Power Europe: EU and the illegal,unreported and unregulated tuna fisheries regulation in the West and Central Pacific Ocean

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities are widely considered a main cause of unsustainable fisheries across the globe. The EU has taken a leading role in the fight against IUU fishing, using both its market and normative power to advance its EU IUU Regulation (no. 1005/2008) and wider fisheries sustainability agenda outside its territory. This paper examines how successful the EU has been in using its market and normative power to influence regulatory strategies and frameworks governing tuna fisheries in the Pacific Islands region of the Western Pacific Ocean. The results indicate that while the market power of the EU remains an influential factor, the diminishing normative power of the EU in WCPO is weakening any attempts to implement its IUU fishing regulation and Pacific Island nations have promoted their own regulatory agenda. We conclude that the changing asymmetries between market and normative power has led to a differentiated geography of regulatory uptake, and while market power will remain a dominant strategy for the EU, normative power, when exercised should focus on cooperation rather than ‘teaching’ the benefits of an EU regulatory approach.     

核电厂沉积岩岩基激振试验研究

岩基是核电厂Ⅰ、Ⅱ类物项的承载基础,其动力参数取值对核电厂抗震设计意义重大.目前,我国核电站岩基以块状火成岩为主,其动力参数取值和试验成果较少,而有关层状岩体结构的核电站沉积岩岩基动力参数取值和试验研究则未见报道.本文以我国首个以沉积岩为岩基的核电厂为例,基于振动基本理论,设计了自由振动和强迫振动激振实验,并对比了垂直层理水平方向和沿层理水平方向的激振试验结果,旨在获得首个沉积岩核岛岩基的岩基阻尼比、抗剪刚度和抗弯刚度等动力参数,以期为类似工程提供设计依据.试验表明:由自由振动和强迫振动获得的某核电站呈层状岩体结构的沉积岩核岛岩基动力参数相近,岩基抗压刚度系数为21.4-28.83MN/m3;岩基抗剪刚度系数为15.44-22.68MN/m3;岩基抗弯刚度系数为44.24-60.72MN/m3;岩基竖直向阻尼比为7.34%-7.68%;岩基水平回转向第一振型阻尼比为7.43%-7.44%;垂直层理水平方向和沿层理水平方向试验成果的各向异性指数为0.9%-7.5%;动力参数呈弱各向异性.试验结果首次给出了该核电站沉积岩岩基的动力参数取值范围,对具有相似岩基的核电厂抗震设计有较好的工程参考价值.     

2013年芦山MS7.0地震震源区背景噪声源特征分析

应用背景噪声互相关信息研究强震前后地下介质波速变化时,噪声源的方位性特征会影响互相关函数形态,从而对波速变化有效估计造成影响。本文使用2013年芦山M_S7.0地震震源区附近的天全台(TQU)2013年全年的连续波形记录,计算其垂直分量的噪声功率谱概率密度函数,分析背景噪声源能量强度特征;并通过频域极化法计算噪声源极化率以及极化方位角的概率密度函数,研究噪声源的极性特征。结果表明,研究区小于0.05Hz的长周期噪声源种类较多,且具有噪声能量强度和极化程度较高、极化方位性明显的特点;第一类地脉动(0.05～0.1Hz)极化方位角为30°和210°,噪声能量较低;第二类地脉动(0.1～0.5Hz)极化方位角分布在150°～210°,噪声能量较高,且其能量强度具有季节性变化特征;大于1Hz的高频噪声主要来自人类活动,噪声能量水平受人类活动强弱影响明显。因此,即使在远离海洋的大陆地区,在利用背景噪声监测局部波速变化时,应注意噪声强度以及噪声源方向性变化的影响。     

The ebb and flow of power: British flood risk management and the politics of scale

This paper examines the rescaling of flood risk management (FRM) in Britain over the past 70+ years. Drawing on recent research in geography and elsewhere – which has engaged the politics of scale literature with the rescaling of water and environmental governance – we seek to illustrate the mis-match between the rescaling of the geographical unit of management and the nexus of power and control of those engaged in FRM. For those seeking positive examples of multi-level decentralised governance in water resource management, where power is shared across the spatial scales, our historical analysis struggles to find evidence. Rather, despite attempts to ‘hollow-out’ the state through the scaling ‘out’ and ‘down’ of FRM responsibilities, our evidence suggests that the control over key decision-making tools, resources and other modalities of power remains in the hands of a few key national-level decision-makers; it is the responsibility that has been decentralised, not least to those at risk of flooding. The application of the politics of scale theorising in a FRM context is innovative and, importantly, our case study demonstrates that such politics does not have to involve open conflict but is much more subtle in its deployment of power.     

