Spatial and temporal trends in information technology outsourcing     

《Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England)》2015

Over the last two decades information technology (IT) outsourcing has grown dramatically, and has emerged as a strategic choice for firms searching for ways to control their costs and maintain a competitive edge. The mechanisms driving its growth are not fully understood though. In this research, we employ an approach that focuses on geographic, temporal, and industrial proximity in a mechanism that identifies the process underlying the diffusion of IT outsourcing across firms within the U.S from 2000 to 2010. We focus on the role that firm location plays in the diffusion process, and use space-time clustering techniques from the epidemiology literature to understand the diffusion process. We identify 38 space-time clusters based on IT outsourcing announcement data and the locations of firm headquarters among U.S.-based firms. When supplemented with additional information, such as type of services outsourced, the metropolitan area of the headquarters, and related industry information; the results offer insights into various types of diffusion processes that have been identified in the literature but have not been documented to date in the empirical manner that we have been able to do.  相似文献   

河南省老龄人口的空间分布及变动     

贾金玲 《地域研究与开发》2015,(2):161-166

根据人口普查数据资料,运用数理统计分析方法对河南省老龄人口的分布及其变动、人口密度及其变化趋势等进行分析。河南乡村老龄人口仍占多数,但其分布重心正逐步向城镇转移;各地区老龄人口规模相差较大且分异明显,同时,地区间老龄人口密度差异悬殊,增长变化差距很大;老龄人口分布虽存在地区差异,但发展变化总的趋势是人口老龄化、高龄化加速发展,养老服务需求增大。建立科学合理的社会养老服务体系是当前应对人口老龄化、保障和改善民生的必然要求。  相似文献   

基于改进的两步移动搜索法的山区医疗服务空间可达性——以重庆市石柱县为例   总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0  

邓丽  邵景安  郭跃  徐新良 《地理科学进展》2015,34(6)

针对贫困山区医疗资源短缺、分布不均衡、服务能力差等问题,以重庆市石柱县为例,基于自然村尺度,采用改进的两步移动搜索法,从供需角度分析研究区医疗服务空间可达性特征。设置不同的时间阻抗进行敏感性分析,探究可达性变化规律。通过对石柱县医疗资源空间布局的均衡性评价,为山区未来医疗布局的合理规划与医疗标准的配备提供决策依据。结果表明:1石柱县整体医疗服务可达性差,低于重庆市平均水平。2县域医疗资源布局不均衡,空间差异明显。高值区主要集中在方斗山中低山区和黄水镇,低值区主要集中在南部中山区,两极分异明显。3医院的规模、级别,道路的等级、疏密对可达性有一定的影响:靠近县城的乡镇、路网密集的地方可达性一般较好。4随着出行阻抗的增大,医疗服务的可达性随之变好,边缘乡镇的可达性随之变差,可达性值变化幅度减缓,医疗服务空间可达性分异变小;医疗资源配备充足的乡镇,随着时间阻抗增加,对周边乡镇可达性的影响增强。  相似文献   

江西省“三农”服务专项建设现状与思考   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4       下载免费PDF全文

杨爱萍  林秋  蔡哲  刘文英  姚俊萌  郭瑞鸽 《气象与减灾研究》2015,38(2):59-63

通过对江西省24个"三农"服务专项建设实施地的"两个体系"建设情况开展实地调查,分析了江西省"三农"服务专项建设在提高气象为农服务现代化、促进气象工作政府化、惠民利民等三方面取得的成效,总结了各地的建设内容、成功经验、工作亮点和特色,梳理了存在的问题,并结合建设现状和有关要求,对今后江西省"三农"服务专项建设提出了六个方面的具体建议。  相似文献   

广州市公众地理信息服务平台的设计与开发     

张鹏程  杜剑光 《地理空间信息》2010,8(6):15-18

论述了城市基础测绘部门开发公众地理信息平台的必要性和优势,分析并讨论了公共地理信息服务平台中的公众地理信息服务平台、基础地理信息服务平台和政务地理信息服务平台在数据内容、功能框架、网络体系、服务对象上的不同,以广州市公众地理信息服务平台的开发为例,详细介绍了该平台的数据内容、功能框架和系统特色,该平台对其他城市开发类似的公众地理信息服务平台具有一定的参考作用。  相似文献   

