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Exploring the attractions of city centre living: evidence and policy implications in British cities 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The British city centre has been the focus of dynamic housing development and repopulation strategies as a key dimension of the government's urban renaissance programme. Through large scale interview surveys in the provincial city centres of Bristol and Swansea, this paper explores the positive and negative features of city centre living, and how these vary amongst a range of social and physical characteristics. The findings suggest that the practical and mundane attractions of city centre living are more important than the more widely publicised lifestyle and cultural attractions of the city centre commonly emphasised in the gentrification literature. Moreover, the research points to differences in attitudes between age groups, with younger adults placing greater value on the range of social and cultural activities in the city centre, whilst older people express high levels of satisfaction with the attractiveness of the environment. A number of policy implications emerge to encourage inclusive marketing strategies within the continued urban renaissance, particularly to challenge the negative perceptions and promote the varied attractions of city centre living to a mix of social groups. 相似文献
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Hydrogeological and geotechnical assessments of the Kadifekale landslide area, İzmir, Turkey 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The study area is located in the south of İzmir city centre in an area built without planning permission or any overall city
plan. In this area, a number of mass movements occurred in the past and the region is still an active landslide field at present.
The real sliding factor is geological structure, which is made up of hard volcanic rocks overlying soft Neogene clayey soils,
and forms a typical structure prone to sliding. Unplanned human activities change the hydrogeological and geotechnical stabilities
of the geological formations in a negative way. Rain and water leaking either directly from the mains or septic holes infiltrate
into the ground and act as one of the factors in causing landslides. It is clearly shown that the irregular urbanization in
and around Kadifekale is one of the factors contributing to the landslides in the area. To prevent the occurrence of landslides
in the study area an effective surface and under ground drainage should be established. Rain and wastewater should be removed
from the area by separate systems. Slopes should be reduced, water-loving trees should be planted and construction of high
rise buildings should be avoided.
Received: 12 December 1997 · Accepted: 4 April 2000 相似文献
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Erika Nagy 《GeoJournal》1998,46(3):221-230
In late nineteenth century Hungarian cities there were strong contrasts between the inner ‘urban’ core and the rural periphery
in terms of housing conditions, accessibility and lifestyle. Rural-urban fringe zones in the Great Plain were quite distinctive
because the Turkish period was followed by an outflow of population which resulted in scattered settlement around the urban
centres. The fringe could be regarded simply as a zone of transition, but the differences between urban centres and their
immediate surroundings were gradually reduced through the industrialisation of the larger towns in the communist period. A
study of Szeged examines the expansion of the fringe zone and its gradual urbanisation through the growth of housing as people
have moved out from the centre to live among the rural population which increasingly turned from agriculture to commuting.
Villages on either side of Szeged's administrative boundary accommodated more migrants from the city during the 1980s and
experienced a gradual positive change in the quality of life as people escaped from the decaying residential blocs in the
centre. During the years since 1989 there has been further migration, coupled with a growth of small businesses and a big
improvement in services (shopping, running water, sewage and telecommunications). Further change may be expected in line with
the forces of counterurbanisation.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Encouraged by government policies to promote city centre living and to increase residential land use on brownfield sites, there has been considerable repopulation of the city centre. Through detailed small-area census analysis of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea, supplemented by household surveys and key informant interviews, the research points to a range of population characteristics and changes occurring in the British city centre. Certain characteristics such as a high proportion of lone person households, fewer children and low car ownership remain fairly consistent. However, substantial population expansion affirms that a large part of the population is “new”. Between 1991 and 2001, men came to outnumber women, and each of the city centres saw a relative expansion of its young adult population. The new residents have a higher appreciation than longer term residents of proximity to work and leisure facilities, and of the stylishness of city centre living. Most of the new residents rent their accommodation, generally in flats, and the predominance of renting is associated with a transient attitude to city centre residence among the new population. Socio-economic evidence indicates a striking rise in social status or gentrification in all the city centres investigated, especially where high status private housing developments encourage the trend. With policies promoting residential development, the city centre is becoming increasingly socially exclusive. 相似文献
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A. Cendrero G. Flor R. Gancedo J. González-Lastra J. R. González-Lastra J. Saiz de Omeñaca J. M. Salinas 《Environmental Geology》1978,2(6):321-331
