Creative industries in the tropics: Reflections on creativity and northeastern Australia as place

This paper explores the concept of creativity and place as relevant to Cairns and Townsville in northeastern Australia. These two provincial cities are key to the economic and population growth of northern Australia and as such are the focus of renewed interest from all levels of government. While the creative industries sector in each location is significant, to date there has been no research specifically exploring the views of industry participants in terms of the creative strengths, impediments and opportunities across the region. Interviews with 38 creative industries participants were completed, revealing the significant benefits and challenges associated with being located in a remote tropical environment where the concept of place is strong. The interviews also reveal a number of potential growth strategies for the sector in each location that have the potential to inform policy and urban development approaches not only in the tropical north of Australia but also more broadly across the country. That is, the findings provide further evidence in support of the need for ongoing research into the particular contributions of regional and rural cities to the global creative economy.     

Place invaders: Identity,place attachment and possum control in the South Island West Coast of New Zealand

The pesticide 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) is used in New Zealand as the primary means of controlling the Australian brushtail possum, a problem pest. This study identified place and its role in identity as an important mediator of the perspectives of those that either strongly supported or opposed its use. Individuals' differing constructions of place influenced the way they perceived ‘others’ as a threat to their place and their views on control of its management and protection. This study may contribute to a new understanding of the importance of place in this and other similar natural resource disputes.     

地物状态时空演化模型与地图数据库更新的数学表述

制图区域内的地物状态是时间的函数,地物位置和属性的时空演化是地物状态的表征。根据地物位置和属性的时空变化,给出现势地物、消失地物和新生地物的定义。由于地图数据库是自动化制图的基础,维护数据库的现势性关系着地图的质量。论述地图数据的现势性检测,给出数据库的现势信息集、删除信息集和增补信息集的定义,对地图数据库更新给出数学表述。     

Whiteness or Resilience? Placing Terror by Studying the Charleston,South Carolina Mother Emanuel Church Shooting

How do ideas of place support the development of racialized identities in times of terror violence? We situate this paper in the “deep” south via the shooting of 9 black churchgoers by a white supremacist. We explore how the community mobilized after the massacre, and in what ways it relied on ideas of place. While many claimed that the community exemplified resilience, we demonstrate a process of re-racialization. We analyzed local media to document place framing. This frame was recirculated in reporting of residents’ expressions about the tragedy. We conducted interviews with community leaders to deepen our understanding. We find that while place played a powerful role in the resilience narrative, the resilience was ultimately one of a city of whiteness. We advance several points: (1) whiteness adapts in times of terror; (2) place is important in the security studies; and (3) place also plays a role in attenuating fear.     

灾难地居民集体记忆、地方认同、地方保护意愿关系研究——以汶川地震北川老县城为例

从记忆地理和地方感角度,探讨2008年汶川地震重灾区北川老县城的人地关系。通过定性与定量相结合的方法,研究了灾后居民集体记忆的维度,探讨了灾后集体记忆、地方认同、地方保护意愿的特征。运用结构方程模型,揭示了灾后集体记忆（灾难记忆、创伤情感、抗灾记忆、观念启示、怀旧记忆）、地方认同、地方保护之间的关系。研究显示,灾后积极的抗灾记忆、观念启示、怀旧记忆对于提升地方认同具有显著影响,而地方认同对于提升地方保护意愿具有显著影响。结果对于了解居民灾难心理、地方感、灾后行为有一定帮助,对于灾后遗址保护有一定借鉴意义。     

