Heavy Metal Pollution in Sediments from Aquatic Ecosystems in China

We conducted an analysis of heavy metals content, including As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, and Zn in sediments from aquatic ecosystems in China measured in recent publications. Then, we evaluated the extent of heavy metal pollution in these ecosystems in seven different industrial districts in China (Dongbei, Huabei, Huazhong, Huanan, Huaxik, Xibei, and Huadong) with the potential ecological risk index. We found that Cd was the most concentrated pollutant, followed by Hg and As, while Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn were found in low concentrations in sediments from all types of aquatic ecosystem in China. Sediments collected from all seven industrial districts were heavily polluted, and the sequence, from most to least polluted was Dongbei>Huabei>Huazhong>Huanan>Huaxi>Xibei>Huadong. All four types of aquatic ecosystem were found to be seriously polluted and the sequence, from most to least polluted was: river>sea>lake>wetland. Specifically, Cd and Hg were the most serious pollutants in all four aquatic ecosystems, and As was also a serious pollutant in rivers. For the seven industrial districts studied the sea was the most polluted ecosystem in Dongbei, the river was the most polluted ecosystem in Huabei, Huanan, Huazhong, and the lake was the most polluted in Huadong, Huaxi, and Xibei.     

Flex技术在海洋倾倒区信息系统中的应用

根据海洋部门在倾倒区管理工作中积累的经验和现行倾倒区管理方法及标准,充分利用Flex技术,设计开发了上海市海洋倾倒区信息服务系统。该系统有效地将倾倒区环境监测信息、倾倒监视管理信息及分析评价、水深地形监测、倾倒许可证等信息有机地结合起来,通过历史资料比对、模型预测、监测信息分析与评价,为倾倒区管理提供更科学、全面的依据,实现了海洋倾倒区管理的信息化,为海洋环境管理部门提供了决策支持。     

GIS在饮水安全管理与规划中的应用与展望

GIS已在水质监测与评价、用水量预测、饮水安全系统开发、水源保护和规划等方面得到不同程度的应用,为解决饮水安全问题作出了一定的贡献。运用人工智能、3S等新技术、新方法,实现饮水安全的多维模拟、应急管理、饮水工程规划,是实现饮水安全与GIS有机结合的主要途径。     

基于地理信息云服务的现代企业管理模式

如今,现代企业对地理空间信息服务的需求日益增多,传统的信息管理模式已越来越不能满足企业发展的需求,企业管理模式急需全面革新与升级。本文从超图云服务在企业管理中的应用出发,结合GIS、云计算、网格化管理等先进的技术,描述了企业服务平台的7大可在线调用的功能模块,阐述了地理信息云服务在企业生产运营的整个作业链中给企业带来的价值。     

清华山维EPSEM房产空间管理系统转换亿图软件的技术实现方案

介绍了当前福州市更新房地产信息管理软件亿图软件,由存量房产测绘成果转换到亿图软件带来的问题,提出了利用C#及AutoCAD的二次开发工具ObjectARX开发技术解决这些问题的方法并进行了总结。     

宅基地使用权登记发证工作探讨与思考

农村宅基地管理是土地管理的重要组成部分,涉及千家万户,关系到农民切身利益。在宅基地使用权确权、登记和发证工作中,应当积极思考和探索符合当地特定条件的方法和做法。规范管理和合理使用宅基地能够有效维护农民利益和社会稳定。     

国家重大工程资料整理归档的方法与实施

从国家重大工程项目的立项论证、实地勘察、图纸设计、施工监理招标、建设施工、设备采购、调试安装、试运行及验收等方面,详细阐明了文档资料归档的种类、组织实施的主体依据方法、验收移交管理要求等,规范了重大专项工程建设文档资料归档的管理,对专项工程项目文件资料归档管理具有参考指导意义。     

Assessing relevance of tweets for risk communication

ABSTRACT

Although Twitter is used for emergency management activities, the relevance of tweets during a hazard event is still open to debate. In this study, six different computational (i.e. Natural Language Processing) and spatiotemporal analytical approaches were implemented to assess the relevance of risk information extracted from tweets obtained during the 2013 Colorado flood event. Primarily, tweets containing information about the flooding events and its impacts were analysed. Examination of the relationships between tweet volume and its content with precipitation amount, damage extent, and official reports revealed that relevant tweets provided information about the event and its impacts rather than any other risk information that public expects to receive via alert messages. However, only 14% of the geo-tagged tweets and only 0.06% of the total fire hose tweets were found to be relevant to the event. By providing insight into the quality of social media data and its usefulness to emergency management activities, this study contributes to the literature on quality of big data. Future research in this area would focus on assessing the reliability of relevant tweets for disaster related situational awareness.     

Sweet Auburn: Constructing Atlanta's Auburn Avenue as a Heritage Tourist Destination

Utilizing redevelopment plans created by Central Atlanta Progress, this study explores the process of constructing a heritage tourist landscape on Atlanta's Auburn Avenue. Once home to the wealthiest African American community in the United States, Auburn Avenue went through a period of economic decline in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2000, planners for the City of Atlanta focused on redeveloping the Auburn Avenue corridor. At that time, Central Atlanta Progress began to update plans to convert Auburn Avenue into the United States' premier African American tourist destination. Utilizing those plans, this article argues that the city's redevelopment vision ties into particular aspects of African American identity, which link to neoliberal economic policies in an effort to turn Auburn Avenue into a "culturetainment" district. This vision is juxtaposed against the reaction of community residents who seek an alternative redevelopment vision.     

The National Archives and Public Records

Abstract

The article provides an overview of the huge cartographic holdings of The National Archives (TNA). It continues by outlining the procedures by which records are selected for permanent preservation by TNA.