A methodology for the quick, overall assessment of the capability of different parts of a coastal environment to be used for
human activities is described. The methodology is based on the elaboration of a series of thematic maps (geologic, biologic,
and dynamic, e.g., currents, features) for the three “environmental systems” that were defined (marine, estuarine, and emerged
coastline). The thematic maps are combined to define “homogeneous units” and these are then evaluated for the attractiveness
and impact corresponding to a series of selected activities. Alternatively, the mapped features can be evaluated directly
for certain systems, without defining homogeneous units. The combination of attractiveness and impact is used to obtain the
relative capability of each unit for each activity, thus establishing the activities that are most advisable in each case. 相似文献
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The selection of the disposal site is probably the most important step in the development of solid waste management. In site selection, geology plays a determining role. This study evaluates the characteristics of the environment on the basis of the geological, hydrogeological and geo-engineering properties of the solid waste site of the Sivas city, Turkey. The area is underlain by the Oligocene-Miocene rocks which have limited aquifer properties. Thin Quaternary alluvium and soil cover overlie the Oligo-Miocene rocks, which are represented as well graded sand and inorganic silt of low plasticity. The Quaternary alluvium and soil cover are classified as inorganic clays having a low plasticity and the permeability varies from 1.2×10−6 to 3.11×10−6 m/s. These values are much higher than 1×10−8 m/s, which is accepted for waste disposal standards. Seepage waters have a potential to pollute the ground water and the Kızılırmak River, which is 500 m to the southwest of the waste disposal area and because the disposal site is close to the river, the potential for flash flooding poses a high pollution risk. The waste disposal area must be covered by clay layers or an impervious artificial membrane. In addition, seepage must be controlled and removed from the site. 相似文献
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Shavkat Rakhmatullaev Antoine Marache Frédéric Huneau Philippe Le Coustumer Masharif Bakiev Mikael Motelica-Heino 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2011,63(3):447-460
The paper presents the results of a new geostatistical approach to generate bathymetric surface models from point measurement
converted into continuous contour surfaces of reservoir bottoms in Uzbekistan. Sedimentation of reservoirs raises engineering,
environmental and economical issues for the communities around the world in areas affected by a strong water deficit. Because
of Uzbekistan’s arid climatic conditions, and uneven spatial and temporal water resources distribution, responsive and innovative
water availability assessment surveys of all major water reservoirs are required. Bathymetric surveying is a traditional method
that is carried out for the estimation of reservoir volumes and surface areas of the corresponding reservoir stages in order
to assess the water availability. Volume and surface area differences derived from multiple surveys of a reservoir provide
storage loss estimates over time due to sedimentation. However, two main factors, such as intensive field data measurement
and post data-processing, often limit the frequency of these surveys. Alternatively, innovative depth measurement technologies
coupled with contouring and surface mapping programs provide automated reservoir volume and surface area calculations. This
significantly reduces time, workload and financial burdens for reservoir sedimentation projects. This research proposes the
use of geostatistical approach to assess the reservoir sedimentation in the Akdarya reservoir of Uzbekistan. The geostatistical
approach includes (semi-) variogram analysis and interpolation (kriging and simulations—turning bands) techniques predicting
values at unsampled locations for generating digital bathymetric surface models of reservoir bottom conditions in order to
calculate the volume and surface area at a given water elevation. The simulation enables to have range of reservoir volumes
and surface areas with the same probability, in comparison to the kriging and traditional methods. This gives a real estimation
of the resource availability for water operators to manage natural resources and hydraulic infrastructure in a sustainable
manner. 相似文献
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Alpine glaciers usually feature with best hydrothermal condition in mountain climate,and present beautiful glacier scenery,various glacier landforms,rich biodiversity,and easier accessibility,compared with continental glaciers or ice sheets.Nevertheless,Alpine glaciers are more sensitive to climate warming,and climate warming has seriously affected Alpine glaciers and surroundingenvironment.The quality and attractiveness of Alpine glaciers to tourism has been and will continue to be diminished with tourists... 相似文献
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Sediments from stormdrain catchments and outlets in Wellington city and sediment traps from Wellington Harbour were sampled
for trace metal content. Samples were analysed for total metal content using XRF and ICP-MS. High values of Pb and Zn were
found in stormdrain catchments and outlets, decreasing to elevated background rock levels in the harbour. Maximum values were
recorded in an inner city stormdrain catchment, with levels of Pb (4605 ppm), Cu (2981 ppm) and Zn (3572 ppm) all higher than
the biological probable effects levels (PEL). Concentrations of As, Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni and Zn concentrations in all harbour sediment
trap samples were below the PEL. The mean values for each harbour sediment trap sample can be used as an accurate historical
baseline in future studies. Stormdrain samples with high trace metal levels were close to industrial and construction sites.
