Modeling fluvial response to in‐stream woody vegetation: implications for stream corridor restoration

River restoration and bank stabilization programs often use vegetation for improving stream corridor habitat, aesthetic and function. Yet no study has examined the use of managed vegetation plantings to transform a straight, degraded stream corridor into an ecologically functional meandering channel. Experimental data collected using a distorted Froude‐scaled flume analysis show that channel expansion and widening, thalweg meandering and riffle and pool development are possible using discrete plantings of rigid, emergent vegetation, and the magnitudes of these adjustments depend on the shape of the vegetation zone and the density of the vegetation. These experimental results were verified and validated using a recently developed numerical model, and model output was then used to discuss mechanistically how rivers respond to the introduction of in‐stream woody vegetation. Finally, a hybrid method of meander design is proposed herein where managed vegetation plantings are used to trigger or force the desired morphologic response, transforming a straight, degraded reach into a more functional meandering corridor. It is envisioned that such numerical models could become the primary tool for designing future stream restoration programs involving vegetation and assessing the long‐term stability of such activities. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

犯罪热点时空分布研究方法综述

犯罪在地理时空内并不是均匀分布的,而是表现出明显的时空聚集特性,这种聚集性常用“犯罪热点”表述.基于对犯罪热点的理解,从犯罪热点时空分布模式、犯罪热点成因分析以及犯罪热点时空转移及预测等3 个方面总结了当前国内外犯罪热点时空分布相关研究方法的进展.最后,对该领域研究进行了总结与展望.总体上,国内相关研究较少,尚需进一步结合中国国情,提出适用方法.另外,也需要通过相关犯罪理论的深入研究以及其他领域研究方法的借鉴,实现犯罪热点时空分布研究方法的突破与创新.     

Tectonic significance of the present relief of the Betic Cordillera

Tortonian calcarenites of the Betic Cordillera were deposited in coastal or very shallow marine environments and represent an ideal marker for estimating vertical movements from the late Miocene to the Present. A map showing the heights at which these Tortonian marine rocks are situated has a clear correlation with the present relief, indicating that today's relief has been formed since the Tortonian. There is also a good correlation between present relief and the Bouguer anomaly distribution in the Betic Cordillera, as well as with crustal thickness. Likewise, the present relief is directly related to the geodynamic setting of a horizontal N–S to NNW–SSE compression and an almost perpendicular extension, along with isostatic readjustment, existing in the Betic Cordillera from the Tortonian. As a result of these regional stresses, faults and folds have produced notable vertical movements. The highest rates of uplift of the Betic Cordillera coincide with large antiforms, in particular those of the Sierra Nevada and the Sierra Filabres. Several subsiding sectors also exist (for example, the Granada Basin or the Guadalquivir Basin). The foreland Guadalquivir Basin has a complex history because the uplift in its eastern sector and subsidence in the western sector coexisted during the late Tortonian. Today the whole Betic Cordillera is characterized by differential regional uplift, even in the aforementioned subsiding sectors.     

An approach for quantifying geomorphological impacts for EIA of transportation infrastructures: a case study in northern Spain

A methodological proposal for the assessment of impacts due to linear infrastructures such as motorways, railways, etc. is presented. The approach proposed includes a series of specific issues to be addressed for each geomorphological feature analysed—both ‘static’ and ‘dynamic’—as well as a series of steps to be followed in the process.Geomorphic characteristics potentially affected were initially identified on the basis of a conceptual activities/impacts model that helps to single out geomorphic impacts related to environmental concerns for the area. The following issues were addressed for each individual impact: nature of potential effects; indicators that can be used to measure impacts; criteria of ‘geomorphologic performance’; procedure for measurement/prediction of changes; translation of geomorphologic impacts into significant terms from the viewpoint of human concerns; possible mitigation and/or compensation measures.The procedure has been applied to a case study corresponding to a new motorway in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Geomorphological impacts considered in this analysis included: (1) consumable resources; (2) sites of geomorphological interest; (3) land units with high potential for use, high productivity or value for conservation; (4) visual landscape; (5) slope instability processes. The procedure has been designed for implementation in a Geographic Information System (GIS) environment. Details are given on the application of the method to each individual impact analysed and results are presented in both numerical and map form.Impacts assessed were initially expressed by means of heterogeneous magnitudes, depending on the geomorphological feature considered. Those geomorphological impacts were then translated into significant terms and homogeneous magnitudes. Integration was carried out on the basis of impact values thus obtained. Final integrated results were also expressed in numerical and map form.The method proposed enables comparison of alternatives as well as ‘prediction’ and assessment of impacts in terms directly related to geomorphic characteristics. It also facilitates the expression of those impacts in terms that allow integration with other types of environmental impacts.     

