景观连通性模型及其应用

景观连通性模型可区分为点连通性模型，线连通性模型，网连通性模型和斑块连通性模型。因为点连通性、线连通性和网连通性已有很长的研究历史，相应的连通性模型（连通度）已比较成熟，所以本文的研究焦点是尚不成熟的斑块连通性模型。斑块连通性被定义为斑块中动物迁徙或植物传播运动的平均效率（或最小化运动距离）。斑块连通性模型在黄河三角洲新生湿地的应用研究结果表明，斑块连通性与人类活动强度和景观多样性负相关。     

景观连通性模型及其应用沿海地区景观

景观连通性模型可区分为点连通性模型，线连通性模型，网连通性模型和斑块连通性模型。因为点连通性、线连通性和网连通性己有很长的研究历史，相应的连通性模型（连通度）己比较成熟，所以本文的研究焦点是尚不成熟的斑块连通性模型。斑块连通性被定义为斑块中动物迁徙或植物传播运动的平均效率（或最小化运动距离）。斑块连通性模型在黄河三角洲新生湿地的应用研究结果表明，斑块连通性与人类活动强度和景观多样性负相关。     

基于人口特征的城市生态游憩空间配置——以常熟市为例

生态游憩空间配置是休闲城市建设的重要内容,对城市生态文明建设、城市优质生活环境营造具有重要意义。本文以国家休闲城市综合标准试点市——常熟市为研究对象,以人口特征为切入点,对该市不同功能区内各年龄段人口数量、可进行生态游憩的时间、生态游憩意愿、对不同生态游憩空间的偏好,以及全市不同功能区人口对生态游憩空间的配置需求进行了调查研究。人口特征影响城市生态游憩空间的配置需求,全市不同功能区的人口特征有显著差异,因此对各类生态游憩空间的配置需求不同。在人口量、人口平均生态游憩可能性、人口生态游憩空间类型偏好等因素的影响下,商业活动区内人口对各类生态游憩空间的配置需求指数均最高,其次为生活居住区、商务办公区、工业生产区;全市不同功能区内人口对草地游憩空间的配置需求指数均最高,其次为水域和林地。可根据城市不同功能区人口数量、类型、分布特征,以及对各类生态游憩空间的配置需求来指导城市规划建设中生态游憩空间的配置实践。     

异地养老型旅游目的地开发初探——以云南卧云仙居为例

异地养老旅游是一种集养老、康体、娱乐、餐饮、住宿、医疗于一体的旅游方式。作者通过分析目前中国异地养老旅游的发展现状及云南卧云仙居发展异地养老旅游的成功经验,探索提出了开发异地养老型旅游目的地应具备的条件、异地养老旅游的市场划分及客源地类型、异地养老型旅游目的地的开发类型及模式以及在开发过程中应注意的问题,以期丰富老年旅游的研究,同时对其他地区发展异地养老旅游起到一定的借鉴作用。     

主体功能区规划监管与评估的指标及其数据需求

主体功能区规划是建国以来首次在全国范围实施的精度较高的国土空间开发规划, 不仅对规划方法、技术手段有较高的要求, 而且对基于县级行政区域或更高精度空间尺度的规划数据源有较高的要求。本文针对省级主体功能区规划的9 个指标项, 分析了主体功能区规划的数据需求特征, 认为在数据支撑方面存在数据精度不够、缺少经济内涵、数据标准不统一、个别指标底层数据缺失4 个主要问题。基于主体功能区规划绩效评价及今后国土空间开发管治的目标要求, 提出了规划监管与评估的指标设计原则, 从集聚效应、社会发展、食物与资源保障、生态与环境保护4 个方面设计了主体功能区规划监管和评估的指标体系, 以期为“十二五”及今后全国国土空间功能发展的科学评估和数据系统建设提供参考依据。     

试论非法占用湿地行为承担法律责任及湿地立法建议

介绍了非法占用湿地行为及湿地的概念,阐述我国立法保护湿地的现状,探讨非法占用湿地行为应承担法律责任的现状以及我国现行湿地管理法律体系存在的缺陷,呼吁尽快出台湿地保护专门法律,并提出湿地立法建议,旨在为我国保护湿地立法提供参考,同时也为林业执法、司法提供理论依据。     

Combining AHP with GIS for Predictive Cu Porphyry Potential Mapping: A Case Study in Ahar Area (NW,Iran)

Using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method for multi-index evaluation has special advantages, while the use of geographic information systems (GIS) is suitable for spatial analysis. Combining AHP with GIS provides an effective approach for studies of mineral potential mapping evaluation. Selection of potential areas for exploration is a complex process in which many diverse criteria are to be considered. In this article, AHP and GIS are used for providing potential maps for Cu porphyry mineralization on the basis of criteria derived from geologic, geochemical, and geophysical, and remote sensing data including alteration and faults. Each criterion was evaluated with the aid of AHP and the result mapped by GIS. This approach allows the use of a mixture of quantitative and qualitative information for decision-making. The results of application in this article provide acceptable outcomes for copper porphyry exploration.     