The proximity of these outlets to recreational areas should be of concern to local authorities.
Received: 28 August 1997 · Accepted: 15 December 1997 相似文献
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《Geoforum》2002,33(2):239-254
Using a Police recording system containing new forms of information on the role of alcohol consumption, this paper focuses on the space and time dimensions of alcohol-related crime and disorder, and situates the patterns in the context of the functions of different urban spaces. Data for Worcester in 1999 show that alcohol is noted as a contributory factor in 8% of recorded crime, but that the recorded role of alcohol is far higher for certain crime types: 48% of all harassment crimes; 36% of violent crime and 16% of criminal damage (other). Most recorded alcohol-related crimes occur in the city centre and at night, while at a more detailed level the main urban spaces are the city centre night-time leisure zones, and the spaces which act as routeways for the night-time revellers. The combined crime and disorder data sets, supported by interview evidence, indicate subsidiary alcohol-related daytime clusters in the shopping area and associated with specific city centre functions. By exploring the patterns, important clues to the immediate contributory factors emerge, but a more comprehensive explanation requires further research. Places, particularly in the night-time leisure zone, where alcohol-related crime is less pronounced, are as important to our understanding as those where crime/disorder is clustered. A detailed knowledge of the variety of spaces and times of alcohol-related crime and disorder is key to the development of appropriate urban design, planning and licensing policies, and can be used to inform a more closely targeted policing strategy. 相似文献
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Michael Feige 《GeoJournal》2001,53(3):323-333
Kiryat-Arba and Jewish Hebron are communities planted in the most heated front of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This paper examines how the Hebron Jewish settlers' collective memory interprets the `truth' of Hebron as a typical Israeli Place that reveals Zionism in its purest form. Today the populations of Kiryat-Arba and of the Hebron Jewish enclaves number about 5,000 and 500, respectively. Kiryat-Arba functions as an economic and educational centre for the nearby Jewish settlements in the region. Rejecting the segregative concept of a separate Jewish settlement overlooking Hebron, the settlers treat Kiryat-Arba as part of Hebron. Some 70,000 Palestinians live in Hebron, many more residing in neighbouring towns and villages, cutting Hebron – Kiryat–Arba off from the nearest Jewish urban centres of Jerusalem and Beer-Sheva. The settlers initiated the narrative of `Return' to the city after the massacre of Jews in 1929 in the city, as the key symbol Symbolically, the first place Hebron Jews reidentified with was its ancient Jewish graveyard. Today, IDF soldiers protect settlers and their visitors who want to tour Hebron. The huge gulf between `metaphorical Hebron' as a symbolic centre and `actual Hebron' as a poor development town creates tensions fuelling violent events. The Jews in Hebron take the Israeli logic of `Place' making to its extreme, thus testing concepts of Israeli territoriality. If Israeli society rejects Hebron as a `Place' constructed from intense memories and violent national encounters, it would leave the Hebron Jews out of the so-called Israeli normalcy. 相似文献
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三峡工程库区迁建城镇新址地质环境质量综合评价与对比 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
通过建立地质环境质量综合评价指标体系,运用灰色聚类方法,对三峡工程库区九座迁建城镇新址的地质环境质量进行了综合对比分析,划分出三个质量等级。地质环境质量等级反映了迁建城址环境组成要素与人类工程活动和社会经济发展的适宜程度。单要素地质体质量,城市综合灾度和自然资源优势度是主要的影响因素。 相似文献
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Mineral particles could have influenced on the climate of Oviedo, a non-industrial city situated in the centre of an industrial
zone of the North of Spain, increasing the temperature and the precipitations, in spite of the fact that “greenhouse gases”
concentrations have diminished in this city in recent years. The directive (1999/30/EC) of the European Commission began to
be applied in Oviedo in the year 2003. In agreement with this norm, our first aim was the identification of the inorganic
particulate matter of the PM10 and PM2.5 fractions sampled in this city. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy
coupled with X-ray dispersive energy spectrometry were used. The percentages of the different mineral phases of the PM were
