Materializing post-colonial geographies: examining the textural landscapes of migration in the South Asian home

This paper considers the role of visual cultures in understanding the value of landscape to post-colonial migrants living in Britain. The paper also considers these visual cultures as prismatic devices which refract lived landscapes of South Asia and East Africa into British domestic scene. The visual cultures are investigated using a materialist lens. They are positioned as materials that allow embodied connections to landscapes experienced pre-migration, including sensory connections with past homes, natures and family life. These then become artefacts symbolising relationships with past landscapes, made meaningful in their presence in Britain homes. Using this materialist lens, visual cultures in the British Asian home, such as photographs, pictures, and paintings, are given meaning and value beyond their textual content. This paper is an exercise in reading visual cultures in the everyday through a materialist lens which allows for an examination of their place in the process of ‘making home' for South Asian women in Britain. In particular, objects presence the migratory experience of the South Asian community, importing ‘other' landscapes (previously shaped by colonial governance) into Britain, and help to shape environmental values, landscape imaginaries and South Asian landscapes of belonging in the post-colonial period.     

The city-text in post-communist Budapest: street names,memorials, and the politics of commemoration

As in most parts of Central and Eastern Europe, there is a tradition in Hungary of changing street names and memorials in the wake of major political transitions. This article focuses on the change of street names and memorials, i.e. the city-text, in Hungary’s political capital, Budapest, between 1985 and 2001. The city-text in Budapest became a locus of dispute between different political authorities, including the nation state, the metropolitan municipality, and the district, each bearing different political ideals during and after the fall of communism. Discursive changes in the post-communist city-text emerged expressing specific conceptions of national sovereignty, but the direction of the changes were debated. Different levels of administration in Budapest and Hungary had divergent visions of what the new discourse on national sovereignty should be. The changes, therefore, did not express a simple transition to an agreed-upon post-communist value system, but were the result of a symbolic struggle between different levels of administration over what should be commemorated in the city-text.     

GPU并行加速的多步逆时偏移在东濮前梨园地区的应用

为了解决东濮油田复杂断块成像难题,笔者采用了多步逆时偏移成像方法,并使用了GPU进行并行加速。经过GPU并行加速的多步逆时偏移成像方法解决了RTM计算效率低的应用限制问题,并成功应用于复杂断层成像处理中。通过对前梨园三维地震资料的偏移成像处理,验证了逆时偏移成像技术在处理东濮地下复杂小断块和兰聊大断层上具有成像优越性;偏移效率分析试验证明了基于GPU并行加速的逆时偏移成像方法,能有效地提高计算效率75倍。     

Amenity migration to the global south: Implications for community development

Despite a growing trend of migration to countries in the global South fueled by their natural amenities (i.e., natural amenity migration), research on this topic has predominantly been conducted in the global North. This is problematic given the notable socioeconomic, attitudinal, and behavioral differences between amenity migrants (often urbanites from developed countries) and local people (often rural residents of developing countries). Grounded in community field theory, this study begins to fill this gap in the literature by increasing our understanding of the ways in which local residents and amenity migrants interact in the amenity-rich community of Nuevo Arenal, Costa Rica. We found that linguistic, cultural, and spatial barriers (real and perceived) created a social climate in which the interaction between local residents and amenity migrants was primarily based on mundane interactions and did not lead to social integration. This proved to be a hindrance to the creation of the community field, which led to a lack of joint planning and participation in activities and projects that sought to improve the overall living conditions in the community. Explanations of these findings and the implications of such a divide are offered.     

油气初次运移理论新探

应用渗流力学的基本原理,研究油气初次运移的机制问题。研究认为,油气的初次运移是以连续相、而不是以溶液相和扩散相的形式进行的;油气初次运移的动力是浮力,因而初次运移的方向是向上的;油气初次运移所需的时间与源岩的渗透能力有关,与油气的粘度有关,还与源岩的厚度有关;油气藏的异常高压是一种暂时的压力状态,气藏的异常高压多于油藏,新生油气藏多于古油气藏;油气初次运移的通道就是源岩的粒间孔隙,源岩的非均质性和微裂缝对油气初次运移十分不利,因形成微油气藏而降低油气运移效率;源岩的厚度越大,越有利于油气聚集;“倒灌”现象是不存在的,缺少基本的动力驱动,基岩油气藏的形成是二次运移过程中侧向运移的结果。初次运移与二次运移具有相同的动力机制、运移相态和运移方向,因而两者是完全统一的。     

