The urban land debate in the global South: New avenues for research

The global ‘land grab’ debate is going urban and needs a specific conceptual framework to analyze the diverse modalities through which land commodification and speculation are transforming cities across the globe. This article identifies new avenues for research on urban land issues by drawing on an extensive body of academic literature and concrete cases of urban land transformations in Asia, Latin America and Africa. These transformations are analyzed by focusing on three types of urban investments – investments in property, investments in public space and public services, and investments in speculation, image building and ‘worlding’ – and the way these investments are intermingled with and enhanced by processes of gentrification and speculative urbanism. Addressing real estate and infrastructure investments, speculation and gentrification through a land-based lens allows us to deepen the discussion on urban land governance in the global South. We argue that urban land acquisition cannot be thoroughly understood in isolation from the workings of urban real estate markets, public policies, and displacement processes. The urban land grab debate needs to consider the dialectic interplay between land use change and general socio-spatial transformations both in central – or recentralized – and peripheral areas. This is why we plea for a kaleidoscopic perspective on urban land governance by uncovering the complex patchwork of urban land acquisitions and their diverse temporalities and spatialities, their hybrid character in terms of actors involved, and the multiple and often unpredicted ways in which urban dwellers try to gain control over and access to urban land.     

土地储备的发展 实践以及新时代背景下的思考

土地储备制度起源于欧洲,发展于欧美地区。我国自20世纪90年代末,在借鉴国外发展经验的基础上,相继成立了土地储备机构,建立了土地储备制度。经过二十多年的发展,土地储备有效解决了土地无偿使用制度下产生的诸多历史遗留问题,为培育和规范土地市场、有效配置土地资源、优化城市空间布局、促进城市经济以及社会发展发挥了重要作用。十九大后,中国特色社会主义步入新时代。土地储备工作要深入贯彻新发展理念,积极应对新情况新问题新挑战,强化政府主导和公益性定位,适应土地市场发展改革需求,寻找新的转型发展之路。     

生计资本对农户参与耕地保护意愿的影响——以成都市永安镇、金桥镇, 崇州市江源镇为例

耕地效益比较低下导致兼业农户数量增多, 生计资本发生转变. 农户作为耕地的直接使用者, 生计资本转变不仅带动农村社会经济的发展, 更影响农户参与耕地保护的意愿. 以最早实行耕地保护政策的四川省成都市永安镇、金桥镇和崇州市江源镇为例, 构建农户生计资本与耕地保护参与意愿的结构方程模型, 定量刻画生计资本对于农户参与耕地保护意愿的影响. 结果表明: 生计资本对于农户参与耕地保护的意愿具有显著影响, 其中, 自然资本对耕地保护意愿的正向影响最显著, 高于社会资本; 物质资本对耕地保护意愿的负向影响最显著, 高于金融资本和人力资本. 生计资本中自然资本和社会资本每增加一个单位, 农户耕地保护意愿将提高0.071和0.011个单位; 物质资本、金融资本和人力资本每增加一个单位, 农户耕地保护意愿对应减少1.231个单位、1.030个单位和0.232个单位. 所以, 生计资本差异会直接影响农户参与耕地保护的意愿. 政府应从不同生计资本农户的诉求出发, 寻找农户经济利益与参与耕地保护政策的切合点, 根据农户不同生计资本情况制定相应的补偿政策和扶持策略, 从根本上激发农户参与耕地保护的积极性, 确保耕地保护政策实施的持续性和有效性.     

福建省寿宁县1:25万土地质量地球化学评估

基于多目标区域地球化学调查所获得大量高精度表层土壤重金属元素和养分元素数据,参照土壤环境质量标准(GB15618—1995)和相关行业标准,采用单因子指数法和综合因子评价法对福建省寿宁县土壤环境质量和土壤养分质量进行评价,并在此基础上,将两者叠加分析,对研究区进行土地质量地球化学分等。结果表明:福建寿宁县土地总体质量较好,以三等、四等土地为主,土壤较清洁,两者面积之和占全区的80.80%,且三等、四等土地覆盖区内有占全区10.46%的富硒土壤分布,适宜于发展一般性农业和富硒特色农业;一等、二等土地次之,土壤清洁,是发展绿色、无公害农产品的最佳区域,应加强保护并合理利用;五等、六等土地分布很少,仅占全区的6.07%。     

