‘Bringing government to the people’: women, local governance and community participation in South Africa     

Cheryl McEwan 《Geoforum》2003,34(4):469-481

This paper considers the ongoing political transformations in South Africa in the context of debates about good governance and participatory democracy. It first appraises the current transformations of local government in South Africa, focusing specifically on relationships between gender equality and citizenship on the one hand, and local government policy, legislation, and community participation on the other, and then explores meanings of participation and how they inform approaches towards local socio-economic development. The findings of primary research conducted with civil society organisations and black women in communities in the Cape Town metropolitan area are explored through three interrelated themes. First, the model of structured participation that is central to South Africa’s democratic transformation is assessed from the perspective of black women. Second, cultures of alienation, both within local governance structures and amongst black women and the extent to which recent restructuring is combating or contributing to these are explored. Third, how participation policies are dealing with conflict within and between target groups are analysed, whether stakeholder group politics obliterate important differences in interests and whether alternative structures might be more effective in terms of women’s participation and empowerment. Finally, the findings are interpreted in relation to theoretical concepts of good governance and participatory democracy, and the potential and problems of realising South Africa’s transformation process toward developmental local government are assessed.  相似文献   

城市天气预报服务产品制作系统     

刘世祥  余勤  王小勇  何金梅  陈诚 《干旱气象》2003,21(2):12-14

利用FORTRAN和BASIC语言开发在WINDOWS．XX环境下运行的城市天气预报服务产品制作程序，包括报文采集、报文处理与翻译、报文检索与纠错、产品制作、产品输出与分发等内容，实现了大数量和多类型城市天气预报产品的自动制作。在保证准确、高效的专业预报服务中发挥了重要作用。  相似文献   

Creating a GIS application for retail centers in Jeddah city   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

AbdulKader A. Murad   《International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation》2003,4(4):329-338

The aim of this paper is to identify the role of geographical information systems (GIS) in supporting retail planners in monitoring and analyzing retail development and growth. At first, a review about retail planning and its relevant issues is made. Second, GIS is defined together with its applications in retail planning. The third part discusses the created GIS application that is designed for two retail centers in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia. This application is created to help planners in defining the distribution of retail demand, describing customers profile, analyzing trade areas and modeling retail flows. Two useful models have been produced by this study. One is called market penetration and the other is based on spatial interaction technique. The former is created to examine retail center catchment area, while the latter is used to model the interaction between demand areas and retail centers.  相似文献   

沈阳2×200兆瓦低温核供热站厂址基准地面运动参数的确定   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

吴明大  钟以章  高静 《地震工程与工程振动》2003,23(4):78-82

本文在综合厂址、近区域及区域地震地质资料的基础上,根据有关规范的要求,采用地震构造法、最大历史地震法和概率法分别计算了沈阳2×200兆瓦低温核供热站厂址的极限安全地震动SL-2,计算结果分别为200Gal、125Gal和170Gal。取三者最大值,厂址SL-2应当是200gal。厂址基岩地面运动SL-2水平向加速度反应谱取确定性法和概率法计算曲线的外包线作为用于厂址的基岩加速度反应谱。  相似文献   

本世纪昆明气温异常及突变的分析   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

王宇 《高原气象》1997,16(1):73-80

根据昆明１９２１～１９９３年的年，夏季（６～８月），冬季（１２～２月）平均气温资料，分析研究了昆明的气温变化趋势，冷暖阶段，气温异常发生频率及气温突变点，结果表明：从本世纪２０年代开始，昆明气温呈上升趋势，至４０年代前后达最高，此后下降，７０年代降至最低，８０年代开始略有回升，１９２１～１９５４年为偏暖阶段，１９５５～１９９３年偏冷阶段，昆明高温异常主要出现在１９５０年以前，低温异常大多数出现在１  相似文献   

忻州市房屋建筑地震损失与人员伤亡预测     

兰青龙  郭星全 《高原地震》1997,(1)

在对忻州市现有房屋建筑进行调查研究的基础上，对房屋建筑按结构进行了分类，并对各类房屋进行了抗震分析，进而建立了相应的易损性矩阵，最终结果得到以小区为单元遭遇不同强度地震作用的地震损失和人员伤亡，以及50年地震期望损失。  相似文献   

山西大同市地域开发研究     

田辉 《地域研究与开发》1997,16(3):44-48

在综合分析大同市地域结构现状，地域结构水平的基础上，采用聚类定量，逻辑定性分析相结合的方法，构筑了大同市区域发展的中心－外围地域结构，指出大同市在“九五”到２０１０年期间里，生产力布局应该采取强化中心，层次推进，延展轴链，驱动叶同的“风轮式”发展战略，塑造“一心，两面，四条链”的总体格局。  相似文献   

包头市工业资源的生态开发利用与持续发展   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

薛东前 《干旱区地理》1997,20(1):53-56

本文从生态经济和持续发展的观点出发，论述了包头市工业资源的优势与劣势，指出发展的根本出路在于对工业资源的生态开发和持续发展，对工业资源的生态开发和无围绕太 导产业群本进行，文章分别指出农产品加工业，能源工业，材料工业和机械工业的资源生态开发和问题，并提出其共同的指导性措施。  相似文献   

广州市人口空间分布特征及演变趋势分析   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

周春山  许学强 《热带地理》1997,17(1):53-60

本文分析了广州市人口空间分布现状特征，历史上发展特点和建国后至改革开放前人口发展情况，并对改革开放以来人口空间分布的变化作了动态分析，发现改革开放以前广州市中心区和郊区人口密度都在增加，但市中心区增加较快，而改革开放以来在广州市总人口较速增长的情况下，内部人口变动日趋明显，中心区人口密度在减少，外围区人口密度在增加，认为广州市的人口分布正从年龄阶段转向成熟阶段。  相似文献   

岭南城市居住小区生态系统及其规划     

何东方 《热带地理》1997,17(3):247-252

本文探讨了城市居住小区生态系统，提出了城市生态居住小区的关键因素，最后对岭南城市生态居住小区规划进行了探索。  相似文献