European capital cities as political frontiers

The capital is the centre of the established order but it always had to accept a relatively uncontrollable world of individuals redefining urban space in their own way or pioneering new means of support. As their existence is both a political nuisance and a foreshadowing of institutional changes (sometimes revolutionary) of nation-wide importance, I call such ways of life political frontiers. One may wonder what will become of political frontiers in the information society (or postmodern society) that, apart from borderless, has been described as society without a centre as well. Actually information society is the prototype of a frontier society with self-responsible groups and individuals. However, capitals – even stripped of their governmental functions – may offer a symbolical environment (a condensation of space and time) that precisely satisfies the wants of those who wish to politicise a way of life. Niches for pioneering behaviour may get dispersed over a wider territory but new types of political activity will gravitate to the capital even if the capital's official political status has dwindled.     

三峡库区城镇居民地移民迁建分布规律的分析与应用

针对三峡库区移民安置规划中的实际需求,本文以三峡库区秭归县为例,分析了居民地空间分布类型、规律,并结合人口空间化模型,对研究结果的应用作了探讨,进而对居民地空间分布规律进行了验证。     

论网格与网格地理信息系统

文中论述和分析了网格、空间信息网格和地图上的格网等概念。在分析目前WebGIS的主要关键技术及实际功能和效果的基础上,从软件和数据两个方面分析了目前WebGIS存在的问题及其原因。针对目前WebGIS对于网格技术的不适应性,提出了关于基于多智能代理的网格地理信息系统的思考,论述了代理、移动代理和智能代理及其优势,给出了系统的体系结构,并对系统客户端、服务器及其智能代理技术进行了说明,研究了系统中移动代理的设计、迁移机制、巡回路线规划和通信机制等。最后给出了初步的结论和讨论意见。     

数字城市地理空间信息公共平台的设计

数字城市建设的目的是实现城市各种信息的数字化共享,地理空间信息是数字城市建设的基础信息,如何实现数字城市地理空间信息的共享是数字城市建设过程中的基本问题。在以往的数字城市建设中,地理信息往往作为城市某些职能部门的“私有”信息,其共享性得不到保证,严重影响了数字城市建设。地理空间信息公共平台的设计目的是实现地理信息共享。阐述的公共平台的系统设计主要分为公共基础空间数据库的建立、地理空间信息共享环境的设计以及地理空间信息公共技术平台设计3个方面的内容。     

Electrification of volcanic plumes

Volcanic lightning, perhaps the most spectacular consequence of the electrification of volcanic plumes, has been implicated in the origin of life on Earth, and may also exist in other planetary atmospheres. Recent years have seen volcanic lightning detection used as part of a portfolio of developing techniques to monitor volcanic eruptions. Remote sensing measurement techniques have been used to monitor volcanic lightning, but surface observations of the atmospheric electric Potential Gradient (PG) and the charge carried on volcanic ash also show that many volcanic plumes, whilst not sufficiently electrified to produce lightning, have detectable electrification exceeding that of their surrounding environment. Electrification has only been observed associated with ash-rich explosive plumes, but there is little evidence that the composition of the ash is critical to its occurrence. Different conceptual theories for charge generation and separation in volcanic plumes have been developed to explain the disparate observations obtained, but the ash fragmentation mechanism appears to be a key parameter. It is unclear which mechanisms or combinations of electrification mechanisms dominate in different circumstances. Electrostatic forces play an important role in modulating the dry fall-out of ash from a volcanic plume. Beyond the local electrification of plumes, the higher stratospheric particle concentrations following a large explosive eruption may affect the global atmospheric electrical circuit. It is possible that this might present another, if minor, way by which large volcanic eruptions affect global climate. The direct hazard of volcanic lightning to communities is generally low compared to other aspects of volcanic activity.     

对豫西南两次历史地震的甄别与复核

历史地震调查是核电厂和大型水利枢纽等重大工程建设场地地震安全性评价的重要内容之一。近来，本文作者在参与完成河南核电项目选址阶段地震安全性评价任务的过程中，曾对豫西南地区的历史地震进行过调查。兹将其中两次较为重要的历史地震的甄别与复核结果介绍如下，希望对相关的研究工作和今后修编地震目录有所裨益。     

工程物探方法在上海城市建设与管理中的应用

工程物探是各学科和地球物理学的交叉学科,是目前应用地球物理领域中的一个重要的分支,它以地球物理学的理论、方法和技术来研究和勘查各种地球物理场的变化,提取人类活动(工程)对地质体原有状态的影响,探测地下目的体,评价工程质量,为工程的选址、建设、施工质量及安全性做出评价。上海城市建设工程物探的应用和相应的方法技术及工作程序,可供非物探专业的工程技术人员参考和借鉴。     

A Network Model for Dispersion of Communicable Diseases

The spread of communicable diseases through a population is an intrinsic spatial and temporal process. This paper presents an individual‐based analytical framework for modeling the spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the disease transmission. The framework specifies a network model structure and six associated parameters. These parameters describe the properties of nodes, the properties of links, and the topology of the network. Through this model structure and associated parameters, this framework allows the representation of discrete individuals, individualized interactions, and interaction patterns in a network of human contact. The explicit representation of the spatial distribution and mobility of individuals in particular facilitates the modeling of spatial heterogeneity in the disease transmission.     

A multi-equation spatial econometric model,with application to EU manufacturing productivity growth

A multi-equation spatial econometric model is used to explain variations across EU regions in manufacturing productivity growth based on recent theoretical developments in urban economics and economic geography. The paper shows that temporal and spatial parameter homogeneity is an unrealistic assumption, contrary to what is typically assumed in the literature. Constraints are imposed on parameters across time periods and between core and peripheral regions of the EU, with the significant loss of fit providing overwhelming evidence of parameter heterogeneity, although the final model does highlight increasing returns to scale, which is a central feature of contemporary theory.      

高光谱影像数据预处理技术评价

高光谱影像数据预处理是构建高效的影像数据库以及实现地理目标成分信息反演与地理目标识别的基础。本文从反射率演算、光谱微分技术以及高光谱影像数据的降维处理等三个方面对高光谱影像数据预处理进行了研究。实现了基于高光谱影像的反射率反演算法，针对高光谱遥感数据影像分辨率比较低的现状，提出了直方图均衡化、色调平衡、对比度调整等影像处理算法，并给出了实验结果。