汕头市土地利用空间格局的景观生态学分析

根据不同利用类型土地生态效应的异同,对汕头市2003年1∶1万比例尺土地更新调查数据的土地分类系统进行调整,将全部土地景观划分为耕地、林地、园地、草地、居民点及工矿、交通、裸土地和水域等8类.在GIS的支持下,提取各类型土地景观斑块的数目、面积和周长等信息,据此对斑块景观的数量、面积和形状等特征,以及区域景观的多样性、均匀度和优势度,集中性和区际意义等进行分析,从而总结出全市范围及六区一县土地利用空间格局的景观生态学特征.     

Cities on edge: Smuggling and neoliberal policies at the Iguazú triangle

The vision of a borderless world, of people, ideas and products freely circulating within a self‐regulating market, is one that clashes with the emerging legal regime based on the punitive force of the state. After a period of liberalization, seen in the opening of national economies and the promotion of regional trade projects and free‐trade zones, the ambivalence of neoliberalism is manifest in a borderless capitalism that ambiguously depends on the securitization of national borders. Such a changing regime of state intervention is clearly seen at the Iguazú triangle – the tri‐border urban conglomerate that straddles Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina – where the illegality of informal cross‐border trading has been tolerated for decades. Recently stepped up police raids and controls hinder the passage of people and goods, while a new fiscal regime introduced in 2009 in Brazil attempts to regularize cross‐border trafficking by turning petty smugglers into micro entrepreneurs. Petty smugglers – dubbed sacoleiros– can hardly be defined as entrepreneurs and do not constitute an identifiable category of entrepreneurship but, as typical in the informal sector, act on opportunity and need. Drawing on ethnographic research, this paper contextualizes the programmes for border controls and regularizing smuggling inspired by neoliberal ideology in South America.     

论海权与航空母舰时代的中国海军建设

随着全球化进程的加快,中国正日益走向世界。作为连接世界各大洲的媒介,海洋对于中国未来的发展具有越来越重大的意义。然而,中国的海洋利益正不断遭到周边国家侵蚀。为保卫自身的海洋权益,中国必须发展自身的海权。发展海权的核心之一在于建设强大海军,中国现有的海军力量尚不足以担负起这个重任。为了满足国家利益和国家战略的需要,中国海军必须在军种战略、编制体制、兵力结构等方面进行调整,并在科学技术、军事训练等方面取得长足进步。     

Watermarking of digital geospatial datasets: a review of technical,legal and copyright issues

Gathering data accounts for more than 80% of the cost of any GIS project. Fast Internet connections and digital datasets threaten the investments of data producers through data piracy. Outside the GIS community this problem has been known for a long time, and possible solutions exist for digital imagery, formatted text, 3D meshes and so on, showing possible links to typical spatial data. This is largely achieved through embedding hidden information in a dataset without producing perceptible changes in the data, a process known as watermarking. The producer can recover the embedded information on request in order to produce evidence of ownership in a court, so the overall strategy relies on a legal basis rather than technical ones. This paper analyses the state-of-the-art for watermarking protection in digital geographical datasets. Digital imagery is demonstrably a more mature area than geographical information, even with multiple commercial vendors offering watermarking protection. 2D vector and point datasets have received less attention from the research community; however, 3D meshes have been considered by the CAD community and a handful of techniques are available for that case, and they are reviewed here.     

非常规探测资料在江西一次暖区暴雨过程分析中的应用

综合运用风廓线雷达等多种非常规探测资料,对江西省2013年6月29日暖区大暴雨进行分析,并对比6月28日锋面暴雨,归纳总结短时大暴雨发生的一些前兆信号及可用指标。结果表明:1)风廓线雷达能直观反映暴雨区附近中小尺度扰动、近地面弱冷空气入侵、急流脉动发展等特征,1.5—4 km高度层出现16 m/s以上急流对暖区暴雨发生有利,对强降水的发生有1—3 h提前指示作用。2)0.5—1.5 km高度层正的风垂直切变带对应降水发生发展,正速度带中大于4 m/s风速切变对应下游降水加强。3)PWV值在强降水发生前常出现持续上升或波浪上升。PWV值达到65 mm且维持较长时间,同时配合动力触发条件,有利于强降水的发生;PWV值低于60 mm并持续性下降,对应降水趋于减弱停止;强降水落区出现在湿舌前端的PWV等值线密集区内。4)此次强降水主要发生在TBB小于-40℃区域前端的等值线密集区和地面辐合线附近,且地面辐合线的强度、移向与新生单体的发展密切相关;强回波不断在地面辐合线附近合并加强形成"列车效应",雷达回波上逆风区、急流核、速度对等特征的出现有利于强降水的维持。     

IKONOS影像在矿山环境遥感监测中的应用——以白银煤矿区为例

选取以地下开采方式为主的白银煤矿区为研究区,以IKONOS卫星影像数据为主要信息源,在遥感解译与野外验证的基础上,对研究区内矿山环境的现状进行了分析。研究表明IKONOS融合图像对于煤矿区的监测效果理想,较好地实现了对矿业活动占地情况、矿山地质灾害以及矿山周边环境的监测。