement and migration in the border regions of Myanmar and Thailand. Our main concern is with forced displacement as a result of political and ethnic conflict; specifically, how the Burmese military regime's desire for "national unity" within Myanmar's "national space" has influenced the militarily inspired displacements of hundreds of thousands of villagers and civilians within the border zones inhabited mostly by so-called "national minorities". We examine the particular problems of the so-called "internally displaced persons" within "national" boundaries compared with the "refugees" and "undocumented migrants" who make it across "international" space into Thailand. We illustrate the ways displaced people are represented by state agencies and the media as "threats" and "transgressors". We consider some of the "long term" aspects of the displacement problem along the Myanmar-Thai border and the vital contribution geographers can make to the study of displacement.     

基于A-T-R的旅游小城镇分类、评价与发展模式研究

在科学界定旅游小城镇基础上,梳理旅游小城镇的分类标准,确立一类基于核心吸引物（A）—小镇（T）—乡村环境（R）的新分类方法,将旅游小城镇分为AT一体、AT分离、A+T+R联动与ATR创意再造4种类型。结合旅游小城镇发展中的实际状态,依据A、T、R三类初始条件不同组合情况提炼出六大旅游小城镇的发展模式,为旅游小城镇深层次研究提供参考和依据,进一步推动旅游小城镇的健康发展。     

The Atlas and Encyclopedia Habit

Abstract

The Great Salt Lake of Utah is presently the object of a Supreme Court dispute between the State of Utah and the United States government, Mineral salts, estimated in value at many billions of dollars, are available for extraction, and major companies have already begun operations on lands exposed by a falling lake level. Decision as to the ownership of these relicted lands depends upon the classification of the lake as a “navigable waterway” and a determination of the mean shoreline; however, the lake fluctuations are erratic, temporary, and to a large extent manmade, and Federal efforts to establish a valid shoreline have been unsuccessful. The state claims a meander line, lying approximately 4,205 feet above sea level, as the legal boundary of the lake. Based on past legal precedents, the decision could favor the State.     

城市群的边界效应与边界地区发展

在城市群主导区域发展的空间背景下,城市群间的相互作用已形成一种新的边界地区。提出城市群间相互作用的边界效应模型,并重构了边界地区的发展阶段。以武汉城市圈-中原城市群及信阳市为对象进行实证研究,结果表明:边界效应模型能够测度城市群间相互作用对其边界地区的可能影响;现阶段,武汉城市圈与中原城市群间的相互作用为信阳市发展提供了较大的介入机会,但尚未形成显著的边界效应,可能原因是信阳市自身的介入能力不足,说明边界效应是外部介入机会与内部介入能力耦合作用的结果;与此相对应,信阳市总体上仍处于地方化主导的发展阶段,推进区域化进程将是其未来发展的战略选择。研究结论能够为城市群间的相互作用及其边界地区发展提供借鉴和启示。     

气候和土地利用变化对径流变化影响研究——以伊洛河流域伊河上游地区为例

在实际调查基础上,利用遥感和地理信息系统技术,分析伊洛河流域伊河上游地区气候和土地利用变化对径流变化的影响。结果显示,在研究区域中,林地面积最大,1987-2008年,林地、库塘和建设用地面积持续增加,草地、河流和未利用地面积持续减少,耕地面积则先增加后减少。20世纪80年代以来,土地利用变化在不同阶段都使得年平均径流量减小;80-90年代,气候变化使得年平均径流量减小,而90年代到2000年以后,气候变化使得年平均径流量增加,这与90年代年平均降水量减少,而2000年以后年平均降水量增加密切相关。     

五硼酸铷溶液的物化性质及物种分布

碳酸铷、硼酸化学计量比混合,蒸发溶液,直至五硼酸铷RbB5O8·4H2O晶体析出。经粉末X射线衍射（XRD）、拉曼光谱（Raman spectroscopy）、热重/微商热重/差示扫描量热（TG/DTG/DSC）、原子吸收光谱等实验方法,确定其化学组成及结构。298.15、333.15K时测量溶液的物理化学性质（密度、电导、pH）,并与经验方程进行拟合,研究五硼酸铷溶液的物化性质随浓度、温度的变化规律。根据文献报道的平衡常数,实验测量的pH数据,采用牛顿迭代法进一步研究五硼酸铷溶液中主要存在的硼酸根离子对类型、含量以及物种的形成。     

The processes of incorporation and secession of urban and suburban municipalities: The case of Poland

ABSTRACT

The aim of the article is to explain the phenomena of mergers and territorial disintegration of Polish towns and cities from three perspectives: social, economic and spatial-primal. Administrative border changes are fundamental components of local urban policy guidelines in countries that have experienced a dual history in the socialist and post-socialist periods, such as Poland. The main method of the authors research was the application of statistical and cartographic methods focused on measuring quantitative administrative changes in urban areas and their demographic effects. The scope of the research covered all towns in Poland existing in the years 1945–2018. Since the changes in the administrative boundaries of cities particularly concern the rural areas in the vicinity of large cities, the suburban municipalities surrounding urban centres were analysed too. The findings underline the deterministic role of political systems in the territorial expansion of towns and cities, and indicates their role for current planning decisions. The authors conclude that noticeable differences between two analysed periods have had at least two significant causes. First, the political and economic systems determining the changes differed, and second, each system was accompanied by differing directions of economic development and therefore also different ‘urbogenic’ forces.     

The relationship between walkability and neighborhood social environment: The importance of physical and perceived walkability

This study examines how both physical and perceived walkability is associated with neighborhood social environment. We analyze walkability and the 2004 Homeowner Survey data conducted in Franklin County, Ohio, and employ structural equation modeling. The empirical analysis shows that perceived walkability enhances neighborhood social environment while physical walkability does not. This study suggests that the negative relationship between physical walkability and neighborhood social environment is related to a spatial intersection between high physical walkability and socio-economic distress.     

浙江省科技资源的区域差异及其空间配置效率研究

科技资源是科技活动的基础,是创造科技成果,推动整个经济和社会发展的要素的集合。利用主成分分析法评价了浙江省各地级市科技资源的存量,并运用ArcView分析了浙江省科技资源的空间分布状况,利用数据包络分析法(DEA)评价了浙江省各地级市的科技资源配置相对效率,利用柯布-道格拉斯生产函数和索洛余值法计算了各个地级市的科技进步对于经济发展的贡献率。结果表明:①浙东北的科技资源及科技进步贡献率都要明显高于浙西南,同时浙东北、浙西南内部也存在着较大的差异。②杭州市、嘉兴市、绍兴市、金华市、舟山市和丽水市科技资源配置效率较高,而宁波市、温州市、湖州市、衢州市和台州市的科技资源配置效率相对较低。     

《返乡》与《归去来兮辞》的文化和地理环境特征影响分析

德国浪漫主义诗人荷尔德林与中国田园诗人陶渊明都被誉为“诗人中的诗人”,他们的诗中都蕴涵着深深的“故土”情结。研究他们的代表作——荷氏的《返乡》与陶氏的《归去来兮辞》,都有许多耐人寻味的地方。尽管文化背景、文化语境、情感基调不一,然而,他们构筑的对“诗意栖居”的憧憬和神往却折射出人类共同的生命艺术境界。本论文分别从两首诗的归因、归程、归宿三方面来论述,两种文化和不同地理环境的特质和基因塑造了两个不同时代、不同地域的诗人,形成了他们别具风格的诗境。