Centralized power and divided space: `Fractured regions' in the Israeli `ethnocracy'

This paper uses a critical political-geographical perspective to account for the high centrality of power found in Israel. It suggests that the concentration of power have not been solely caused by national solidarity and integration or by metropolitan development, as commonly explained, but also by the territorial `fracturing' of the main social and ethnic groups in Israel/Palestine. This has prevented the emergence of effective pressure for regional devolution. Israel's character as a settler and settling state, and its central project of Judaizing contested territories, enabled the Israeli `ethnocracy' and its (mainly Ashkenazi and secular) elites to create a political geography of `fractured ethnic and social regions'. Dispersing minorities and legitimizing segregation and inequality, all in the name of the `national interest', achieved this. The Israeli political landscape is therefore organized as `fractured regions', each representing a distinct and interconnected, yet geographically dispersed, set of localities, and resembling a `chain of beads'. The logic of dispersal and segregation, in turn, has also influenced patterns of development and residential separation within Israel's main urban areas. Thus, ethnic and social fragmentation and conflict, and not a putative process of national or metropolitan integration, can explain much of Israel's highly centralized power structure.     

福建龙卷风的活动特点

分析福建千余年２５次的龙卷风记载，得出如下几点认识：（１）福建的龙卷均在春夏两季，且几率相近；１９４９年以来的１２次龙卷有１１次出现于１３－１８时（占９２％），另一次是上午９时（占８％）。空间分布为：沿海地区有２０次，占８０％，内陆５次，占２０％，且有多发挥地段，（２）龙卷风多出现于低压，高温，高湿点附近，天空以积雨云占多数，地面多有强风相伴，（３）福建１２次龙卷风的诱发系统为：台风（６次，均在７     

永登5.8级地震的社会经济影响

本文详细介绍了永登５．８级地震引起的各种不良社会现象和政府采取的相应措施，同时，就这次地震造成的经济损失和重建家园的经济预算进行了详细的介绍和估算。可供从事地震社会学的同行在防震减灾工作中参考。     

珠江三角洲工业地域分工研究

本文从专业化部门的数量和发展水平以及专业化部门地区分布和组合两方面揭示珠江三角洲工业地域分工的基本特点。指出新形势下虽然不少县市存在专业化部门多而不精，工业结构趋同的问题，但珠江三角洲地域分工格局已开始形成。文章还讨论了形成工业地域分工特点的原因并提出了完善地域分工的措施。     

旅游供给与需求的空间关系研究

本文研究旅游供给与旅游需求的地域分布规律和空间联系特征，提出了旅游供给与需求的空间模式以及二者之间的动态平衡关系。并根据我国旅游供需分布特点，以大城市为中心，分析了不同地域旅游供需关系。     

模糊空间分维在地震活动时空演化研究中的应用

本文把模糊分维方法应用于地震活动时空演化研究,当中.给出了强震和中强震活动模糊空间分维的确定方法,并通过计算不同小区的模糊空间分维随时间的变化曲线来研究地震活动的时空演化特征.以华北及西南地区地震活动性时空演化图象为例进行了具体分析研究.所得结果表明,大震前地震活动的模糊空间分维D_0~(2)要出现下降异常,并且大地震发生在D_0~(2)减小的地区(西南)或先减小而后达到高值(华北)的地区.     

关于大地电磁的静校正问题

本文从理论上严格地论述了大地电磁测深曲线静态位移的原理,简单介绍了目前国内外所采用的静校正方法,并着重分析了我们所用的压制表层电性不均匀干扰的办法及其效果。     

滑坡灾害预测研究概况

本文以文献资料为依据,阐述了滑坡灾害的严重性、人类活动与滑坡灾害的伴生性,并从减轻灾害的角度,分析了滑坡灾害空间预测和长时间预测的重要意义及其研究趋势。     

Some features of the arid area variations over India: 1871–1984

Spatial variability of the annual rainfall over drier regions of India is studied by examining the variations in the arid areas. A long period (1871–1984) arid area series has been prepared for the entire country, including the two broad subregions of North India and Peninsular India, using annual rainfall data from 306 well distributed stations. Following an objectively determined criterion based on rainfall amount alone, the yearly area under arid conditions is obtained by totalling areas which received annual rainfall totals less than 560 mm. The interannual variability of the arid area series is large and its distribution is highly right-skewed, demonstrating large spatial variations in the annual rainfall over India. Statistical tests do not suggest any significant long-term trend in the arid area series, but persistently low values of the arid area after 1941 are noteworthy. Implications for the study of risk analysis and assessment of drought and desertification processes are discussed.