油气初次运移理论新探

应用渗流力学的基本原理,研究油气初次运移的机制问题。研究认为,油气的初次运移是以连续相、而不是以溶液相和扩散相的形式进行的;油气初次运移的动力是浮力,因而初次运移的方向是向上的;油气初次运移所需的时间与源岩的渗透能力有关,与油气的粘度有关,还与源岩的厚度有关;油气藏的异常高压是一种暂时的压力状态,气藏的异常高压多于油藏,新生油气藏多于古油气藏;油气初次运移的通道就是源岩的粒间孔隙,源岩的非均质性和微裂缝对油气初次运移十分不利,因形成微油气藏而降低油气运移效率;源岩的厚度越大,越有利于油气聚集;“倒灌”现象是不存在的,缺少基本的动力驱动,基岩油气藏的形成是二次运移过程中侧向运移的结果。初次运移与二次运移具有相同的动力机制、运移相态和运移方向,因而两者是完全统一的。     

叠前时间偏移在煤田地震资料处理中的应用

叠前时间偏移可以实现地质构造的精细成像,同时为岩性储层预测提供高保真的高分辨率成像剖面.为了使叠前时间偏移技术能够有效应用于煤田地震资料处理,从煤田地震资料的特点出发,研究了一系列针对性的叠前预处理技术,引入了利用初至波和反射波联合层析反演建立精细偏移速度场的方法,探索建立叠前时间偏移用于实际资料的技术流程和处理措施.实际资料成像结果表明,相比叠后偏移方法,叠前时间偏移在成像精度和中深层保幅性等方面都有较大的改善,有利于煤田地震资料的精细构造解释和岩性反演.     

Kirchhoff叠前时间偏移关键参数分析与研究

叠前时间偏移已经成为地震资料处理的常规手段之一,在构造复杂但速度横向变化不大时,应用克希霍夫叠前时间偏移方法,一般可以得到较好的成像效果。但是叠前时间偏移是一项系统工程,一些配套技术的选取和一些关键参数的选取,直接影响到成像结果。这里根据O-MEGA2处理系统制定的叠前时间偏移的处理方法和流程,对叠前时间偏移处理的配套技术和关键参数（叠前道集偏移距分组、偏移孔径和倾角选取、均方根速度建模、旅行时算法）进行了分析总结,结合试验程序进行了研究和讨论,并提出了关键参数选取的基本原则,对实际处理工作具有一定的应用价值。     

Organisational geographies of power: Introduction to special issue

This paper introduces the special issue ‘organisational geographies of power’ by examining the theoretical and empirical context for debates. It does this, firstly, with reference to existing theoretical work on what power is and does as well as work on the construction of power relations. Building on this, the paper then, secondly, examines the way relational and production network approaches have incorporated power into work on transnational corporations before, thirdly, considering how work on neoliberalism has studied the construction of spatial power relations. In doing this the paper highlights four important questions for future research relating to the practices and spatiality of power, the exercising of power and the situated effects of power relations.     

Dislocating modernity: Identity, space and representations of street trade in Durban, South Africa

South Africa’s cities have experienced dramatic changes over the past decade. Cities are now home to a multiracial population, and have been transformed by new forms of economic and social interaction. For some, these changes have become a significant source of fear and anxiety. In this paper, we examine reactions to urban spatial change in the city of Durban, as expressed in local newspapers and interviews with suburban residents. We describe how the discourses of urban change in Durban have centred on the increased presence of street traders within the city’s public spaces, and the various ways in which the activity of street trade has disrupted long-established modernist norms governing the occupation and use of the urban space. Specifically, we offer a detailed reading of three prominent narratives within the discussion of street traders in Durban--chaos, congestion and pollution. We argue that street traders have come to embody a wide range of more deeply seated cultural anxieties, which have been brought to the fore in the context of South Africa’s transition. These anxieties arise from the ways in which modern understandings of order, agency and subjectivity have been called into question by material changes in the city, and have implications for the nature of citizenship and civic engagement in post-apartheid South Africa.     