obtained by a Rietveld refinement of powder X-ray diffraction data. The compositions of the PM10 and PM2.5 fractions of this
city are similar. Sulphates are the most abundant particles in the both fractions. Most sulphates, nitrates and sal-ammoniac
would have formed by reaction between solid, liquid and/or gas particles and they could be associated with the power stations
near to the city and traffic. Wüstite and haematites come from the iron and steel industries of Gijón and Avilés. The main
natural sources of halite and carbonates and silicates are sea spray and soil resuspension by the wind, respectively. 相似文献
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This article evaluates some of the factors which limit the human benefits of hazard warnings, with specific reference to flood
warnings, and we conclude by suggesting ways of enhancing these benefits. We focus mainly upon the economic benefits generated
by flood damage savings by households that warnings facilitate; health effects of flooding and flood warnings; and the effects
of warnings on loss of life and physical injury. Our results, based partly upon surveys of flooded households, reveal that
economic benefits are currently more limited than we previously thought, but that for several reasons these benefits are likely
to be under-estimated. We argue that the intangible benefits to public health, safety and security must also be taken into
account in decisions about investment in flood warnings. In England and Wales, the public’s response to flood warnings is
currently low and is a key benefit-limiting factor which could begin to undermine a recent major shift in national flood risk
management policy towards a more people-centred, portfolio approach in which changing human behaviour is viewed as important.
Using a trans-disciplinary approach, we discuss the evidence and literature surrounding this poor response, and suggest a
number of ways in which the issue may be addressed in future. 相似文献
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This paper describes the behaviour of Port Island in Kobe city during and after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 17 January 1995. The island is near the city centre and was constructed on the soft seabed in Kobe Port. A vertical array of four seismometers and pore water pressure sensors recorded the response of the ground during and after the earthquake. This study shows how the stiffness of the ground dropped and recovered during and after the earthquake. 相似文献
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Heavy metal distribution and environmental status of Doon Valley soils, Outer Himalaya, India 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
K. K. Purohit P. K. Mukherjee P. P. Khanna N. K. Saini M. S. Rathi 《Environmental Geology》2001,40(6):716-724
Doon Valley is surrounded by two major river systems (Ganga and Yamuna) on either side, with a water divide passing nearly
across the centre of the valley, and is sandwiched between two mountain ranges in the fragile ecological systems of the Himalayan
foothills. In total 398 soil samples were collected from the valley in a grid pattern (∼1 sample per 2 km2) and investigated for their heavy metal (Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) abundances that are environmentally sensitive. Comparison
of the heavy metal abundances with the contamination threshold values (CTV) revealed that most of these elemental abundances
in Doon Valley soils fall well within the range of the uncontaminated to slightly contaminated category. In the case of Cr
and Ni, a sizeable number of samples exceeded the CTV (250 and 100 mg kg–1 respectively) with an overall background value of 109 and 52 mg kg–1 respectively. Sites of high Cr and Ni mostly occur in the Ganga Catchment (GC) sector that includes even relatively undisturbed
forestland. The source of this contamination is attributed to geological factors which indicate contribution from the mafic
volcanics of the Lesser Himalaya. This is also consistent with the distribution pattern of Mn and Fe, though their abundance
levels are not alarming. The background concentration of Pb is low (22 mg kg–1) in Doon Valley soils; however, signs of gradual Pb contamination are palpable in and around the centre of the Dehra Dun
city and along the highways. Aluminium normalized heavy metal ratios were found to exhibit narrow variability in the case
of Cu, Ni and Cr and had good correlation with Al, indicating their affinity and association with the clay minerals. On the
other hand, Pb and Zn seem to be associated with non-silicate sources.
