Agents of Eviction: The Squatter Control and Clearance Division of Hong Kong's Housing Department     

Alan Smart 《Singapore journal of tropical geography》2002,23(3):333-347

More is known about the policies that produce forced evictions and their consequences than about the agencies whose responsibility it is to conduct them. Understanding the nature of forced evictions requires greater comprehension of responsible agencies since the ways in which they implement policies may be a crucial intervening variable influencing the outcomes. In this paper, I use documentary and ethnographic research to describe the Squatter Control and Clearance Division of the Hong Kong Housing Department. Responsible both for evicting squatters and for controlling squatter areas that are permitted to remain for the time being, officers must respond to the conflicts and challenges of their twin, partially conflicting, mandates. Examination of changes in squatter control and clearance practices since 1954 is followed by a brief case study of the most recent squatter clearance that occurred in July 2001.  相似文献   

Placing geographies of public health   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

Tim Brown  & Craig Duncan 《Area》2002,34(4):361-369

Following the move to a 'post–medical' geography, a large amount of research has come to focus on public health issues. This paper explores these current geographies of public health and argues for the development of a more critical perspective. In particular, it draws on commentary that has emerged out of debates that have taken place within a body of literature usually identified as the critical 'new' public health. The paper goes on to argue that such scholarship offers crucial insights for the production of a critical geography of public health.  相似文献   

Public environmental information: understanding requirements and patterns of likely public use     

Mordechai Haklay 《Area》2002,34(1):17-28

Public access to environmental information received much attention in the last decade. Recent developments promote access to this information through public telecommunication networks. This paper describes a Web-based survey that explored the requirements and needs of likely users of public environmental information systems for London: educated middle-class members of the public, with high interest in environmental issues and computer literacy. The survey demonstrated current information consumption patterns and the reasons to gather and use such information.  相似文献   

Promoting social justice and conserving montane forest environments: a case study of Nepal's community forestry programme   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Netra Prasad Timsina 《The Geographical journal》2003,169(3):236-242

This paper analyses participatory forest policy and the ways it has influenced the relationships between people as it relates to the forest resource management. This case study was conducted in the middle hills of Nepal, and information was collected through direct observation, individual interviews, group discussion and secondary information analysis. It substantiates a few examples of how the community forestry programme can be used as a means to promote the participation of the women, the poor and dalit (untouchables) in forest resource management, as well as enhancing social justice and improving the forest resources in their locality. However, it also demonstrates that though the community forestry programme has a positive impact, it faces several constraints and challenges. The local Forest User Group is controlled by a few élites making the poor and disadvantaged vulnerable to further marginalization. The results of the case study strongly indicate that community forestry processes must address the political, economic and social needs of the forest users, and also provide a neutral platform on which the poor can present their cases.  相似文献   

智能交通系统中的公交车辆指挥调度体系结构   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

张飞舟  晏磊  范跃祖  孙先仿 《地理与地理信息科学》2003,19(4):109-112

该文阐述公交智能指挥调度系统总体框架，结合智能交通系统ITS(Intelligent Transport Systems)对公交智能化调度的逻辑结构和物理结构要求，分析公交车辆智能化调度系统结构体系及其模型化，探讨智能调度策略和调度机理。根据该系统总体设计框架构思，了解系统各功能间的相互关系，优化公交车辆运营管理模式，以改善现有公交系统的管理水平以及运营效率，为公交指挥调度系统的完善、提高提供可靠技术基础。  相似文献   

中国环境影响评价中公众参与的有效性有待提高   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

刘衍君  吴仁海 《云南地理环境研究》2003,15(3):28-32

环境影响评价(EIA)作为协调经济发展与环境保护的手段，已日益成为国家环境管理的重要工具。公众参与是环境影响评价的重要组成部分。从公众参与的概念及作用出发，分析中国环境影响评价中公众参与的机制，认为存在着参与对象选取不合理、参与形式双向性差、调查内容设置不科学、意见整理分析方法不完善及公众参与时段滞后等影响公众参与有效性提高的问题，最后提出注重参与对象的代表性，形式的有效性，内容的科学性，分析的定量化以及权利的保障等，以提高中国环评公众参与的有效性。  相似文献   

'In the shadow of hierarchy': meta-governance, policy reform and urban regeneration in the West Midlands   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Mark Whitehead 《Area》2003,35(1):6-14

This paper explores the relationship between political hierarchy and the complex webs of political organization associated with urban governance. Deploying the concept of meta-governance and a study of urban policy reform in the West Midlands region of England, this paper claims that state and governmental hierarchies continue to have a crucial role in coordinating the activities of governance regimes in the UK. This paper concludes by considering the effects of hierarchical power on the systems of political participation and representation that are associated with urban governance.  相似文献   

From observation to experimentation: one prescription for a geography of public policy     

Steven C J Cummins 《Area》2003,35(2):220-222

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The ins and outs of skateboarding and transgression in public space in Newcastle,Australia     

Nicholas Nolan 《The Australian geographer》2003,34(3):311-327

This study examines skateboarding as a transgressive activity in different inner Newcastle public spaces, highlighting the way certain places are constructed, and the values and meanings attached to them. Skateboarding has been sanctioned in some places, but is considered to be inappropriate in others, resulting in the implementation of skating restrictions in specific areas. Transgressive conduct is different from the norm and appears to be ‘out of place’. However, labels of ‘in’ and ‘out’ of place are too simplistic, because transgression is more nuanced and can simultaneously operate at multiple scales. Some skateboarding activities and locations are seen as more legitimate than others, and so a skater can be both ‘in place’ and ‘out of place’ at the same time. Problems and inconsistencies in the regulation of public space are revealed, because although skateboarding may be illegal in some places, the regulations are blunted by limited enforcement, justified by distinctions between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ skateboarding.  相似文献   

北京市地质灾害状况及制定地质环境管理办法论证   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

杜涛  于秀治  韦京莲 《中国地质灾害与防治学报》2003,14(3):39-43

论文从北京市自然地质背景和资源现状出发，根据目前资源开采中存在的地质环境问题、地质灾害程度以及地质环境发展趋势，论述了北京应尽快制定、颁布与实施地质环境管理办法的必要性、迫切性、可行性和相关依据。北京市主要有崩塌、滑坡、泥石流、地面沉降等地质灾害以及矿山环境污染，而针对这些问题开展的监测预报工作还很少。纵观北京市社会、经济及资源的利用与发展，已逐步显现出地质灾害、矿山环境等地质环境问题对社会经济发展带来的诸多困扰。目前地质灾害及地质环境管理的现状都显示出本市地质环境监测与预报工作还很薄弱，相应的法律、法规建设也不健全。因此，制定地质环境管理办法已迫在眉睫，应使地质环境管理有法可依，改善目前地质环境，保证北京市社会经济可持续发展。  相似文献