Sea Grant in Latin America?: Adapting the US Sea Grant model of linked applied research,extension, and education to a Latin American Context—Is there a fit?

This paper explores the application of the US Sea Grant model of applied research, extension, and education to two case studies in Latin America: Coastal Ecuador and the Gulf of Fonseca. The analysis is based on a series of meetings and roundtables with in-country partners and leaders of the US Sea Grant program. We conclude that the Sea Grant model provides an institutional structure that Latin America lacks and the model's features would improve governance of marine and coastal resources through more effective linkages between coastal communities, universities, and policy/decision makers at local, national, and international levels.     

上海市长江口及邻近海域地质调查现状及展望

海洋区域地质调查近年来逐渐得到重视,海洋地质调查技术的发展也为开展海洋区域地质调查奠定了基础。上海地区社会经济发展对地质工作的需求,为摸清上海市长江口及邻近海域的地质现状提出了必然要求。本文在系统整理长江口及邻近海域地质资料的基础上,重点分析了区内存在的重点地质问题和研究存在的问题,根据海洋地质调查的技术发展,结合国内相关地区的调查经验,对长江口及邻近海域内区域地质调查进行了展望,提出了采用综合物探技术、地质取样和测试分析进行综合地质环境调查的建议,并对具体采用的调查技术和调查内容进行了论述。     

铁砚磨穿指蘸墨 不用扬鞭自奋蹄——志《山西地震》创刊20周年

回顾了《山西地震》创刊20年的历史,叙述了《山西地震》.编辑部在自身建设、执行科技期刊编排标准、为防震减灾事业默默奉献的情况,总结了经验、教训,指出了今后努力的方向.     

当代气候研究计划

就气候系统问题，国际上与气候及其变化有关的重要科学计划、尤其是气候变化及可预报性研究（CLIVAR）计划，作了简要介绍，同时还就气候预测问题作了讨论。     

Book Reviews

Aryeetey-Attoh, SamuelGeography of Sub-Saharan Africa Chew, Sing C. and Denemark, Robert A.(eds) The Underdevelopment of Development: Essays in Honor of Andre Gunder Frank Chinn, Jeff and Kaiser, RobertRussians as the New Minority: Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Soviet Successor States Curtis, Sarah and Taket, AnnHealth and Societies: Changing Perspectives Dudley, Nigel; Jeanrenaud, Jean-Paul and Sullivan, FrancisBad Harvest? The Timber Trade and the Degradation of the World's Forests Ellis, Steven and Mellor, AnthonySoils and Environment Gradus, Yehuda and Lithwick, Harvey (eds)Frontiers in Regional Development Green, Milford B. and McNaughton, Rod B. (eds)The Location of Foreign Direct Investment: Geographic and Business Approaches Greenberg, Michael and Schneider, DonaEnvironmentally Devastated Neighborhoods: Perceptions, Policies, and Realities Griffiths, Ieuan Ll.The African Inheritance Harrison, Lynn C. and Husbands, Winston (eds)Practicing Responsible Tourism: International Case Studies in Tourism Planning, Policy, and Development Jensen, John R.Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective Pacione, MichaelGlasgow: The Socio-Spatial Development of the City Platt, Rutherford H.Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy Rhodes, Martin (ed.)The Regions and the New Europe: Patterns in Core and Periphery Development Salant, Priscilla and Waller, Anita J.Guide to Rural Data Schnell, Izhak; Sofer, Michael and Drori, Israel Arab Industrialization in Israel: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in the Periphery Shelley, Fred M.; Archer, J. Clark; Davidson, Fiona M. and Brunn, Stanley D.Political Geography of the United States Taffe, Edward J.; Gauthier, Howard L. and O'Kelly, Morton E.Geography of Transportation     

论冷战后国际政治的基本态势及世界政治地理的研究任务与重点

本文立足于政冶地理学的基本理论，从冷战后国际政治基本态势的分析入手，系统阐述了当前世界政治地理研究的基本任务，并在此基础上提出了当前及今后一段时期世界政治地理研究应以世界政治地理格局的演变、国家形成与消亡的地理政治背景、国际领土及边界争端和各国行政区划的基本原则为重点。     

美国长期生态研究计划：背景、进展和前景

由美国国家科学基金会支持的长期生态研究计划于1980年启动，至今在理论研究、开发技术和服务社会方面都取得了举世瞩目的成就。该计划的发展分为 3个阶段，每一阶段大约为10年。在其发展的第一个阶段，是以研究站所代表的生态系统为研究对象，主要开展了生态系统的过程与格局方面的研究并系统采集和存贮了有关数据；在1990 -2000年的第二个发展阶段中，其研究工作的重点是开展跨站的网络研究和人类活动对生态系统的影响，以揭示生态系统的过程与格局在较大空间尺度上的特征；按照规划，美国长期生态研究计划的发展进入到第三个阶段后，其工作的重点是开展综合研究、进行生态预测和更好地为社会发展服务，同时加强生物多样性的研究和信息学的发展。     

花岗岩研究进展 ———ISMA花岗岩类分类综述

本文在论述花岗岩主要分类的基础上论述了ISMA花岗岩类的基本含义,讨论了人们在以后应用和推广ISMA这类花岗岩分类方案时存在的一些问题,指出了ISMA花岗岩类本身在分类过程中存在的一些基本问题。     

矢量地形图拓扑等问题的研究与实践

对矢量地图生产过程中常见的图形拓扑、数据冗余问题进行分析和研究；在此基础上结合生产实践，提出了相应的解决办法。研制了基于AutoCAD2000平台的相关程序。     

Research relevance, 'knowledge transfer' and the geographies of CASE studentship collaboration

The Co-operative Awards in Science and Engineering (CASE) studentship programme of the UK Research Councils provide one example of wider efforts internationally to encourage so-called 'knowledge transfer' and thereby harness publicly supported university research more closely to the goals of national competitiveness, regional economic development and local regeneration. In this paper we describe the implications of how the various UK research councils have interpreted the objectives and beneficiaries of 'knowledge transfer', both for the relative opportunities available to human and physical geographers for collaboration through CASE and for the sorts of values that their research must serve. Then, we draw on unpublished data from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to explore the geographies of CASE studentship allocation and participation. The broad regional and institutional patterns of participation we describe have important implications for ongoing debates in the UK about research selectivity and the role of the university as an engine of local development, while the striking disciplinary patterns of CASE participation, and in particular the overwhelming success of geographers in this competitive programme, provide an opportunity to reassess claims about whether and for whom geographical research is relevant.