Received: 7 January 2000 · Accepted: 30 July 2000 相似文献
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A. B. Yavuz 《Environmental Geology》2006,51(2):211-227
?zmir is the third largest city in Turkey and has being the centre of art, culture, tourism and trade activities throughout the 5,000 years of its history. Natural stones brought from different parts of the world have been widely used for construction of the prestigious buildings, monuments and roads etc., in the past in the city. Renovation of the street pavements and public gathering areas in the city centre has been undertaken by the Metropolitan Municipality in 2000 and continued through the year of 2001. These renovation activities have mainly been carried out in the streets running parallel to the sea shore. Volcanic rocks brought from the Central Anatolia Ankara-Gölba?? (andesites) and Kayseri-?ncesu (tuffs) have been used in the renovation works. These rocks have shown extensive deteriorations within 4 years of their usage between 2001 and 2005 under the influence of different environmental factors. In this study, the deteriorations developed in the recently placed volcanic rocks used as kerb and pavement stones in the city centre of ?zmir in the light of their mineralogical, chemical, physical and mechanical properties, used locations and the environmental factors are presented. 相似文献
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R.G. Harman 《Geoforum》1978,9(2):107-126
In Britain the decline of facilities in rural settlements in the face of increasing urban dependence is becoming a major policy issue; despite high mobility, many people still lack access to essential facilities. This paper is based on fieldwork carried out mostly during 1976 in two rural areas of Norfolk, as part of a Government-sponsored study of rural transport and accessibility. It looks first at the pattern of shops and their location related to parish size, and then discusses levels of use in comparison with urban facilities, drawing on household activity surveys. The paper then analyses in depth the ownership and operation of village shops, using the results of a survey carried out among the proprietors of the shops in the two study areas, and also considers the issues that concern shopkeepers and villagers. Finally it notes changes over the past two years in the pattern of facilities and discusses the case of two villages. The implications for rural planning are examined, and the author concludes that development of rural settlements must be based on sensitive and local understanding, rather than directive blanket policies, if reasonable access to shops and similar facilities is to be retained. 相似文献
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以典型喀斯特城市贵阳市为例,分析地貌特征对于公园绿地供给能力的影响,采用最小邻近成本分析法和空间自相关分析,对贵阳市公园绿地的供给特征以及不同类别公园可达性空间差异进行评价,探讨喀斯特城市公园可达性的提升策略。结果表明:研究区城市公园供给总量较高,但公园斑块面积二元结构明显,且坡度15°以上面积占比53%;公园可达性整体较好,91.89%的居民小区到公园的最小邻近成本低于500 m,但不同类别城市公园可达性存在一定差异。因此,喀斯特山地城市要提升公园服务水平,首先应补足公园服务的盲区,尤其是建成区残存孤峰、小峰丛公园服务能力不足造成的隐性盲区;其次,在老旧城区公园建设需避免盲目求大,应着重提高服务质量与效率,并且发挥自然山体优势建设独具特色的公园服务体系;应结合人口分布特征和不同类别的公园配置状况,合理进行喀斯特山体公园化利用,避免生态环境破坏与公园空置。 相似文献