Proximity,subjectivity, and space: Rethinking distance in human geography

This paper critically reviews the current status of the concept of distance in human geography in order to argue that recent experimentally-driven work in construal-level theory offers ample opportunities for recasting distance as a key geographical trope. After analysing the four entangled dimensions of distance revealed by construal-level theory (spatial distance; temporal distance; social distance; and hypothetical distance), the paper articulates this research program from experimental psychology with geographical work on non-representational theory, geographical imaginations/imaginative geographies, learning as a geographical process, TimeSpace theorising, and ontogenetic understandings of space. It is argued that the subjective understanding of distance afforded by construal-level theory can rescue distance from its entrenched association with positivistic geography and spatial analysis.     

犯罪数量与危害的空间分布及建成环境影响——基于北京市刑事案件的纵向研究

既有犯罪地理研究存在“重犯罪数量、轻犯罪危害”“多横向分析、少纵向分析”“求本地影响、弃空间依赖”等局限。为此,论文利用2012—2017年北京刑事案件、兴趣点、道路网等3期面板数据,以个案刑罚结果衡量其社会危害性,探究犯罪发生数量与危害程度的空间结构,厘清建成环境对两者的影响异同。研究表明：① 犯罪数量与危害均呈集中集聚格局,但犯罪危害的集中程度高于数量、集聚程度低于数量、稳定程度相对偏弱。② 如防卫空间理论所言,高强度土地利用、多样化城市功能、通达的次干道支路网、邻近诱发地都对犯罪数量和危害发挥正向作用,后者所受影响更大。③ 建成环境的上述影响大多存在空间依赖,3D维度和商业场所具有集聚溢出效应,管制较严的教育科研机构、公园广场、旅馆、公交站、停车场、居民区表现出内低外高式的空间竞争效应。     

Secularization in the Netherlands in its historical and geographical dimensions

The Netherlands is one of the most secularized countries in the western world. The aim of this paper is to put the secularization process in both historical and geographical perspective. As a mass process secularization started in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and accelerated from the sixties of this century onwards. The first concentrations of non-denominationalism could be found in the (Protestant) countryside of Friesland and Groningen as a consequence of profound social cleavages. Then, the big cities in the west took part in the process and more recently even the Catholic areas were affected due to the cultural revolution of the sixties and early seventies. Two counterforces were analysed: a religious revival within the Protestant community and the increasing proportion of Muslims and Hindus as a consequence of immigration and high fertility levels. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

批判地缘政治学视角下原住民组织对北极事务的参与和影响

从自发组建的非政府组织到北极事务中颇具影响力的权力组织,原住民组织已经成长为北极事务中不可忽视的利益攸关方。在获取北极事务参与权及实施行动决策中,北极原住民组织展现了独特的思考和实践。基于批判地缘政治学的理论视角观察因纽特环北极理事会为代表的原住民组织的发展历程,发现：（1）北极原住民组织强调基于文本生产的知识权力获取方式;（2）制度性参与是原住民组织的主要行动路径。北极事务参与权的获取及针对性行动策略的实施帮助原住民组织成功影响和重塑了北极的治理理念、身份认同与地理空间,推动北极地区向着善治和良治发展。通过对因纽特环北极理事会案例的解析,可以为中国拓展自身在北极地区的合作空间提供参考。     

地名注记自动配置研究

该文在总结现有的注记自动配置方法的基础上,认为应该从优化理论和规则库相结合的方面来处理注记自动配置的问题;同时讨论了注记配置中涉及的优化理论问题,把它作为注记自动配置和算法设计的依据,具有一定的作用和意义。并指出注记自动配置在地理信息系统中的研究方向和应用领域。     

我国GIS研究进展述评(2011～2015年)——兼谈GIS在城乡建筑遗产保护领域的应用

对2011 ～2015年间GIS相关研究进展做了述评.对GIS在城乡建筑遗产保护领域的应用与实践做了简述,对GIS在传统民居地理学领域的应用做了一些探索.     

SEDIMENTARY PROCESS OF THE CENOZOIC BASIN AND ITS RESPONSE TO THE SLIP-HISTORY OF THE ALTYN TAGH FAULT, NW CHINA

SEDIMENTARY PROCESS OF THE CENOZOIC BASIN AND ITS RESPONSE TO THE SLIP-HISTORY OF THE ALTYN TAGH FAULT, NW CHINAtheprogramsof ( 1)theYoungGeologistsFoundationoftheMGMR (No .Qn979812 ) ;;( 2 )theNational (No .G19980 4 0 80 0 ) ;;and ( 3)the     

China and the changing economic geography of coffee value chains

For the past three centuries, the economic geography of the global coffee sector has been characterized by the supply of beans from tropical countries for consumption in North America and Europe, with various modes of value chain coordination enacted by lead firms to ensure reliable and affordable supply. This pattern is now fundamentally changing, with growth in coffee consumption in emerging markets, including China, exceeding that in established markets. But China is not only a growing consumer market, it is less well known that rapidly increasing agricultural production in Yunnan province of southwest China has also inserted the country as an important source region for coffee, and this has been pivotal in facilitating the emergence of Chinese lead firms in the sector. This article presents the emergence of China, and Chinese firms, at a critical juncture for the structure and governance of the global value chain for coffee. The processes through which this is occurring are outlined, and the implications for regional development prospects across Southeast Asia are discussed. We argue that the changing economic geography of coffee value chains, and their increasing driven‐ness by Chinese actors, is starting to reshape the regional coffee industry in profoundly new ways.     

Space–time opportunities for multiple agents: a constraint‐based approach

Constraint‐based models and models constructing accessibility measures mainly focus on single agents having only one available transport mode. However, numerous cases exist where multiple agents or groups of individuals with different available transport modes want to participate in a joint activity at a certain location. The aim of this paper is to provide new insights into representing and reasoning about feasible space–time opportunities for multiple agents. Relying on concepts of time geography, we propose a conceptual framework in order to determine interaction spaces for groups of individuals. Besides availability of means of transport and the locations of each individual, minimum activity duration and opening hours of opportunities are taken into account. The reasoning about space and time is visualized in three dimensions using a hybrid (CAD/GIS) system.     

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