In the name of Development: Power,profit and the datafication of the global South

We examine the current ‘datafication’ process underway in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and the power shifts it is creating in the field of international development. The use of new communications and database technologies in LMICs is generating ‘big data’ (for example from the use of mobile phones, mobile-based financial services and the internet) which is collected and processed by corporations. When shared, these data are also becoming a potentially valuable resource for development research and policy. With these new sources of data, new power structures are emerging within the field of development. We identify two trends in particular, illustrating them with examples: first, the empowerment of public–private partnerships around datafication in LMICs and the consequently growing agency of corporations as development actors. Second, the way commercially generated big data is becoming the foundation for country-level ‘data doubles’, i.e. digital representations of social phenomena and/or territories that are created in parallel with, and sometimes in lieu of, national data and statistics. We explore the resulting shift from legibility (Scott, 1998) to visibility, and the implications of seeing development interventions as a byproduct of larger-scale processes of informational capitalism.     

福岛第一核电站事故及核污水排海进入中国海路径及其影响

自2011年3月日本福岛第一核电站事故发生以来,其对中国海的影响一直备受国内高度关注。基于近10年的研究成果,本文综述了福岛第一核电站事故释放的放射性核素进入中国海的海洋传输路径主要为表层环流和模态水(亚热带模态水和中央模态水),经表层环流和模态水到达中国海的时间尺度分别在10—15年和2—3年之间。对比分析福岛第一核电站事故前后可知:南海¹³⁷Cs活度持平,黄海¹³⁷Cs活度稍有降低,但东海¹³⁷Cs活度有所升高。鉴于目前有限的监测站位和短期的观测时间,福岛第一核电站事故对中国海的影响程度大小还有待于长期监测和进一步的评估。同时针对日本政府宣布福岛第一核电站核污水排海计划,分析了其潜在的风险和指出了未来的研究方向。     

河源台地电专用电源和外线路故障查修方法

对C-ATS地电仪专用观测电源的原理和特点进行了简要介绍,并对其供电电源和外线路故障的查修方法作了较详细的阐述,列举故障实例,逐一说明检查维修过程.最后指出地电台站工作人员掌握一定的故障排查维护经验非常必要,对仪器的安全运行,及其产出数据的可靠性和连续性都有积极意义.     

美国田纳西河流域地区综合开发与城镇化

田纳西河流域地区原为美国典型的贫困地区,经过60年开发建设,1990年时已接近美国平均发展水平。通过实地调查考察,本文分析了该区综合开发与城镇化过程,及其区域城镇体系特征,指出其城镇化经验对于我国黄河上中游等内陆欠发达地区具有重要的借鉴意义。     

汶川与昆仑山强烈地震激发的地球自由振荡频谱的对比分析

强烈地震激发的地震波信息非常丰富,高频信息能量部分会在小范围短时间内迅速衰减,而低频信息特别是较低频信息能量部分则衰减较慢,会绕地球很多圈后才会消耗殆尽,从而激发地球的自由振荡.虽然地球自由振荡的固有频率不变,但不同震源机制的地震激发的地球自由振荡频率成分会随着震级、震源机制、方位等的不同而有显著差别.本文利用2008年5月12日汶川(M_w7.9)地震与2001年11月14日昆仑山(M_w7.8)地震这两个能量震级相当但震源机制不同的地震,基于地震波传播理论,考虑横向各向同性PREM地球模型并融合Crust2.0地壳模型、S20RTS地幔模型及PREM径向衰减模型,利用谱元法结合高性能并行计算,对这两次强烈地震激发的全球地震波传播进行了数值模拟,计算它们激发的地球自由振荡频谱特征差异.计算结果显示了汶川地震的逆冲-走滑特性及昆仑山地震的水平左旋走滑特征.利用理论计算得到的地震波动记录进行功率谱密度估计对比分析,研究结果显示这两次强烈地震释放的低频信息能量大小相当,但总体上看昆仑山地震释放的能量略小于汶川地震的.对比分析表明,不同地震激发的地球自由振荡模式在同一台站处的发育程度不同;同一地震激发的地球自由振荡在不同台站处记录到的振型频率成分也有很大差异.对于不同地震激发的地球自由振荡,有一些频率成分共同出现,表现为地球自由振荡功率谱能量均较大;也有一些振型由于相长干涉,仅在某些地震中被激发而得以良好发育,表现为功率谱能量明显较大;而一些振型由于相消干涉,在一些地震激发方式下被压制,表现为功率谱能量明显很小,甚至接近于0.计算结果清楚地显示了不同地震激发方式下地球振荡模式丰富而复杂的特性,需要对不同地震激发的地球振荡信息进行综合深入的分析,才能对地球内部结构尤其横向不均匀特性给予全面的科学解释.     

CAWS600型自动站采集器供电系统故障分析与检修方法

针对采集器电源供电系统出现的各种故障进行分析,提出检测流程和解决措施。