Managing side effects of cultural tourism development: The case of Zhouzhuang

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湖南紫鹊界梯田申请世界遗产SWOT分析

湖南新化紫鹊界梯田申请世界遗产,具有“梯田”这一特殊资源申请的优势,但自身也存在一些劣势,面临着巨大的机遇和挑战。通过与广西龙胜梯田和云南元阳哈尼梯田对比发现,三处梯田各具特色。紫鹊界梯田虽然具有历史悠久、规模壮观、文化内涵丰富的特点,尤其是有天然的花岗岩岩溶裂隙水灌溉系统的相对优势,但总体来说,先天优势,后天不足,特别是在规划保护、对外宣传上存在明显的弱势。由此湖南新化紫鹊界梯田申请世界遗产可采取两种方案:一是单独申请,二是三处梯田联合申报世界双重遗产。第二种方案相对来说集优势于一体,结合了故宫申请世界遗产的捆绑拓展模式,因此申报成功的可能性要大一些。     

World cities and territorial states under conditions of contemporary globalization II: Looking forward, looking ahead

The influence of globalization on the future study of political geography is investigated through research on world cities. It is argued that political geography, like most social science, has been excessively state-centric in its organisation and that this will not help in understanding new transnational processes within contemporary globalization. Study of the state should not be abandoned, of course, but it must be set in a new context where much politics takes place beyond the state. This is illustrated through using the world city network as an alternative spatial framework to the world political map. The political geography of the twenty first century will have to incorporate traditional concern for political areas with new concerns for power networks in more subtle geographies than heretofore.     

当代世界经济格局与我国对策分析

本文在分析当代世界经济发展走势的基础上,着重分析了发展中国家所面临的机遇和挑战,旨在指出我国适应全球经济发展的对策。笔者认为,我国在当代世界经济格局中既有优势,也面临许多困难。只有积极地加入世界经济全球化和一体化的轨道,有效地实施科教兴国战略,发展国家经济,增强竞争能力,维护国家安全才是我国在全球经济大趋势下的重要举措。     

全面推进“三世工程”，创建桂林国际旅游名城新局面

桂林“三世”工程指申报世界文化与自然遗产、申报世界岩溶地质公园、创建桂林世界喀斯特博览园三项工程。桂林“三世”工程申报有着优良厚实的基础,它将给创建桂林国际旅游名城带来新的契机,成为有效保护桂林岩溶山水景观资源和打造“桂林特色旅游航母”、做大做强广西旅游的龙头;同时也是全面建设小康社会的需要。“三世”工程具有开创性、全局性、前瞻性的重要战略意义和现实意义。      

World cities and international organizations: Political global-city status of Chinese cities

In this study, the authors use a political perspective to explore the relative global status of cities in China. Two questions are addressed. Firstly, by using international organizations as the subjects and quantitative analysis of the spatial distribution of their offices, the overall position of Chinese cities in the global distribution of international organizations is estimated. The results show that 22 Chi- nese cities are involved in international political affairs. Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou dominate these activities and have high po- litical global-city status. Secondly, through qualitative analysis of Guangzhou City, the authors explore how its status as a center for intemational organizations has been shaped in recent years. The locational decision-making process is analyzed and the factors are demonstrated at both national and city scales. The definition of international organizations as used in this study refers not only to those supranational bodies that have the ability to manage relations across states （such as the European Union）, but also those in- ter-governmental organizations （IGOs）, international non-governmental organizations （INGOs） and diplomatic representatives and delegations that today also manage and regulate relations between and among states.     

全球不同地区强震与地球自转之间的关系分析

对全球及一些地区地震在地球自转速率长周期变化的加速和减速段里年发生次数进行了分析,得到的结果表明,就全球地震而言,减速期7级以上地震年发生次数似乎略高于加速期,8级以上地震年发生次数似乎相当,没有明显差异,8.5级以上地震年发生次数似乎比加速期里高.太平洋东带和太平洋北带的地震,在减速期的年发生次数似乎一致地比加速期略...     

中国的世界地理研究进展与展望

本文总结近年来中国地理学家在世界地理学科领域的研究进展,并分析指出其存在的问题及未来的发展方向。近年来,地缘政治日益成为世界地理学者研究的热点领域,研究成果涉及地缘政治学相关理论,世界热点地区的地缘政治格局变化趋势以及大国与周边地区地缘政治形势对中国的影响等;国际投资和跨国公司地理一直是世界地理学者关注的重点领域,近年来尤其在跨国公司研发全球化问题的研究方面取得了一些重要成果;此外,在世界城市和区域发展的实证研究以及全球资源与环境治理方面也有不少成果。由于种种原因,当前我国世界地理学科的发展尚存在许多问题,一是研究力量薄弱,二是研究水平不高,三是研究经费严重不足。这三方面的问题互为因果,致使世界地理学科的发展处境每况愈下。为此,作者提出振兴世界地理学科的行动计划,包括组织举办“地理学与中国全球战略高层论坛”;加强全球性重大问题的专题研究;加强周边国家以及与我国经济关系密切国家的综合研究等。     

REALISM AND THE PRACTICE OF GEOGRAPHY*

Realism is a philosophy of science wherein researchers attempt to identify structures and agents present in society and how they tend to act. Philosophical debates over realism, which have often been confrontational, have clouded the practical contributions of a realist approach to substantive research. The latter is the focus of this paper. Many realists combine several bodies of theory to explain the complexity of societies. In using these theories, realists clarify the distinctions between questions concerning observable phenomena and the processes that create them. A realist approach illuminates the elusive nature of social “facts” and the problems of meaning, interpretation, and understanding in researching the social world.