Measuring Food Deserts via GIS-Based Multicriteria Decision Making: The Case of Tehran     

Hassan Mohammadian Mosammam  Mozaffar Sarrafi  Jamileh Tavakoli Nia  Ali Mohammadian Mosammam 《The Professional geographer》2017,69(3):455-471

The purpose of this article is to identify food deserts using a geographic information system (GIS)-based multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) approach in the city of Tehran. We have found that, compared to technocratic methods, GIS-based MCDM and taking into account people or their agents' opinions in the food deserts analysis leads to different results. Whereas measuring food deserts based on the distance to large retail food stores indicated that a large part of the northern neighborhoods of Tehran do not have access to large food stores, identifying the food desert through the GIS-based MCDM approach revealed that northern neighborhoods of Tehran have relatively good access to healthy, affordable food. In addition, results indicated that individual factors have a more effective role than environmental factors in food accessibility. Food accessibility analysis revealed that more than 26.6 percent of Tehran's people (2,049,796) are living in very low and low food accessibility areas. Accordingly, to achieve a relatively healthy and inclusive food environment, establishment of a food council, development of mobile food markets and farmers' markets, extension of public transport, enhancement of food literacy, and community-based development of small full-service grocery stores, especially in southern and western sections of Tehran, should be pursued. In addition, addressing Tehran's food desert issues would be incomplete without due attention to the wider political and economic environment.  相似文献   

Big world,small planet: abundance within planetary boundaries/Climate-challenged society     

Javed Ali 《The Australian geographer》2017,48(2):280-283

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Water masses in the Gulf of Aden     

Mohammed Ali Al Saafani  S. Satheesh Chandra Shenoi 《Journal of Oceanography》2007,63(1):1-14

Hydrographic data collected from Gulf of Aden since 1920 have been compiled to identify and refine the definitions of water masses in the Gulf of Aden (GA) and to describe their spatio-temporal variability. Four water masses have been identified based on their θ-S characteristics. The Red Sea Water (RSW) that flows from the Red Sea is the most prominent water in the GA; this occupies about 37% of the total volume of Gulf of Aden. The Gulf of Aden Surface Water (∼3%) forms as a mixture of local water and the water from western Arabian Sea during winter and Red Sea surface water during summer. The intermediate water, identified as Gulf of Aden Intermediate Water (GAIW), occupies about 9% of the total volume of GA; a characteristic salinity minimum is associated with it at σ_θ=26.50 kg m⁻³. The northward spread of sub-tropical subsurface water from the south appears to be the major source of GAIW. The bottom water, named Gulf of Aden Bottom Water, showed the least variability. It was formed due to the mixing of Red Sea Water and water of southern origin. Mixing triangles have been used to analyze the composition of water in the GA.  相似文献   

A new approach to the structural features of the Aegean Sea: Cellular neural network     

Davut?AydoganEmail author  Ali?Elmas  A.?Muhittin?Albora  Osman?N.?Ucan 《Marine Geophysical Researches》2005,26(1):1-15

In this study, structural features in the Aegean Sea were investigated by application of Cellular Neural Network (CNN) and Cross-Correlation methods to the gravity anomaly map. CNN is a stochastic image processing technique, which is based on template optimization using neighbourhood relationships of pixels, and probabilistic properties of two-Dimensional (2-D) input data. The performance of CNN can be evaluated by various interesting real applications in geophysics such as edge detection, data enhancement and separation of regional/residual potential anomaly maps. In this study, CNN is used in edge detection of geological bodies closer to the surface, which are masked by other structures with various depths and dimensions. CNN was first tested for (prismatic) synthetic examples and satisfactory results were obtained. Subsequently, CNN/Cross-Correlation maps and bathymetric features were evaluated together to obtain a new structural map for most of the Aegean Sea. In our structural map, the locations of the faults and basins are generally in accordance with the previous maps from restricted areas based on seismic data. In the southern and southeastern parts of the Aegean Sea, E–W trending faults cut NE–SW trending basins and faults, similar to on-shore Western Anatolia. Also, in the western, central and northern parts of the Aegean Sea, all of these structures are truncated by NE-trending faults.  相似文献   