基于“地方场域”视角的中国旅游研究反思

旅游作为一种社会实践在政治经济发展和社会文化变迁中起着重要的作用。中国改革开放40年在见证旅游蓬勃发展的同时,也产生出了诸多令人担忧的自然环境和社会问题。新时代背景下,党的十九大对中国旅游发展提出了新的要求,需要我们重新反思当前的旅游发展模式和未来发展理念。鉴此,本文在考查西方当前旅游发展和研究趋势特点的基础上,结合中国旅游发展和研究的现状,针对旅游研究理念亟待创新的要求,提出“地方场域”这一理论框架。文章基于重构地方本体论的讨论,将旅游、邂逅与地方整合进相互关联的框架中,旅游可以概念化为：人与人以及人与非人等流动性主体通过邂逅和相遇的过程,所形塑的不断变化的有关经验性的、体验性的、反思性的以及实践性的地方场域（个体旅游场域）。旅游场域是一个不断变动的过程,也是一个交织着权力关系的政治化实践过程,是不同旅游主体所建构的地方场域之间冲突和融合的总体（总体旅游场域）。研究强调了有意义的时空相遇过程,不期而遇（邂逅）和平常的遇见（相遇）二者结合在一起才能共同反映旅游的日常生活化真谛。最后,本文从旅游发展自身的改变和旅游研究的改变入手,提出基于地方实践、基于批判反思、基于技术变革、基于参与共建和基于跨学科研究这五种知识生产模式抑或称之为未来的研究方向,以期打开未来旅游研究的本体论政治议程的对话窗口,并为新时代旅游发展和学术研究提供借鉴参考。     

旅游者在场情感体验建构：理论模型与实证检验

以社会建构主义为视角,分析了在场阶段中游客情感体验建构的理论结构模型,识别出地方感和关系承诺等在场情感体验建构的2个直接影响因素,通过结构方程模型实证检验了该理论模型及各结构要素间的作用关系。研究表明：物理情境和社会情境是在场情感体验建构的2个概念要素,并构成了旅游者在场情感体验建构的理论结构模型。地方感与关系承诺是在场情感体验建构的直接影响要素,地方感中的地方认同与地方依赖分别从情感和功能层面正向影响旅游者的情感体验。关系承诺除对情感体验产生直接影响外,还中介了地方感对情感体验的影响。最后,提出游客情感体验提升的建议。     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Australia and New Zealand: Economy, Society and Environment. Reviewed by Terry Birtles
Global Environment Outlook 2000 – UNEP. Reviewed by Chris Park
Environment, Energy and Economy. Reviewed by Gordon Walker
Perspectives on British Rural Planning Policy 1994-1997. Reviewed by Richard Yarwood
Earth Surface Systems. Reviewed by Tony Parsons
Ecoviolence: Links Among Environment, Population, and Security. Reviewed by John Kirkby
Environment and Philosophy. Reviewed by Adrian Martin
Rehabilitation of Rivers: principles and implementation. Reviewed by Lindsey McEwen
Urban Growth and Development in Asia. Volume 1: Making the Cities. Volume II: Living in the Cities. Reviewed by Jonathan Rigg
The Hydrology of the Nile. Reviewed by Declan Conway
Geological Hazards: Their assessment, avoidance and mitigation. Reviewed by John Grattan
Living with the Unexpected: Linking Disaster recovery to Sustainable Development in Montserrat. Reviewed by David K. Chester
People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East: Environments and Landscapes in the Bilâd ash-Shâm. Reviewed by Marianne Edwards
The Random Spatial Economy and its Evolution. Reviewed by Gordon L. Clark
Sustainable development in Central Asia. Reviewed by Jonathan Warner     

人文主义地理学--当代西方人文地理学的一个重要流派

为了避免空间分析等学派分析的机械性和将人地关系物化,人文主义地理学正面探讨了地理学人地关系中的人的主观能动性,对地理学中的各种现象和问题有其独特的视角分析.该文概述当代西方人文主义地理学的形成背景及发展过程,对其哲学基础和研究方法进行分析,同时介绍和评价人文主义地理学研究的核心内容.     

基于场所的GIS中的不确定性问题及分类框架

基于场所的GIS直接表达人类地理空间知识的管理和加工过程,而不确定性是人类智能的基本特点,因此GIS的智能化需要研究其中的不确定性问题。与传统的GIS相比,基于场所的GIS中的不确定性问题更为丰富,既包括随机性,也包括含糊性,而不确定性的主体既可以是地理要素、场所和空间关系,也包括命题和规则。该文介绍该领域相关的研究成果,基于不确定性主体、类型、表达手段及相关的活动4个视角,建立了基于场所的GIS中所涉及的不确定性框架,从而为相关的不确定性建模提供指导。