温度梯度作用下非饱和土水分迁移研究

为了探明非饱和土中的水分在温度梯度作用下的迁移规律,开展了非饱和土在不同温度梯度作用下的气态水迁移试验和混合态水迁移试验。试验结果表明土样内部的温度场在24 h内均能达到稳态且稳定后的温度场沿土样长度方向线性变化。气态水迁移量和液态水迁移量均随着温度梯度的增加而增加,气态水迁移量的增幅显著大于液态水迁移量的增幅。在气态水迁移中,温度效应随着土样初始含水率的增加而显著增加;在液态水迁移中,温度效应与土样初始含水率的关系不大。最后建立了非饱和土在不同温度梯度作用下,当其水分场接近稳态时,土样内部含水率梯度的表达式,该表达式包含温度梯度和初始含水率两个影响因素。     

油气二次运移研究进展述评

油气运移,尤其油气的二次运移是石油地质学研究的重要内容,同时也是一个薄弱环节。20世纪90年代以来,油气二次运移研究所取得的主要进展是:①对油气二次运移机理的认识有了很大提高;②油气二次运聚模拟实验设计更加科学,实验结果更为可信;③油气二次运聚数值模拟水平有了长足进步。深入的综合研究和油气运移聚集的三维可视化模拟是今后的研究方向。     

Petroleum systems modeling in tectonically complex areas — A 2D migration study from the Neuquen Basin, Argentina

A roughly 30 km 2D section across the Faja Plegada y Corrida del Agrio in the Neuquen Basin, Argentina, is the basis for a petroleum systems study, including structural restoration through time, deposition and erosion, pressure, temperature and migration modeling. Integrating tectonic and petroleum systems modeling proved critical to properly evaluate sub-thrust plays. Multi-dimensional modeling of dynamic processes allows accurate assessment and prediction of the potential of petroleum systems in tectonically complex areas such as the Neuquen Basin.     

油气优势运移通道的类型及其物理模拟实验研究

地质分析和物理模拟实验证实地质条件下油气总是沿着浮力最大和阻力最小的的方向和通道运移,形成油气优势运移通道有5种基本模式:级差优势、分隔优势、流向优势、流压优势和断面优势。物理模拟实验结果表明油气运移实际通道只占输导层的1%~10%,但却运输了油气的绝大部分;输导层物性的差异、盖层沉降中心的偏移、流体动力、断层倾角及断层面几何形态控制了油气运移的优势通道;实际地质条件下油气运移所形成的优势通道是上述5种模式综合作用的结果。由于优势通道是大部分油气运移的实际路径,其研究对追踪油气来源、预测有利圈闭有着十分重要的作用。     

Modeling concrete exposed to high temperature: Impact of dehydration and retention curves on moisture migration

High‐performance concrete is a widely used building material for tunnels, high‐rise buildings, nuclear plants etc. When these structures are exposed to fire, high‐performance concrete is prone to spalling. Moisture migration is believed to be one of the processes directly related to this phenomenon. In this paper, moisture profiles measured experimentally from neutron radiography on heated concrete are compared with results from a numerical model implemented in the finite element code Cast3M. The water loss measured experimentally, and the numerical results suggest that the commonly used constitutive laws for dehydration and water retention curves need to be reconsidered. The influence of these constitutive laws on the moisture migration is investigated. The dehydration constitutive law plays an important role on the dehydration front but has negligible effect on the moisture accumulation behind this front. By contrast, the water retention curves do not influence the dehydration front but affect the quantity and location of water condensation. The role of the permeability is also discussed.     

Situating corporate framings of child labor: Toward grounded geographies of working children in globalized agriculture

The expansion of multinational corporations into agricultural production around the world is resulting in new forms of engagement in specific places. In the context of neoliberal restructuring, these engagements are tied to shifting landscapes of societal, governmental and industry-based perceptions on the role of corporations in labor regimes. But how are these engagements developed and how do they connect to the everyday lives of workers? In India, when Monsanto expanded into hybrid cotton seed production in the early 2000s, the corporation came under pressure to address concerns over the widespread employment of children and young workers for seed pollination. In response, the corporation developed an approach to child labor that, I argue, works to reinforce generalized and problematic notions of childhood and work. Corporate engagements in global agriculture need to be situated in time and space, and alongside the experiences of workers. Children experience attempts to shape their patterns of work and mobility as a series of surmountable obstacles, disconnected from the process of deciding whether or not they will engage in this work. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork in Gujarat and Rajasthan, and documentary analysis of public documents, I outline the development of a corporate response to child labor and place it within the context of the rise of corporate social responsibility, global ideas of child labor, and in the specific case of cotton seed production in western India. I demonstrate that contextualized geographies of working children in globalized agriculture reveal the nature of multinational corporations’ engagements in specific places.     