面向服务架构下主动地理信息服务模型研究     

王珂珂  张立朝  王青山 《测绘科学》2010,35(5):146-148

通过引入服务的主动发现、定制、加载与使用机制,支持新服务、新应用的按需创建,为用户发现、定制和运行能够满足用户需求的服务,从而改变当前用户只能被动地使用现有服务的应用模式,以应对信息化需求的不断发展和变化。主动型的地理信息服务在Web服务框架模型、基础协议的基础之上,增加识别用户需求和处理的能力,使用户能够根据特定需要选择合适的服务,使服务能够自动适应用户的需求。本文讨论了面向服务架构下的主动地理信息服务模型,该模型以Web服务技术为支撑,以扩展的UDDI等协议为规范,并对该模型进行测试,实验证明该模型可以有效地主动式的地理信息服务。  相似文献   

一种遥感信息服务分类本体构建方法     

詹勤  李德仁  眭海刚  张霞 《武汉大学学报(信息科学版)》2010,(3)

在分析遥感信息服务的领域特征及其概念的事件名词特点的基础上,结合框架语义学理论,提出了基于事件框架提取遥感信息服务概念的语义特征并在此基础上利用形式概念分析构建遥感信息服务分类本体的方法。实验结果表明了此方法的有效性。  相似文献   

First international payment for marine ecosystem services: The case of the Banc d’Arguin National Park,Mauritania     

Thomas Binet  Pierre Failler  Pablo N. Chavance  Mohamed Abidine Mayif 《Global Environmental Change》2013,23(6):1434-1443

This article investigates whether the European Union-Mauritania fisheries agreement, which allocates part of the Europe's financial contribution to the conservation of marine ecosystems located within the Banc d’Arguin National Park, can be regarded as a payment for ecosystem service. A framework for qualification as such payment scheme was established based on an extensive literature review. The criteria identified for the qualification as a payment to ecosystem service pertain to: (1) the definition of the ecosystem service(s) involved; (2) the mechanism involved by the payment; and (3) the nature of the transaction. Interviews with local beneficiaries and subsequent data analysis led to the conclusion that this mechanism could be regarded as a payment to ecosystem service and so, through the European Union-Mauritania Fisheries agreement, the European Union were investing to protect local fish resources that could be exploited by its fishing fleet. This agreement, involving the first International Payment to Ecosystem Service of this kind, marks an important step towards better consideration of marine conservation in international public policy and foreign fishing policy in particular. However, this payment is small when compared to revenues generated through the exploitation of developing countries’ fishing grounds by fishing countries. Nevertheless it opens the door for more detailed applications of payment to ecosystem service schemes to other ecosystems contexts, and can provide a useful alternative source of financing of marine biodiversity conservation.  相似文献   

基于Petri网的地理信息服务组合模型研究     

金宝轩 《测绘科学》2010,35(3):125-128

地理信息服务应用中,单一的功能服务往往无法独立完成复杂的地理信息应用,需要不同粒度的服务组合及协调机制。本文重点研究地理信息服务的组合建模方法,提出基于Petri网的地理信息服务组合建模理论。首先,给出基于Petri网的地理信息服务的定义和图形化描述,然后结合三维地理信息的应用,给出了三维空间分析服务组合的实例分析,最后通过烟草行业的地理信息服务应用验证基于Petri网的服务组合模型的可行性。  相似文献   

The impact of biofuel-induced food-price inflation on dietary energy demand and dietary greenhouse gas emissions     

Noah Scovronick  Paul Wilkinson 《Global Environmental Change》2013,23(6):1587-1593

Dramatic increases in liquid biofuel production have led to concerns about associated impacts on food prices, with many modeling studies showing significant biofuel-related price inflation. In turn, by changing patterns of food demand, biofuel production may indirectly influence greenhouse gas emissions. We estimated changes to dietary energy (calorie) demand and greenhouse gas emissions embodied in average diets under different biofuel-related food-price scenarios for Brazil, China and the United States, using food-price projections and food-price elasticities. Average energy demand decreased in all countries, from about 40 kcal per person per day in Brazil under a moderate price inflation scenario – a reduction of 1% relative to the (2009) reference scenario – to nearly 300 per day in the United States with high price inflation – almost 8% of reference levels. However, emissions per calorie increased slightly in all three countries. In terms of total greenhouse gas emissions, the results are suggestive of overall reductions only in the United States, where average reductions ranged from about 40 to 110 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per person per year. In China, the direction of impact is unclear, but the net change is likely to be small. Brazilian results were sensitive to parameter values and the direction and magnitude of impact is therefore uncertain. Despite the uncertainty, even small changes (positive or negative) in individual dietary emissions can produce large changes at the population level, arguing for the inclusion of the dietary pathway in greenhouse gas accounting of liquid biofuels.  相似文献