基于多源遥感与再分析数据估算塔克拉玛干沙漠地表净辐射日变化     

刘凯露  吴新萍  刘永强  买买提艾力·买买提依明null  杨帆  何清 《中国沙漠》2021,41(5):51-61

作为世界第二大流动性沙漠,塔克拉玛干沙漠独特的陆表水热交换过程直接影响中国乃至全球的大气环流运动。将静止气象卫星FY-2F地表温度产品、极地轨道卫星MODIS陆表产品与中国区域高时空分辨率地面气象要素驱动数据集（CMFD）结合,反演得到时间分辨率为3 h、空间辨率为0.1°的2017年塔克拉玛干沙漠地表净辐射,利用塔中气象站观测值验证反演结果,并分析地表净辐射的时空变化特征。结果表明：（1）利用卫星遥感与再分析资料获取的地表特征参数与实测值误差较小,决定系数R²均在0.8以上。（2）地表净辐射模拟值与地面实测值具有较好的一致性,决定系数R²为0.967,均方根误差RMSE为29.193 W·m^-2。（3）地表净辐射日变化呈现明显的单峰型特征：早晚值较低,正午值最高,并且夜间值基本为负且变化幅度不大。（4）地表净辐射夏季>春季>秋季>冬季。（5）沙漠边缘散布的绿洲和农田地区净辐射值最高,沙漠腹地次之,沙漠南缘的昆仑山和阿尔金山冰川覆盖地区净辐射值最低。  相似文献   

Tectonic evolution of sedimentary basins of northern Somalia          下载免费PDF全文

M. Y. Ali  A. B. Watts 《Basin Research》2016,28(3):340-364

Regional seismic reflection profiles tied to lithological and biostratigraphic data from deep exploration wells have been used to determine the structure and evolution of the poorly known basins of northern Somalia. We recognize six major tectonostratigraphic sequences in the seismic profiles: Middle‐Late Jurassic syn‐rift sequences (Adigrat and Bihen Group), ?Cenomanian‐Campanian syn‐rift sequences (Gumburo Group), Campanian‐Maastrichtian syn‐rift sequences (Jesomma Sandstones), Palaeocene post‐rift sequences (Auradu Limestones), Early‐Middle Eocene post‐rift sequences (Taleh Formation) and Oligocene‐Miocene (Daban Group) syn‐rift sequences. Backstripping of well data provides new constraints on the age of rifting, the amount of crustal and mantle extension, and the development of the northern Somalia rifted basins. The tectonic subsidence and uplift history at the wells can be explained by a uniform extension model with three episodes of rifting punctuated by periods of relative tectonic quiescence and thermal subsidence. The first event initiated in the Late Jurassic (~156 Ma) and lasted for ~10 Myr and had a NW‐SE trend. We interpret the rift as a late stage event associated with the break‐up of Gondwana and the separation of Africa and Madagascar. The second event initiated in the Late Cretaceous (~80 Ma) and lasted for ~20–40 Myr. This event probably correlates with a rapid increase in spreading rate on the ridges separating the African and Indian and African and Antarctica plates and a contemporaneous slowing down of Africa's plate motion. The backstripped tectonic subsidence data can be explained by a multi‐rift extensional model with stretching factor, β, of 1.09–1.14 and 1.05–1.28 for the first and second rifting events, respectively. The model, fails, however, to completely explain the slow subsidence and uplift history of the margin during Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous. We attribute this slow subsidence to the combined effect of a sea‐level fall and regional uplift, which caused a major unconformity in northern Somalia. The third and most recent event occurred in the Oligocene (~32 Ma) and lasted for ~10 Myr. This rift developed along the Gulf of Aden and reactivated the Guban, Nogal and Daroor basins, and is related to the opening of the Gulf of Aden. As a result of these events the crust and upper mantle were thinned by up to a factor of two in some basins. In addition, several distinct petroleum systems developed. The principal exploration play is for Mesozoic petroleum systems with the syn‐rift Oligocene‐Miocene as a subordinate objective owing to low maturity and seal problems. The main seals for the different plays are various shales, some of which are also source rocks, but the Early Eocene evaporites of the Taleh formations can also perform a sealing role for Palaeogene or older generated hydrocarbons migrating vertically.  相似文献   

Behavior of Fiber Glass Bolts,Rock Bolts and Cable Bolts in Shear     

Xuwei Li  Naj Aziz  Ali Mirzaghorbanali  Jan Nemcik 《Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering》2016,49(7):2723-2735

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Assessment of Inherent Anisotropy and Confining Pressure Influences on Mechanical Behavior of Anisotropic Foliated Rocks Under Triaxial Compression     

Davood Fereidooni  Gholam Reza Khanlari  Mojtaba Heidari  Ali Asghar Sepahigero  Amir Pirooz Kolahi-Azar 《Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering》2016,49(6):2155-2163

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Gully erosion susceptibility mapping: the role of GIS-based bivariate statistical models and their comparison   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Omid Rahmati  Ali Haghizadeh  Hamid Reza Pourghasemi  Farhad Noormohamadi 《Natural Hazards》2016,80(2):1231-1241

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Using the chemical analysis of magnetite to constrain various stages in the formation and genesis of the Kiruna-type chadormalu magnetite-apatite deposit,Bafq district,Central Iran     

Hassan Heidarian  David Lentz  Saeed Alirezaei  Sima Peighambari  Douglas Hall 《Mineralogy and Petrology》2016,110(6):927-942

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