Urban Underclass: The Wayward Travels of a Chaotic Concept

This commentary critically engages with arguments made by Loïc Wacquant in his book Urban Outcasts on the nature of public discourse regarding concentrated urban poverty in the United States. In particular, it elaborates a critical reading of the international circulation of social-scientific analyses of urban poverty—in particular the concept of the "urban underclass"—which rose to prominence through research on Chicago neighborhoods. This concept has subsequently influenced scholarly and public policy approaches to characterizing and combating entrenched urban poverty and long-term unemployment in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. I challenge the appropriateness of the concept as well as the direction of public policymaking that has downplayed, if not ignored, questions of job availability and job quality in urban areas.     

从福利地理学到福祉地理学：研究范式重构

史密斯提出的福利地理学分析范式是福祉地理学研究的重要理论基石。但由于发展观演变、福利向福祉概念的转向、福祉概念的复杂性、地理哲学思潮多元化及研究手段多样化等因素,使得福利向福祉拓展以及福利地理学向福祉地理学发展。分别从本体论、认识论、方法论和伦理性等方面探究了从福利地理学到福祉地理学的研究范式转向及特征,以此研究了福祉地理学研究范式的嬗变和新范式的理论基础,构建了福祉地理学的研究概念、哲学基础与方法体系。     

“十全十美”《吉林省城市地图系列》设计及编制分析

介绍了"十全十美"《吉林省城市地图系列》的设计及编制特点,并对当前城市地图产品开发的意义、城市地图生产现状及编制流程进行了探讨。     

公益性地图自适应快速制作技术

近年来,国家对测绘成果公益性地图快速保障服务工作的要求越来越高,表现为对高现势性、高质量、高效率、灵性化地理信息服务的需求越来越迫切,因此,研究公益性地图自适应快速制作技术也成为迫切要求。本文针对这一需求,基于公益性地图制作关键环节,根据制图范围和图幅尺寸等制图因子,确定比例尺和投影、版面和地图整饰、数据等地图自适应快速制作关键问题及其解决方法。     

工程地震与工程建设

工程地震是地震学为解决工程建设中地震问题的专门研究领域,其目的是为工程建设的抗震设防提供科学合理的依据。为了使服务于工程建设的工程地震事业能够健康茁壮地发展,文章针对我国工程地震中存在的问题,提出了妥善解决的建议 。     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article: Portable Utopia: Glasgow and the United States 1820–1920. Bernard Aspinwall. Studies in Russian Historical Geography. James H. Bater and R. A. French, eds. Water and Sanitation: Economic and Sociological Perspectives. Peter G. Bourne, ed. Green Politics. Fritjof Capra and Charlene Spretnak. The Southern Cone: Realities of the Authoritarian State. César N. Caviedes. Women in Third World Development. Sue Ellen Charlton. Land Management: New Directions. David Chiddick and Alan Millington, eds. Geography and Ethnic Pluralism. Colin Clarke, David Ley, Ceri Peach, eds. Geomorphological Hazards in Los Angeles. R. U. Cooke. Regional Impacts of United States-Mexico Economic Relations. Alfonso Corona and Lay James Gibson. eds. Patterns of Jobs and Geographic Mobility. Torvald Gerger. Cities and Sickness: Health Care in Urban America. Ann Lennarson Greer and Scott Greer, eds. Neighborhoods: Their Place in Urban Life. Howard W. Hallman. Development and the Rural-Urban Divide. John Harriss and Mick Moore, eds. Patterns of Undocumented Migration: Mexico and the United States. Richard C. Jones, ed. Central Place Theory. Leslie J. King. The Geography of Western Europe: A Socio-economic Survey. Paul L. Knox. Regions and Resources: Strategies for Development. David T. Krisge, Daniel A. Seiver, Oliver S. Goldsmith and Michael J. Scott. Geography of Crowding and Human Response. A Study of Ahmedabad City. K. M. Kulkarni. Haciendo Pueblo. The Development of a Guadalajaran Suburb. Kathleen Logan. The Imperial Lion: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Central Africa. Stewart A. Marks. Water in the Hispanic Southwest: A Social and Legal History, 1550–1850. Michael C. Meyer. Imlil: A Moroccan Mountain Community in Change. James A. Miller. Tourism in Canada: Selected Issues and Options. Peter E. Murphy, ed. David Harvey's Geography. John L. Paterson. Raster Scanning, Processing and Plotting of Cartographic Documents. Donna J. Peuquet and A. Raymond Boyle. The USSR and the Muslim World: Issues in Domestic and Foreign Policy. Yaacov Ro'i, ed. Environmental Perception and Behavior: An Inventory and Prospect. Thomas F. Saarinen, David Seamon, and James L. Sell. Incised channels, Morphology, Dynamics, and Control. Stanley A. Schumm, Michael D. Harvey, and Chester C. Watson. The Gap Between Rich and Poor: Contending Perspectives on the Political Economy of Development. Mitchell A. Seligson, ed. Twentieth-Century Richmond. Planning, Politics and Race. Christopher Silver. Land Conservation and Development: Examples of Land-Use Planning Projects and Programs. F. R. Steiner and H. N. van Lier, eds. Biogeography: Recent Advances and Future Directions. J. A. Taylor, ed. Late Quaternary Environments of the Soviet Union. A. A. Velichko, ed. H. E. Wright, Jr. and C. W. Barnosky, eds.     

经济适用住房在城市中的空间分布——基于DEM的武汉市实例分析

经济适用住房作为具有保障性质的政策性住房,其在城市中的空间分布决定了居住其中的中低收入家庭在城市中的空间位置和聚散程度,这不仅是一个建设选址问题,也关系城市经济社会的发展。基于经济适用住房的特点,分析了经济适用住房在城市中空间分布的“两阶段性”,分布过程中面临的问题,并提出经济适用住房“空间福利”概念和计算方法;选取武汉市作为分析实例,基于GIS 平台和构建DEM的方法对武汉市经济适用住房的空间分布概况、空间福利比较以及微观面上的建设选址和空间质量分配问题进行了分析和探讨。     

安评工作中的社会责任问题

由于安评工作特有的公益性,安评工作者要以高尚的良知和坦诚的心灵,防御商业浪潮的侵蚀。本文阐述了安评工作中的社会责任问题,希望能引起各方同仁的重视,切实改进工作,更好地为工程建设服务。     

计算机发展与人类现代文明

阐述计算机发展概况及其对人类现代文明的促进作用的同时,指出了计算机发展过程中人类现代社会出现的一些负面现象,并就克服这些负面现象说明了在人类现代文明中倡导"诚信"的必要性及其主要涵盖的几个方面.     

公益性制图的基本问题与研究方向

从公益性制图的职能定位和基本特性出发,分析了当前我国公益性地图应需保障服务存在的问题,提出了应当建立公益性应需高效制图的技术体系和技术标准,指出了今后公益性应需高效制图急需解决的关键技术和研究方向。