基于土地资源的市县级多要素国土空间开发适宜性评价研究——以湖北省宜昌市为例

国土空间开发适宜性评价是国土空间规划编制的重要基础,市县是落实主体功能区划的基本单元,市县级国土空间开发适宜性评价可为国土资源与空间更精细化的管理提供有效支撑。本研究从自然因素和社会经济因素两个方面构建了国土空间开发适宜性评价指标体系,对宜昌市农业生产适宜性及城镇建设适宜性进行了评价,划分出适宜、较适宜、一般适宜、较不适宜和不适宜5类区域。结果表明宜昌市适宜开展农业生产的土地面积为3412 km²,不适宜土地面积为7143 km²;适宜进行城镇建设的土地面积为748 km²,不适宜土地面积为14679 km²。农业生产和城镇建设适宜性评价结果均呈现出典型的区域特征,适宜区主要分布在东部的平原区,区域整体的国土空间开发条件好;不适宜区主要分布在西部山区,区域整体的国土空间开发难度大。适宜性评价结果与规划数据有部分出入,与土地利用现状相差不大,农业生产适宜等级的土地面积比耕地保有量红线面积多132 km²,分布于农业生产适宜和较适宜区的现状耕地占耕地总面积的73.98%;城镇建设适宜等级的土地面积比建设用地底线面积少611 km²,分布于城镇建设适宜和较适宜区的现状建设用地占建设用地总面积的77.99%。将评价结果叠加在谷歌卫星图上,在空间上观察是否与土地现状一致,结果表明农业生产适宜区的评价结果准确率达100%,不适宜区的准确率为93%;城镇建设适宜区和不适宜区评价结果准确率达100%。     

长江三角洲经济区工业用地地质环境适宜性评价

在系统分析长江三角洲经济区地质条件与地质环境问题的基础上,深入研究了该地区工业用地与地质环境之间的相互关系,从而建立了基于工业用地的地质环境适宜性评价指标体系,并利用层次分析法确定指标权重,通过定性分析与定量计算相结合的方式,运用加权平均综合指数法对该地区的工业用地地质环境适宜程度进行综合评价。评价结果表明,长江三角洲经济区工业用地的地质环境适宜区及较适宜区占研究区陆域总面积的59%,总体情况较好。     

控制地面沉降条件下天津深层地下水资源持续利用

天津平原大强度开采深层地下水引发严重的地面沉降.根据地下水位和地面沉降监测结果分析,第四系中更新统和下更新统是深层地下水持续利用的最佳层位.当水位埋深控制在35～40m,引发的地面沉降量小于10mrrda,深层地下水开采资源为26 755×104m3/a,平均资源模数为2.90×104m3/(a·km2).与1991-2000年平均开采量相比,资源量减少了43.1%,而地面沉降量可以减少68.3%.长期大强度开采深层地下水提高了粘性土的固结程度.保持历史开采层位,稳定开采量,使水位稳定在地面沉降临界水位附近,是深层地下水资源持续利用,控制地面沉降的有效措施.     

土地质量评估中评价单元的划分——以山西忻州盆地为例

多目标区域地球化学调查、区域生态地球化学评价和土地地球化学质量评估是一项系列工程,其中土地地球化学质量评估与人类的生产、生活息息相关。土地地球化学质量评估工作非常复杂,对工作区进行评估单元的划分是核心内容,评估单元是土地地球化学质量评估的最小空间单位。以山西忻州盆地为例,采用评估区的土地利用类型图和土壤类型图相叠加的方法,对其进行国家–省级评估,为国家、省市土地的宏观管理和规划提供地球化学依据,为实现土地可持续利用的战略目标服务。     

A multi-scale study on land use and land cover quality change: The case of the Yellow River Delta in China

This paper presents a case study of the Yellow River Delta in China, to trace land use and land cover changes during the past 20 years, with an emphasis on land quality changes. Three sets of data are used in this case study: remote sensing data derived from satellite images; crop yield data from statistics; and soil data collected by the researchers in the field. Our study reveals that at the regional scale, LUCC has taken place in a positive direction: vegetation cover has been expanding and crop yields per hectare have been on rise. However, while the overall eco-environment has improved, the improvement is uneven across the Delta region. At local levels, some areas show signs of increased salinization and declining organic content. Both natural forces and human activities are responsible for the LUCC, but human activities play a more important role. While some impacts of human activities are positive, the damages are often long-lasting and irreversible. We also conclude that it is necessary to use both macro data (such as remote sensing data) and micro data (data collected in the field) to study land quality change. The former are efficient in examining land quality changes at the regional scale, the latter can serve to verify ground patterns revealed from macro data and help to identify local variations, so as to get a comprehensive understanding of LUCC and promote sustainable land use and land management. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