Analysis of the geographical accessibility of neurosurgical emergency hospitals in Sapporo city using GIS and AHP

To improve the geographical accessibility of neurosurgical emergency hospitals for elderly people, we developed several alternative site plans for a new neurosurgical emergency hospital in Sapporo, Japan. Hospitals, population data, routes, and the numerical information for the Analytic Hierarchy Process computations were input into a Geographical Information System. Pairwise comparison revealed the following weights which were assigned to each of the four criteria: 0.674 for availability of hospital beds; 0.169 for the maximum road distance of the shortest routes; 0.101 for the elderly population within a 3‐km radius; and 0.056 for the median road distance of the shortest routes. The alternative proposed could cover 4000 more elderly people in the 3‐km radius of the hospitals. The integration of Geographical Information Systems and the Analytic Hierarchy Process constitutes a powerful tool for analysing traffic conditions in mid‐sized cities and for suggesting city planning to improve prognosis of stroke.     

临沂城市湿地公园植物区域功能性选择与配置初探

阐述了临沂湿地公园植物的功能性选择及配置的原则和具体方法。介绍了临沂湿地基本情况和湿地公园规划,对临沂的适生湿地植物品种加以分析,并对湿地公园不同功能区的植物选择与合理配置进行了一些粗浅的研究。     

我国“三北”防护林地区土地资源及其开发潜力探讨

本文简要总结了我国“三北”防护林地区土地资源的区域分异、质量、数量及防护林体系的开发潜力。     

1960-2012年西藏林芝气温和降水变化

基于1960-2012年日平均气温和日降水量数据,利用小波分析和Mann-Kendall突变分析方法,分析了西藏林芝气温和降水的变化特征。结果表明：林芝年平均气温增长速率0.028℃·a^-1;年平均气温受3~4 a尺度波动的影响,无明显主周期;年平均气温序列有3个突变点,分别是1972-1973年、1975-1976年和1977-1978年。年降水量增长率1.218 mm·a^-1;年降水量受4 a、10 a和20 a尺度波动的影响;有两个主周期,分别为2 a、19 a;年降水量序列有4个突变点,分别为1960-1961年、1965-1966年、1977-1978年、1982-1983年。     

On models for landscape connectivity: a case study of the new-born wetland of the Yellow River Delta

The models for landscape connectivity are distinguished into models for line connectivity, vertex connectivity, network connectivity and patch connectivity separately. Because the models for line connectivity, for vertex connectivity, and for network connectivity have long been studied and have become ripe, the model for patch connectivity is paid special attention in this paper. The patch connectivity is defined as the average movement efficiency (minimizing movement distance) of animal migrants or plant propagules in patches of a region under consideration. According to this definition, a model for landscape connectivity is mathematically deduced to apply to GIS data. The application of model for patch connectivity in the new-born wetland of the Yellow River Delta shows patch connectivity has a negative interrelation with human impact intensity and landscape diversity.     

Net Energy Payback and CO2 Emissions from Three Midwestern Wind Farms: An Update

This paper updates a life-cycle net energy analysis and carbon dioxide emissions analysis of three Midwestern utility-scale wind systems. Both the Energy Payback Ratio (EPR) and CO₂ analysis results provide useful data for policy discussions regarding an efficient and low-carbon energy mix. The EPR is the amount of electrical energy produced for the lifetime of the power plant divided by the total amount of energy required to procure and transport the materials, build, operate, and decommission the power plants. The CO₂ analysis for each power plant was calculated from the life-cycle energy input data. A previous study also analyzed coal and nuclear fission power plants. At the time of that study, two of the three wind systems had less than a full year of generation data to project the life-cycle energy production. This study updates the analysis of three wind systems with an additional four to eight years of operating data. The EPR for the utility-scale wind systems ranges from a low of 11 for a two-turbine system in Wisconsin to 28 for a 143-turbine system in southwestern Minnesota. The EPR is 11 for coal, 25 for fission with gas centrifuge enriched uranium and 7 for gaseous diffusion enriched uranium. The normalized CO₂ emissions, in tonnes of CO₂ per GW_eh, ranges from 14 to 33 for the wind systems, 974 for coal, and 10 and 34 for nuclear fission using gas centrifuge and gaseous diffusion enriched uranium, respectively.     

