Surveying general prospects and challenges of GIS implementation in developing countries: a SWOT–AHP approach

We propose a combined method based on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to investigate the challenges and prospects of adopting geographic information systems (GIS) in developing countries. In this context, we identify, group, and analyse SWOT indicators in relation to the main GIS components: data, people, and technology. The relative significance of each SWOT indicator and its related SWOT groups in each GIS component is quantified. The method is then applied in a situation assessment of GIS adoption in the governmental organisations and strategic planning. The SWOT–AHP approach proves to be very useful in identifying and quantifying the relative significance of the major factors affecting GIS implementation, and effectively facilitates GIS strategic planning.      

海洋环境治理的政策选择

海洋经济的发展必然给海洋环境带来冲击,解决海洋环境问题需要政府、企业和公众三方的共同努力。本文在对海洋环境政策进行结构分析的基础上,从政府与企业关系的角度,对海洋环境治理的政策选择模式进行了具体分析。     

泵吸反循环灌注桩钻进泵量选择的探讨

砂石泵泵量的选择是泵吸反循环钻孔灌注桩钻进工艺的关键,通过公式演算,提出泵吸反循环钻孔灌注桩钻井泵量的选择方法。     

试论区域旅游发展战略新模式——以湖南省常德市为例

针对当前区域旅游发展战略存在的空泛性和操作性等问题做了分析,从"战略"的词义出发,对区域旅游发展战略概念的内涵和外延做了全新的诠释,并构建定位模型.以湖南省常德市为案例,通过对旅游背景、旅游资源特质以及旅游市场特征的阐述,采用国际通用的SWOT进行分析,提出了常德旅游发展战略的概念以及需要回答的旅游地性质定位、旅游产业定位、旅游市场定位、旅游产品定位、旅游形象定位和旅游城市定位等战略定位,为丰富和完善区域旅游发展战略理论提供一种新的探讨.     

The unresolved controversy over nuclear power: A new approach from complexity theory

We explore the controversy over nuclear power by looking at the plurality of narratives that have emerged throughout its history. We find a lack of consistency between the visions of nuclear power put forward by governments and industry and the experience associated with economic viability, nuclear accidents, waste handling, and so on. We use the conceptual tool of holon from complexity theory to provide a link between the models used for the governance of nuclear power and the realization of those models. The analysis of the holon over time reveals a systemic inconsistency between the way in which the story about nuclear energy is told and the experience gained after implementing nuclear energy according to the story. This inconsistency is due to the incompatible levels of observation used by different social actors endorsing different perspectives. The implementation of nuclear power has been based on the engineering view, focusing on the functioning of the nuclear power plant considered in abstraction from the wider implications of the adoption of this technology on the environment, on the economy, and on society. We cross-check this narrative with the societal metabolism view in order to provide a long term perspective of the interdependencies between nuclear power and the complex socio-economic system in which it is embedded. We conclude that the controversy over nuclear power may be treated as a problem of contrasting beliefs and normative values in clear disjunction from experience. The analysis presented in this paper suggests that more attention should be given to the quality of the narratives used in policy making.     

Policy Change and Venue Choices: Field Burning in Idaho and Washington

Grass seed farmers have burned their fields in Idaho and Washington State for decades. Field burning, however, creates small particulate matter air pollution, thus engendering a growing public backlash by the 1990s that manifested itself in new clean air advocacy groups. The new groups’ push for policy change eventually met with significant success in both cases. How did each set of advocates approach the challenge of policy change? More specifically, what kinds of policy venues did each group choose and why? This research uses the cases to explore and explain each clean air group's choices vis-à-vis hypotheses of venue choice. Three hypotheses are tested—Schattschneider's (1960 Schattschneider , E. E. 1960 . The semisovereign people . New York , NY : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston . [Google Scholar]) “expanded scope of conflict” thesis, ACF's (Sabatier and Jenkins-Smith 1999 Sabatier , P. , and H. Jenkins-Smith . 1999 . The advocacy coalition framework: An assessment . In Theories of the policy process , ed. P. A. Sabatier , 117 – 166 . Boulder , CO : Westview Press . [Google Scholar]) contention that groups strategically apply their resources in order to increase the likelihood of achieving their primary goal(s), and Pralle's (2003 Pralle , S. B. 2003 . Venue shopping, political strategy, and policy change . J. Public Policy 23 : 233 – 260 .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar], 2010 Pralle , S. B. 2010 . Shopping around: Environmental organizations and the search for policy venues . In Advocacy organizations and collective action , ed. A. Prakash and M. K. Gugerty , 177 – 203 . Cambridge , MA : Cambridge University Press .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) thesis that internal group constraints deter groups from moving into new venues.     

Ecosystem-based marine spatial management: Review of concepts, policies, tools, and critical issues

Conventional sectoral management and piecemeal governance are considered less and less appropriate in pursuit of sustainable development. Ecosystem based marine spatial management (EB-MSM) is an approach that recognizes the full array of interactions within an ecosystem, including human uses, rather than considering single issues, species, or ecosystem services in isolation. Marine spatial planning and ocean zoning are emerging concepts that can support EB-MSM. EB-MSM is driven by high-level goals that managers aim to achieve through the implementation of measures. High-level goals and objectives need to be translated into more operational objectives before specific targets, limits and measures can be elaborated.Monitoring, evaluation and adaptation are necessary to ensure that marine management measures are both effective and efficient. Solid monitoring frameworks are the foundation of adaptive management, as they provide the necessary information to evaluate performance and the effectiveness of management actions. Marine protected areas (MPAs) - possibly set up in networks - constitute a key component in EB-MSM policies and practises and have been applied as a cornerstone in conservation of marine biodiversity, management of fish populations, development of coastal tourism, etc. Moreover, MPA experiences have provided methods and concepts (such as zoning) to a wider EB-MSM context. The assignment of values to biophysical features of the marine environment allows the direct assessment of related management choices and may assist EB-MSM.A range of monetary valuation techniques have been proposed to reduce attributes of goods and services to a single metric. However, in the marine environment such an approach is often over simplistic, and thus less reductive techniques may be necessary. Rather than producing a single metric, the results of non-monetary assessments guide policy allowing weight to be given as necessary to potential areas of conflict and consensus.Strategies to take into account climate change effects and geohazard risks in EB-MSM have been applied or proposed worldwide. EB-MSM regimes must be alert to such risks and flexible to account for changes.     

重力异常延拓计算积分半径的选择及远区效应

基于球谐展开和两分量模型,推导了基于Poisson积分方程的重力异常延拓的远区效应截断误差的函数表达;研究了近区半径、移去重力场阶次、延拓高度与远区效应截断误差之间的相互关系.数值分析表明,当延拓高度为1 000m时,移去360阶的重力场模型,积分半径大于0.5°能保证远区效应截断误差可以忽略;当移去2160阶的重力场...     

对铬铁磨球组织选择的理论探讨

通过对磨球运动、受力状况和磨损机制及其影响因素的分析，提出了对磨球使用性能的要求；应用材料科学基本理论，重点探讨了铝铁磨球组织选择的方法、原则和依据。结论是：根据磨球的工况条件，准确判断磨球的磨损机制是合理选择磨球组织的前提。     

Linux嵌入式系统根文件系统的选择与制作

Linux操作系统做为嵌入式系统近年应用越来越广泛，Linux根文件系的装载是Linux内核启动期间进行的最后操作之一，它是Linux嵌入式系统的一个重要组成部分，系统地分析了Linux嵌入式系统根文件系统的类型，内容选择以及制作方法。