煤矸石复垦地土壤质量变化研究

为检验煤矸石复垦地复垦效果,选取16个参数作为复垦土壤肥力质量评价的因子,建立考虑微量元素的肥力质量评价体系,应用相关系数法确定土壤肥力因子的权重大小,并结合模糊数学原理计算土壤肥力评价因子的隶属度值,运用模糊综合评价法对复垦土壤质量进行评价,结果表明：复垦地与正常农田土壤肥力综合指标值均随深度的增加而降低。复垦土壤的质量在3年内得到了逐步的提高,耕作制度、施肥对表层土壤质量的提高有很大影响。复垦区土壤肥力略低于正常农田,复垦3年时,各层次复垦土壤肥力由上到下分别为正常农田对应层次的91．9％、89．6％、84．6％,表明复垦土壤质量已达到正常农田的90％左右,复垦取得良好的效果。     

安徽省岳西县来榜地区土地质量地球化学评价

以安徽省西南部岳西县来榜地区为研究区,按8个点/km2 的密度采集表层土壤样品,系统分析了该区土壤样品中Cd、Hg、As、Se等21项元素的含量及相关指标特征.采用土地利用现状图斑作为评价单元,参照土地质量地球化学评价规范对来榜地区土地质量进行地球化学评价.结果表明:来榜地区土地环境综合质量状况优质,达到一等环境质量的土地面积占研究区总面积的97.14%;土壤养分综合质量中等以上的土地面积占研究区总面积的88.05%.土地质量地球化学综合等级以二等土地为主,面积占研究区总面积的 66.87%;其次为一等土地,面积占研究区总面积的18.57%.研究区土壤整体缺乏硒,但部分茶叶富硒.上述结论可为研究区土地质量生态管理、土地合理规划及利用提供参考.     

The `global city' misconceived: the myth of `global management' in transnational service firms

The `global city hypothesis' proposed by Saskia Sassen - and subsequently developed by Manuel Castells and others in the theory of a globalized urban network - has in recent years formed the basis for the argument that power and control in transnational firms (TNCs) is primarily situated in global head-offices. Such offices are located in key urban centres such as London, New York or Tokyo where global managerial power is ultimately wielded and where senior managers make strategic decisions about transnational business activity. This paper takes issue with this theoretical legacy, arguing that the idea of strong centralised managerial power and control in contemporary TNCs is far more complex than this literature suggests. It explores how managerial control in some of the supposedly most globalized of business service industries - investment banking and management consultancy - cannot be understood as being centralised in global headquarter offices, and nor does it purely reside with a few senior managers at the top of the transnational organisation. Rather, it argues that managerial control in TNCs is diffused throughout a transnational network of management-level employees, and that strategic power in transnational firms resides with a larger and more dispersed group of actors than has been previously suggested. These arguments are developed through analysis of qualitative research into the managerial strategies and practices of senior business practitioners in the transnational investment banking and management consultancy industries. In presenting qualitative data from interviews with senior management in transnational corporate head offices, the paper thus examines the decision-making process of global management practice and unpacks the complex context in which transnational corporate strategy develops in such firms.     

上海开展工业开发区土地利用绩效评估的意义

随着工业化和城镇化建设进程加快,土地供需矛盾日益突出。作为城镇发展和土地开发利用的重点区域,开发区在促进经济高速发展中发挥了举足轻重的作用,通过对工业开发区土地绩效评估实践,建立健全开发区土地节约集约利用考核制度与长效机制,增强土地参与宏观调控的能力,对构建资源节约型社会具有重要意义。     

黄河三角洲典型地段地面沉降机理研究及预测预警

随着社会经济的快速发展,黄河三角洲地区普遍发生了地面沉降,已经成为了影响区域社会经济可持续发展的重要因素之一。本文以黄河三角洲地面沉降典型地段—滨州地区为研究对象,以该区2005~2019年年间共计6期地面沉降监测数据为基础,对区内多年来地面沉降发展演变规律进行分析,对地面沉降成因机理进行研究,并根据滨州地下水系统的水文地质条件以及地面沉降机理,概化出滨州地下水系统水位地质概念模型及地面沉降模型。在此模型基础上推演建立滨州地下水开采与地面沉降三维数值模型。利用该模型对地面沉降与地下水位监测数据进行内插外推计算,综合计算结果分析和研究,对地面沉降和地下水动态进行预测预警,从而为黄河三角洲地区地面沉降防治提供依据。     

Use of GEMAS data for risk assessment of cadmium in European agricultural and grazing land soil under the REACH Regulation

Over 4000 soil samples were collected for the “Geochemical Mapping of Agricultural and Grazing Land Soil of Europe” (GEMAS) project carried out by the EuroGeoSurveys Geochemistry Expert Group. Cadmium concentrations are reported for the <2 mm fraction of soil samples from regularly ploughed fields (agricultural soil, Ap, 0–20 cm, N = 2218) and grazing land soil (Gr, 0–10 cm, N = 2127). The samples were collected in 33 European countries, covering 5.6 million km² at a sample density of 1 sample each per 2500 km² and were analysed in an aqua regia extraction followed by an ICP-MS finish. The median Cd value is 0.181 mg/kg for the Ap and 0.202 mg/kg for the Gr soil samples. The data allow a directly comparable country-specific regional exposure and risk characterisation for all EU countries covered. Direct risks of Cd for terrestrial organisms are only predicted for a few isolated sample sites: 2.3% of the Ap and 4.5% of the Gr sites, respectively.     

