Contextualizing public art production in China: The urban sculpture planning system in Shanghai

This research examines urban sculpture production to understand how a public art (called “urban sculpture” in China) scene is produced in the country, using Shanghai as a case study. Theories of Chinese urban planning are innovatively applied. The findings generate theoretical implications for “contextualizing” public art production in geographical studies. All the chief officials in charge of urban sculpture planning in Shanghai were interviewed, and documentary analyses were conducted. The article argues that urban sculptures are conceived of as both symbolic capitals and didactic tools in the cultural policies of Shanghai. Urban sculpture planning plays an important role in coordinating and manipulating development of symbolic resources to advance urban entrepreneurialism within the ideological framework of the Communist Party’s leadership. The main features of the urban sculpture planning system of China are twofold: (1) The two-tier planning structure combines a master plan at the municipal level and detailed plans for site analysis and design guidance at the district level, all collaboratively working to create an attractive city image for urban entrepreneurialism. (2) An authoritarian style of planning system controls the contents and expression of urban sculpture within the ideological framework of urban sculpture planning.     

预报科学

世界各国和各地区的环境预报中心的主要任务是向本国、本地区和全球公众发布科学的环境预报,包括天气、水、气候和空间天气的预报。气象学家与其他科学家合作,一起制作可靠、及时、准确的分析结果、指导意见、预报及预警,以确保人们的生命和财产安全,促进全球经济的发展,以满足人们日益增长的对环境信息的需求。为了更准确地制作预报、更好地服务大众以及最大限度地减少生命和财产损失,这里提出了＂预报科学＂思想。预报科学包括现代观测系统的资料收集、观测与预报信息的实时交流、各种科学技术的发展、无缝隙预报以及公共服务等。预报科学可以概括为三个相互独立的部分,即科学性、工程性和艺术性,且三者存在相互作用。总之,天气预报是大气与环境服务的重要组成部分;预报科学的科学性、工程性和艺术性均服务于天气预报、服务于人民。     

水电工程经济评价的不确定性及其研究现状

影响水电工程经济评价指标的因素众多,且关系错综复杂,本文对几个风险因子的风险分析及风险组合方法作了简要回顾.这些风险因子的划分主要从方便研究的角度出发.此外还简述了水电工程投资多目标风险决策的进展.     

上海佘山风景区废弃采石坑环境治理对策

上海佘山风景区是国家旅游度假区所在地 ,是唯一的基岩集中出露区。其间有 7家采石厂以下挖式进行石材开采 ,遗留采石坑占地近 1 4× 1 0 4 m2。采石坑存在重大安全隐患 ,并对环境景观造成严重影响。本文结合度假区总体建设规划 ,提出采石坑环境治理对策 ,并论述其可行性。采用注水是综合效应良好的可行方案     

Angels of memory: photography and haunting in Guatemala City

This article explores the relationship between historical memory, urban space, and photography by way of a case study: the place-specific public art of the Guatemalan photographer and human rights activist, Daniel Hernández-Salazar. As one of a growing number of Latin American artists committed to combating the “institutionalized forgetfulness” of human rights violations throughout the hemisphere, Hernández-Salazar deploys geographically-rich photographic installations to help his society remember its difficult past. The installations, known as Street Angel, are like ghosts haunting the graves of the murdered, fortresses of the powerful, bastions of the complicit. By shedding light on these ghostly angels, this article reveals the important role of photography, as a crucial vehicle of memory, in bearing witness to the unimaginable horrors that consumed much of the twentieth century, as well as that technology’s limitations. It also shows how remembrances of those atrocities depend on urban space for their grounding, articulation, and maintenance. Finally, by probing the artistic impulse and political sensibility that created Guatemala City’s angels of memory, it makes the case that, in the combustible political climate of post-war Central America, the work of remembering the past is not an antiquarian exercise: the labor of memory is a fundamental component of building a just society.

Artists as property owners and small-scale developers

This paper interrogates the role of artists as city builders by critically examining the relationship between artists, property ownership, and development. The ebb and flow of arts-led property development along one downtown arterial corridor, James Street North, in the mid-sized, post-industrial city of Hamilton, Ontario offers insight into the role of artists in the social context of property development processes. An analysis of the locally contingent responses of individual artists as property actors – their motivations, actions, and strategies – reveals how urban development processes are socially framed. This examination of property development conditions challenges current popular assumptions concerning the relations of artists and property and the assumed relative powerlessness of artists in city building. Small-scale artist-developers in this mid-sized city are pivotal, yet underappreciated, agents in the real estate sector, with the power to collectively impact upon both the city’s built form and the spatial stickiness of its local art scene.     

湖泊富营养化模型的研究现状与发展趋势

生态模型是湖泊富营养化研究和湖泊生态系统管理的重要手段。20世纪60年代起,湖泊富营养化模型的发展经历了从单层、单室、单成分、零维的简单模型到多层、多室、多成分、三维的复杂模型。根据复杂性特征将湖泊富营养化模型分为:简单的回归模型、简单的营养物平衡模型、复杂的水质、生态、水动力综合模型和生态结构动力学模型,总结了其发展历史和主要特征;在此基础上,讨论了湖泊富营养化模型的存在问题和发展趋势。     

艺术参与下的乡村空间重构

21世纪以来,艺术参与乡村实践逐渐形成一股风潮,一定程度上影响着乡村发展转型与重构。本文基于乡村三重空间模型,结合以行动实践捕捉权力形式的框架,通过综合比较艺术参与乡村的不同实践模式,分析艺术参与下的乡村空间重构表现,并进一步探讨其影响机制,以期为艺术助推乡村振兴提供审慎参考。首先,乡村空间重构表现如下：乡村地区的突变往往作为显著特征,包含物质空间的结构性改变;乡村表征由话语权力主体进行再定义,以艺术方、当地政府和社会资本为主导力量;乡村生活则因此充满混杂与不确定性,与村民的日常生活、传统观念产生碰撞;此外,其每一部分都与其他部分相互作用。再者,乡村空间重构受到内源性因素和外源性因素的共同影响,二者持续相互作用,在一定时间的积累后,促进民众参与和集体认同,从而推动乡村在新阶段的转型与发展。     

砌体填充墙框架结构抗震性能研究现状与展望

针对砌体填充墙框架结构在地震作用下的受力特点,分析了填充墙钢筋混凝土框架结构产生震害的主要原因。结合国内外砌体填充墙框架结构理论和试验研究成果,围绕填充墙的刚度退化规律和不同性能水平的层间位移角,评述了填充墙框架结构的研究现状。最后,结合基于性能的抗震设计理论背景和禁用黏土实心砖提倡节能的政策背景,指出了今后应以实现基于性能的抗震设计为目标,针对新型砌体填充墙框架结构开展系统研究。     

类电影艺术:旅游景区属性的一种假说

首先从旅游规划的角度对旅游景区的艺术属性进行讨论后认为:景区不仅仅是风景画,也不仅仅是剧院,作为一种艺术作品,景区更像是游客参与演出的电影.其次从7个方面阐述了景区与电影艺术之间存在的一系列类比关系:相关人员之间,旅游资源与剧本素材之间,景区主题与电影主题之间,旅游活动与故事情节之间,景观与场景之间,景区空间结构与电影演进结构之间,景区类型与电影类型之间.