Land conservation campaign in China: integrated management, local participation and food supply option

In an effort to halt soil erosion, desertification and sandstorms, the Chinese government has recently launched a series of land conservation programs targeted at the country’s north, northwest and southwest areas where problems are severe. This paper provides an overview of the current status of the major land conservation projects and their environmental and social-economic significance, as well as the challenges encountered. Conflicts of interests and objectives among different administrative entities involved and problems associated with the lack of local participation are addressed. Impacts on the food economy and implications for the environment are discussed in light of the options for meeting the country’s increasing food demand. The analysis highlights the necessity of improving cooperation and integration across different administrations and the imperative of participation of local communities in the planning and management process for achieving the goals of land conservation campaign. The importance of internalizing the environmental externality of land degradation and stipulating sustainable national food supply strategies is also stressed.     

Globalization from below: Birmingham – postcolonial workshop of the world?

Birmingham is re–inventing itself through a strategy of prestige city centre regeneration. Drawing on the theoretical lenses of transnationalism and postcolonialism, we sketch one alternative vision of Birmingham's economic place in the world. Through a focus on 'ethnic diversity', and the subsequent distinctiveness of the city's economy, this paper re–visions Birmingham as a 'global' city. Reflecting on a 'politics of scale', we highlight a 'globalization from below' that draws on the city's residents and their histories     

南昆铁路建设对山区环境的影响、保护与营造

南昆铁路是在地质复杂的高原山区兴建的现代化电气化铁路干线。沿线山区环境脆弱，铁路建设中对生态环境，声学环境，水环境，大气环境及电磁环境所受的影响进行了科学评价，实施了以水土保持为重点的相应的环境保护措施，并营造了新的经济环境，促进了沿线经济的持续发展。     

中国区域经济发展差异的实证研究与R/S分析

文章回顾了改革开放以来中国经济发展战略的转变，介绍了吉尼系数，区域经济区位熵和Hausdoeff Index的计算方法。采用GDP指标，运用吉尼系数和区域经济区位熵分析了改革开放以来中国三大地带之间，省区之间的绝对差距和相对差距的变化趋势，而且还运用分形理论和R／S方法研究了中国区域经济发展差异的收敛性，得出的结论如下：（1）无论从绝对差距还是从相对差距上看，自改变开放以来中国三大地带之间或省区之间的经济发展差距都在扩大。（2）1995年所实施的区域协调发展战略在近期内并没有缩小地区之间的发展差距。（3）R／S分析结果表明中国区域经济发展差异在未来20年内将继续扩大。     

地方小交通的构建与农村经济可持续发展研究——以江苏省为例

文章分析了地方小交通的内涵。指出小交通具有以公路为主导，等级低，密度大，交通流量小，自由式道路多等特征。在大交通发达。乡镇合并和农村社会经济迅速发展的背景下，地方小交通具有互补大交通。促进城乡整合及拉动农村发展的重要功能，同时分析了江苏省地方交通的发展现状，指出了存在问题，然后针对不足，提出加强规划，建管养结合，适度超前，模式多样，系统协调等总体构建原则和地方公路及港口的具体布局设想，以促进地方小交通与农村经济可持续发展。     

城市化进程中水土资源可持续利用分析

从城市化与水土资源利用相关性入手 ,分析了城市化进程中不同阶段水土资源利用的基本特点与问题。认为城市化是促进水土资源集约与可持续利用的有效途径 ,城市集聚经济与水土资源生态阈值的互动互馈机制 ,促使城市化进程中水土资源由粗放向集约利用方式转变。     

港资北移与粤港经济一体化研究

区域经济一体化已成为全球经济发展大趋势，一些经济一体化集团正逐步向政治协同化和军事一体化演进，将深刻地影响21世纪全球经济社会发展格局，在中国华南地区，港资北移推动了粤港经济垂直一体化，也造成了香港制造业空心化和粤港产业同构化，随着香港传统劳动密体型产业转移接近尾声，两地经济垂直一体化的动力正在消退，从资本流动视角，文章提出构建新的合作平台，通过两地联合设立发展基金，风险投资基金，为科技开发，传统产业技术改造和共同发展高新技术产业提供资金支持，共同推动粤港经济进入水平一体化的合作发展新阶段。     

简论信息在科技创新和地域研究中的作用

信息是现代三大资源之一，为充分发挥信息在科技创新中的重大作用，需要用反映论与能动论相统一的观点深刻认识信息的内涵和属性，揭示“三体循环”的原理和科技创新过程中信息运行的6个环节，相应地提出优化配置信息资源的具体设想，信息资源对地域研究尤为重要。     

主成分分析方法在区域经济研究中的应用--以新疆为例

主成分分析方法（PCA）及采用此法做综合评价的原理和步骤，并用两个方面的实例具体阐述了主成分分析方法在区域经济研究中的应用，最后对这种方法的特点及应用中须注意的问题进行了初步总结。     

Regional innovation strategies in the knowledge-based economy

This paper aims to examine major regional innovation strategies for regional development in the knowledge-based economy in Korea. Innovation policy and Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) are becoming important issues in Korea in both national and regional perspectives. These issues have been evolving since the mid 1990s, especially since the financial crisis of 1997 in Korea. Five major policy issues for promoting innovation and regional competitiveness are examined in this paper. The major policy issues are: promoting region-specific clustering; building habitats for innovation and entrepreneurship; collective learning processes and innovation networks; building a stock of social capital; and promoting local and global networks. Several strategies are suggested for each of these policy issues. These major policy issues and related strategies for regional innovation and competitiveness can be regarded as common issues required for the successful development of RIS. Taking these basic policy issues into account, each region can develop their own region-specific RIS, with appropriate consideration of distinctive regional characteristics such as the level of development, industrial specialization, local labor market, local business climate, local financial system, etc.