Housing affordability and residential mobility as drivers of locational inequality

This paper applies established methods from population geography to assess the impact of Australia’s emerging housing affordability crisis in shaping the distribution of Australia’s population into more or less advantaged places. Using a whole of population measure of locational advantage/disadvantage, we analyse the characteristics of movers, their reasons for moving, and their pre and post move residential outcomes. We find evidence at the population level of a ‘two-speed’ process, where - on average - Australians are moving to slightly more advantageous locations, but more vulnerable groups undertake more frequent, multi-step moves to disadvantaged areas. Housing affordability is found to be the key driver of the selective migration of some Australians into less advantaged places. The paper highlights the dynamic character of places, the increasing importance of housing affordability as a determinant of population distribution, and signals a need to look beyond simple place-based interventions.     

经济地理学视角下中国经济新常态的格局与类型划分

面对外部国际需求萎缩,内部支撑经济高速增长的传统人口红利、资源环境红利等逐渐衰减,中国经济增长将面临逐步回落到中低增速的“新常态”。从经济地理学角度开展针对中国经济新常态这一新事像及其格局研究具有重要意义。以全国31个省区单元（港澳台除外）为研究尺度,通过关键指标,分析了中国经济新常态的格局态势,开展了类型划分。结果表明：近年来,中国财政收入、电力消费量、铁路货运量指标,主要行业门类,以及投资、出口和消费的增速均呈现明显下降,绝大多数省区与全国发展态势保持一致。将全国31个省区划分为较快增长、下行压力较小和下行压力较大3类区域,下行压力较大区域细分发展阶段型、整体衰退型、能源原材料型以及其他等4种类型,不同类型区域具有明显的地理集聚特征。针对这一轮经济下行风险,不同地区应采取不同的对策,重点关注东北区域的整体衰退风险,以及山西等省能源原材料省区的经济下行风险。     

Provenance of gravity-flow sandstones from the Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Farsund Formation,Danish Central Graben,North Sea

Through the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous gravity-flow sandstones were deposited in the Danish Central Graben. These gravity-flow sandstones were deposited within mudstones of the Farsund Formation which is the main source rock in the area, and they are thus potential oil and gas reservoirs. The petrography and geochemistry of the sandstones show good intra well relations and several local geographical relations, which may indicate that they were derived from multiple locally sourced flows and not merely by one basin-axial flow system. The gravity-flow sandstones deposited in the eastern part of the basin are less mature and richer in, especially, carbonates and albite compared to previously deposited Jurassic sandstones and simultaneously deposited sandstones in the western part of the Danish area. This may indicate a division of the basin in an eastern and a western provenance province. This study addresses the provenance of the gravity-flow sandstones by petrographical and geochemical analyses in order to derive possible shared detrital sources as a means of understanding the transport system(s) of the gravity flows.     

Trace elements migrating from tailings to rock varnish laminated sediments in an old mining region from Nelson,Nevada, USA

The dispersion and influence of soluble and particulate trace elements(TEs) present in the materials from abandoned mines is an imminent problem on terrestrial and aquatic environments.The goal of this research is to provide a broader view of such transport,assessing particle size distribution and TE interactions(e.g.,scavenging) with mine tailings and locally derived sediments transported by water in arid region.Sand grains from wash sediment were collected from a dry ephemeral wash in Nelson,N...     

新冠肺炎疫情精准防控的时空间行为地理学研究框架

面向新冠肺炎疫情精准防控的重大需求,时空间行为地理学可以发挥其独特的学科价值。以时间地理学、行为主义地理学、移动性地理学等时空间行为的地理学经典理论为基础,以时空路径表达、活动的复杂情境分析、风险感知地图分析为核心方法,以时空间行为风险评估、居民时空间行为规划与引导、心理情绪引导与智慧社区治理为重点应用方向,尝试搭建疫情精准防控的时空间行为地理学研究框架。未来时空间行为研究应该立足人本导向、流动性导向和应用导向,突出时空间行为地理学在城市规划、城市管理、居民服务等方面的应用价值。     

2006年度地理学基金项目评审及成果分析

文章介绍了国家自然科学基金2006 年度地理学项目受理、评审与资助的总体情况;分析了在研的2003 年和2004 年批准的地理学基金项目执行情况,着重剖析了2003 年批准项目的成果产出数量与水平;阐述了2002 年批准的地理学基金项目取得的突出进展。     

'You Gotta Love This City': The Whitlams and inner Sydney

This analysis of music in cultural geography, in the context of the inner Sydney-based band, The Whitlams, traces the creative links between sounds, 'scenes' and places. Based in Newtown, The Whitlams are associated with political values, evident in the band's name, and social values tied to and opposed to urban changes, such as gentrification, where community is threatened. The band's lyrics emanate from their experiences, challenging commercialisation of city life at different scales and reflecting the anomie of city living, but defending its virtues, whilst also fostering place stereotypes. The audience was similarly inner-city based until the band's recent commercial success, which has challenged The Whitlams' identity and radicalism, and resulted in mainstream appropriation. Though The Whitlams continue to reaffirm their local identity, and local audiences have remained, the popularity and commodification of their music has challenged concepts of shared meaning, the link between bands and their fans, and the connection between music and its place of origin. The Whitlams' music nevertheless remains a means of evoking and sharing a sense of place.     

中国近现代地理学发展脉络研究——基于《地理学报》学术论文的统计分析

自1901年张相文编纂我国近代最早的地理教科书——《初等地理教科书》和《中等本国地理教科书》出版以来,我国近、现代地理学已走过了百年岁月。以《地理学报》为研究对象,对其自创刊以来所有载文进行检索和分类统计。从中发现,中国地理学近百年来在曲折中前进,日益走向繁荣;领域构成从单调到丰富,专业体系日趋完善,地理学的人文化、技术化趋势非常明显;从引进、学习到与世界同步,中国地理学正在完成质的飞跃。地理工作者对祖国的热爱、对地理学的高度责任感和中国社会进步的内在要求是中国地理学不断发展的根本动力。     

海洋动力环境立体监测数据共享服务系统的设计及实现

以福建省海洋动力环境立体监测数据为例,在分析监测数据来源形成特点的基础上,基于分布式数据库、网络地理信息系统(WebGIS)等技术设计了一个海洋立体监测数据的共享服务系统,并详细介绍了共享服务系统采用的数据组织结构、总体框架、业务功能模块以及空间数据发布与服务的实现方法,最后给出典型应用例子的用户界面。     

Geography in Schools

In Australia, geography, studied as a discipline, is generally non-existent in Grades K-6 (approximately ages 5-11 years) and, in some states, this state of affairs extends to Grades 7-10 (12-15 years). In New South Wales (NSW), the geography component has been strengthened in the Grades K-6 curriculum; there are mandatory and optional geography courses in Grades 7-10, and optional geography courses in Grades 11 and 12 (16-17 + years). In this paper, the place of geography in NSW, in the learning area of Studies of Society and Environment, is compared with geography curricula in five countries. In England and Wales, and in Finland, geography is regarded as an essential subject in the school curriculum. In the USA and Japan, attempts are being made to replace generalist social studies courses with disciplines, such as geography, from the humanities and social sciences. And, finally, Hong Kong has been influenced by curriculum developments in England and Wales, as well as in Australia.