On models for landscape connectivity:a case study of the new-born wetland of the Yellow River Delta

The models for landscape connectivity are distinguished into models for line connectivity, vertex connectivity, network connectivity and patch connectivity separately. Because the models for line connectivity, for vertex connectivity, and for network connectivity have long been studied and have become ripe, the model for patch connectivity is paid special attention in this paper. The patch connectivity is defined as the average movement efficiency (minimizing movement distance) of animal migrants or plant propagules in patches of a region under consideration. According to this definition, a model for landscape connectivity is mathematically deduced to apply to GIS data. The application of model for patch connectivity in the new-born wetland of the Yellow River Delta shows patch connectivity has a negative interrelation with human impact intensity and landscape diversity.     

Preliminary determination of calcium,phosphorus,and the calcium/phosphorus ratio in cortical bone of Chinstrap penguin using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence analysis

Synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF) approach was applied to analyzing of Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis Antarctica) cortical bone. The method enabled the in situ determination of Ca and P concentrations and the Ca/P ratio in cortical bone. The preliminary results show that: (1) there is the bone site-related difference for Ca and P concentrations. The mean values for the investigated parameters (on a dry-weight basis) are: 30.7% (Ca) and 14.9% (P) for the femoral cortical bone, 21.4% (Ca) and 11.5% (P) for wing cortical bone. (2) The variation for the Ca/P ratio in cortical bone is lower than those for Ca and P separately. This is in agreement with the previous report that the specificity of the Ca/P ratio is better than that of Ca and P concentrations and is more reliable for the diagnosis of bone disorders. The authors suggest that further studies be conducted to establish normal values of Ca, P and Ca/P ratio for polar animals and provide a basis for the diagnosis of bone disorders.     

Fertilizer Consumption and Energy Input for 16 Crops in the United States

Fertilizer use by U.S. agriculture has increased over the past few decades. The production and transportation of fertilizers (nitrogen, N; phosphorus, P; potassium, K) are energy intensive. In general, about a third of the total energy input to crop production goes to the production of fertilizers, one-third to mechanization, and one-third to other inputs including labor, transportation, pesticides, and electricity. For some crops, fertilizer is the largest proportion of total energy inputs. Energy required for the production and transportation of fertilizers, as a percentage of total energy input, was determined for 16 crops in the U.S. to be: 19–60% for seven grains, 10–41% for two oilseeds, 25% for potatoes, 12–30% for three vegetables, 2–23% for two fruits, and 3% for dry beans. The harvested-area weighted-average of the fraction of crop fertilizer energy to the total input energy was 28%. The current sources of fertilizers for U.S. agriculture are dependent on imports, availability of natural gas, or limited mineral resources. Given these dependencies plus the high energy costs for fertilizers, an integrated approach for their efficient and sustainable use is needed that will simultaneously maintain or increase crop yields and food quality while decreasing adverse impacts on the environment.     

P and S beyond 95°

Summary. Data for P and S beyond 85° are used for earthquakes in the four epicentral regions that travel times have been found for (Japan, Europe, Central and South Pacific). They seem to disagree seriously with suggestions of a considerable change in the times and dt/dΔ for S from the Jeffreys—Bullen tables of 1939–40. There are signs of a sharp drop in dt/dΔ for both Pand S in the range 93–95° except for the Southern Pacific.     

The effect of data windows on the estimation of free oscillation parameters

Summary In seeking to estimate the frequencies, decay rates, amplitudes and phases of the free oscillations of the Earth using observed seismic spectra, data windows are required to reduce the effects of mode—mode interference. Formal expressions for the variances and covariances of these estimated parameters are derived here, for the case of a single isolated mode and an arbitrary data window. Explicit results are given for a Hann and Blackman—Harris minimum four-term window as well as for a boxcar. The optimum or minimum variance record length for measuring frequencies and decay rates using a Hann window is 1.1 Q -cycles, and that for determining amplitudes and phases is 0.5 Q -cycles.     

The Fundamental Challenge in Measuring Sprawl: Which Land Should Be Considered?*

Lack of agreement on how to define and measure sprawl has hampered development of policy related to its causes and consequences. We question previous work for two reasons: the use of study areas that overbound or underbound sprawl landscapes, and the failure to account for land unavailable for development. We formulate “extended urban areas,” based on housing density and commuting patterns and argue that they represent a preferable geographic basis for measuring sprawl. We operationalize with satellite imagery a way for measuring land unavailable for development in these areas. We then compute five measures of urban development using the National Land Cover Data Base and decennial census data to assess the extent of sprawl in the extended urban areas of Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Los Angeles, and Washington. Our sensitivity analyses reveal that the measurement of sprawl critically depends on which land area forms the basis of the analysis, and, to a lesser degree, how one accounts for land unavailable for development.