From brain drain to brain gain: reverse migration to Bangalore and Hyderabad, India’s globalizing high tech cities

This paper assesses the mutual impact of returning Indian-origin skilled workers on the cities of Bangalore (Bengaluru) and Hyderabad, which have emerged as India’s leading “tech cities”. During the 1970s and 1980s, there was concern that India was losing its educated workforce to the West, particularly to the United States through a phenomenon known as “brain drain”. More recently, there is evidence that reverse brain drain is occurring, as U.S.-trained Indian professionals are returning to their home country in increasing numbers to take advantage of new growth and employment opportunities. The effects of this skilled, transnationally active labor force on various sectors of the economy, on the social and physical infrastructure of Bangalore and Hyderabad and in forging and solidifying transnational linkages between India and the United States are explored in this paper. This study also investigates the reasons why successful US professionals of Asian-Indian origin are returning to their home country via a series of personal interviews. The paper offers Bangalore and Hyderabad as “worldwide leading cities” with a niche status in the global Information Technology (IT) sector.     

Hydrocarbon migration characteristics of the Lower Cretaceous in the Erlian Basin

The paper systematically analyzes the hydrocarbon migration characteristics of the Lower Cretaceous in the Erlian Basin, based on the geochemical data of mudstone and sandstone in the main hydrocarbon-generating sags. (1) The source rocks in K1ba and K1bt1 are estimated to be the mature ones, their hydrocarbon expulsion ratio can reach 32%-72%. The Type-I sags in oil windows possess good hydrocarbon generation and expulsion conditions, where commercial reservoirs can be formed. (2) According to the curves of the mudstone compaction and evolution of clay minerals, the rapid compaction stage of mudstones is the right time of hydrocarbon expulsion, i.e., primary migration. (3) The timing between hydrocarbon generation and expulsion is mainly related to the accordance of the oil window and the rapid compaction stage of mudstones in the hydrocarbon generation sags of Type-I. That forms the most matching relation between hydrocarbon generation and migration. (4) The faults and unconformities are the important paths for the secondary hydrocarbon migration. Especially, the unconformity between K1ba and K1bt1 has a favorable condition for oil accumulation, where the traps of all types are the main exploration targets. (5) Hydrocarbon migration effect, in the Uliastai sag, is most significant; that in the Saihan Tal and Anan sags comes next, and that in the Bayandanan and Jargalangt sags is worst.     

Looking for the critical geographer, or why bodies and geographies matter to the emergence of critical geographies of Latin America

This paper argues that critical geographies of Latin America begin with an analysis of how and why the bodies and geographies of geographers themselves matter. To focus on the geographer as a producer of knowledge is not to advocate the kind of navel gazing so abhorrent to many scholars. Rather, it is an effort to call attention to and critically assess how the geographer's embodied social position and geographic location inform the production of knowledge about and representations of Latin American people and nature. To illustrate how and why bodies and geographies matter, I draw from feminist and post-colonial theory and include examples from my own experiences and those of other researchers doing fieldwork in Latin American countries. I conclude by exploring the notion of situated knowledge as a tactic that writes bodies and geographies into academic texts. Ultimately, situating knowledge represents a political intervention and contribution to the broader goals of emancipatory politics shared by critical human geographers.     

Vicissitudes experienced by the oldest urban center in Bangladesh in relation to the migration of the Brahmaputra River

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. There are 57 trans-frontier rivers in the country, the widest being the Brahmaputra River. The river's channels have frequently changed course, but the relationship between such river migrations and human settlement patterns has remained unstudied. In this paper, optically stimulated luminescence and radiocarbon dating techniques were applied to sedimentary and organic materials in the oldest urban center (Wari-Bateshwar) in Bangladesh. The results showed that the landscape around the urban center was dominated by floodplain and peatland facies between 7.9–7.6 and 4.7–1.6 ka, respectively. Humans occupied this area at ~3.2 ka, and manufactured delicate semi-precious gemstone beads between ~2.4 and 1.8 ka. The urban center might be the same as an important city of the Gangaridai described in historical records. Due to fluvial migration at ~1.8 ka, the area surrounding the urban center was covered by fluvial sand. Humans might have been forced to abandon the urban center, leading to the bead processing technology in Bangladesh being lost forever.