Assessing the impacts of a large slope failure using 3DEC: The Chiu-fen-erh-shan residual slope

This paper assesses the impact of Chiu-fen-erh-shan residual slope failure using a three-dimensional distinct element program. The simulation results indicate that rocks will severely damage the Lung-Nan path. The Taanshan syncline generates a depression zone adjoining to the slope toe and acts as a buffer zone to trap failing rocks. Some rocks will travel through the syncline, which poses a risk to visitors at the monument and the Shihmen observation deck. Few rocks will pass though the memorial park near the northern boundary of the slope. Visitors should be evacuated out of the impact area during a heavy rainfall event.     

Networking for Local Agenda 21 implementation: Learning from experiences with Udaltalde and Udalsarea in the Basque autonomous community

Local Agenda 21 (LA21) is widely regarded as a key tool for implementing sustainability policies since local authorities are closer to ordinary people and some local managers and politicians have the ability to adapt organisations to new managerial atmospheres and social demands. However, local governments tend to lack the right economic, human and knowledge resources. Consequently, in the search for local sustainable development, networking and collaborative approaches to LA21 can help local authorities save resources and share knowledge and best practices. Although both research and politicians have tended to focus on LA21, we believe Regional Agenda 21 (RA21) needs to be emphasised as a complementary tool. This paper examines successful innovative practices in the Basque Autonomous Community (BAC) over a 4-year period, with a view to shedding light on the theoretical literature and to aiding regional and local authorities. Although research on policy networks has produced useful results, we are still some way from a plausible, consensus-based theory of policy networks. Based on experience in the BAC, the present article offers an integrated approach to understanding the antecedents and consequences of a regional knowledge-driven network for LA21 promotion. Although LA21 implementation has been studied before, evidence about networking at regional level is scarce. Other regions in developing countries could use this approach to achieve successful policy networks.     

新疆石河子南山洼地地下水库及开发利用建议

本文描述了石河子南山洼地中库容量为140×10~8m~3的地下水库,并提出建立水源地开采14m~3/s流量地下水的建议。     

华北平原地下水位驱动下的地面沉降现状与研究展望

华北平原年地面沉降量大于50 mm的严重区面积超过全国总量的80%,防治形势严峻,需要开展有针对性的研究,为有效防控地面沉降提供科学依据。华北平原建立了较完善的地面沉降监测网络,基本掌握了地面沉降现状及演化规律,但受华北平原含水层系统影响因素复杂与时空变化大等因素制约,对地下水位变化驱动下的土层变形特征及其机制研究迄今仍比较薄弱,限制了对地面沉降发展趋势的科学研判和预测预警。在总结国内外地面沉降研究进展、基于高时空分辨率监测数据分析华北平原地面沉降现状和发展趋势的基础上,提出了地下水位变化影响下的地面沉降研究方向。目前,华北平原地面沉降出现减缓态势,天津、沧州、衡水等重点城市主城区地面沉降得到有效控制,但华北平原尤其是河北平原地面沉降总体上仍然处于较快发展阶段,主要原因是农业灌区地下水开采得不到有效控制。未来华北平原地面沉降研究应聚焦地面沉降机理和预测预警、地下水位回升驱动下的土层变形规律及其对环境的影响、地面沉降区地下水资源属性及地热开发与地面沉降关系等方面。     

Knowledge makes the money go round: Conflicts of interest and corporate finance in London’s financial district

This paper argues that the conflicts of interest cases brought against Wall Street investment banks in the early 2000s were neither geographically nor institutionally isolated events. Rather, by combining recent work on financial knowledges in both economic geography and the social studies of finance with the growing interest in topological spatial imaginaries, I explore how London’s corporate finance industry was unable to distance itself from both the conflicts of interest allegations and the ensuing regulatory changes of the ‘Global Settlement’ in the US. Analysis of 36 semi-structured interviews conducted in London in the early 2000s is used to explore how a range of individual interests, institutional demands and structural changes within London’s financial district affected analysts’ ability to produce ‘objective’ research. As well as pointing to the problematic nature of certain aspects of knowledge rich ‘communities of practice’ [Wenger, E., 1998. Communities of practice: learning, meaning and identity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge], I explore how the resulting contingent and situated nature of research practice is at odds with a weakly defined notion of ‘objective’ research that underpins the Financial Services Authority’s regulatory response.