RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN EL HATILLO, NICARAGUA: GENDER, NEOLIBERALISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK

El Hatillo is a rural community in the Sébaco valley in Nicaragua, which suffers from an eroding resource base, high levels of poverty and malnutrition, and a high susceptibility to hazards. Structural adjustment policies have been devastating for small and subsistence farmers and have increased the level of economic, social and environmental marginalisation in rural Nicaragua. This paper explores initiatives to promote sustainable development in Nicaragua in the context of structural adjustment and environmental degradation. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in El Hatillo, it outlines the ways in which women in this community are attempting to address the multiple challenges of rural poverty and environmental risk and considers the potential of these strategies for gender equality.     

Impacts of afforestation on groundwater resources and quality

Plans to double the proportion of land under forest cover in Ireland by the year 2035 have been initiated. The plan, primarily financially driven, ignores potential environmental impacts of forestry, particularly impacts on groundwater resources and quality. Since groundwater supplies almost 25% of Ireland's total potable water, these impacts are important. Field investigations indicate that afforestation leads to a reduction in runoff by as much as 20%, mainly due to interception of rainfall by forest canopies. Clearfelling has the opposite impact. Implications are that uncoordinated forestry practices can potentially exacerbate flooding. Groundwater recharge is affected by forestry, largely due to greater uptake of soil water by trees and to increased water-holding capacity of forest soils, arising from higher organic contents. Recharge rates under forests can be reduced to one tenth that under grass or heathland. Groundwater quality may be affected by enhanced acidification and nitrification under forests, due partly to scavenging of atmospheric pollutants by forest canopies, and partly to greater deposition of highly acid leaf litter. The slower recharge rates of groundwater under forests lead to significant delays in manifestation of deterioration in groundwater quality. Electronic Publication     

The influence of land use change on karst water quality of Shuicheng Basin in Guizhou Province

The influence of land use and land cover on ecological environment is a focus of global change research. The paper chooses an industrial city-Shuicheng in Guizhou Province-as a study area because the karst water quality around the city is deteriorating with land use and land cover change. The natural susceptibility of karst water system is an important factor leading to karst water pollution. But land use and land cover change is also a main factor according to the chemical analysis of karst water quality and land use change. So it is a good way to protect karst water through rational planning and managing of land use and land cover.     

基于扫描矢量化地图数据生产的数据质量控制

概述了基于扫描矢量化GIS数据的生产过程 ,介绍了扫描矢量化质量控制的策略和方法 ,在地图扫描阶段采用栅格图纠正的方法对地图的变形进行纠正 ,以提高矢量化原图的质量 ,在基于扫描矢量化GIS数据的生产过程中 ,可从算法和软件使用工艺方面提高数据的质量     

高精度住房空置率的地理空间影响因素定量研究

为揭示住房空置率对地理空间因素的依赖性,本文首先以50 m×50 m格网为基本单位,通过建模等方式计算格网尺度的住房空置率、自然因子、社会因子,然后对研究区进行不同级别的划分和相关性分析,最后采用地理探测器法对自然因子的影响机制进行进一步研究。结果表明：①研究区住房空置率与所选地理空间因子均呈显著性相关,植被占比对住房空置率的影响程度最大,其他自然因子的影响程度普遍偏小;②由于非建成区尚处于快速发展阶段,有较大的发展潜力,因此非建成区对于社会因子和自然因子的依赖程度均大于建成区;③各街道的住房空置率受坡度的影响程度普遍小于其他自然因子,各因子两两之间的交互作用对住房空置率的解释力具有显著增强的效果。本文为小区域住房空置率的影响因素剖析提供了参考。     

国家测绘档案目录数据库升级迁移技术研究及实践北大核心CSCD

针对国家测绘档案目录数据分类多及历史原因造成的数据库欠缺整体规范性、无规范化空间定位索引等问题,为提高测绘档案的管理和服务效率,通过深入分析国家测绘档案目录数据特点、选取试验数据,规范化处理测绘档案目录数据、制作空间定位索引数据,采取渐进式测绘档案目录升级技术方案,在测绘档案业务管理系统开发建设的同时,顺利地实现了历史测绘档案目录数据的迁移和升级,避免了以往系统先建成而目录数据尚未完成迁移改造对测绘档案业务工作的影响。     

Land quality index assessment for agricultural purpose using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)

In this study, an attempt has been made to apply Remote Sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) to determine land quality for agriculture purpose using analytic hierarchy process technique. In this study, various thematic layers were used like organic matter content, soil texture, soil depth, soil pH, soil P, soil K, geomorphology, run-off potential, slope and land use/land cover to assess the land quality index of the study area for the agriculture purpose which were generated in the RS and GIS environment. The study area can be divided into four zones, viz. high quality, moderately quality, marginally quality and low quality according to their suitability of land quality for agriculture purpose. It was found that about 39.09, 31.24, 20.41 and 9.26% of the study area falls under high quality zone, moderately quality, marginally quality and low quality zone, respectively, for agricultural purpose.     

西安市城市部件普查成果质量评价研究

结合西安市城市部件普查成果,根据成果质量表现形式及特征,总结了部件普查成果的质量评价内容和检验方法,并通过实践加以验证,提高数据质量评价准确率,降低数据不当评价的可能性,促进城市部件成果普查技术规范发展,高效广泛应用.     

第三次全国国土调查质量控制技术探讨

如何做好第三次全国国土调查(以下简称"三调")的质量控制,保证三调数据成果质量,成为该项工作能否圆满完成的关键所在.笔者根据从事三调工作积累的经验,介绍了实施三调工作的技术路线,提出了市县级"五位一体"的三调质量控制流程,并详细阐述了三调工作全过程质量控制的检查要点和方法.从基础层面保障三调质量管理工作有序高效,确保三...     

耦合GF-2遥感影像与街景影像的广州市城中村识别

及时准确地获取城中村的空间分布及其环境质量信息对于优化城市空间、改善人居环境具有重要意义。本文以广州市越秀区为例,提出了耦合GF-2高分遥感影像和百度街景影像的城中村识别方法。首先,从街景影像中提取越秀区的街道空间品质特征;其次,在对高分遥感影像预处理并进行多尺度分割的基础上计算光谱、形状、纹理、场景特征和建筑结构5类共计23个特征;最后,融合两种影像的特征用于构建随机森林分类器进行城中村识别。结果表明,基于高分影像和基于街景影像的城中村识别整体精度分别为94.5%和85.7%,Kappa系数分别为0.58和0.31,而两者融合后的分类精度和Kappa系数为96.1%和0.67;其中基于街景影像获取的度量街道空间品质的5个指标贡献了31.6%的特征重要性。鸟瞰视野高分影像和人本视角街景影像提供的信息综合互补,构建了更有区分度的特征空间,减少了城中村的错分现象。本文证实了高分影像和街景影像在特征尺度的融合提升了城中村识别精度。街景影像中的信息可以融入到高分遥感影像等数据源中,辅助进行城中村等非正规居住空间的识别。