Local spatial data infrastructure, Trujillo-Peru

The development of a Municipal Information System, or currently better known as a local spatial data infrastructure, is considered complex due to the required inter-institutional relationships. In many developing countries Geographical Information Systems (GISs) are introduced but the benefits are modest as no changes take place in technical and organisational structure of organisations. Digital databases and computer-aided design (CAD) maps are mushrooming in great variety within different private and public institutions, municipal organisations and even within single departments and with structures similar to the paper period and thus operating on a stand-alone basis.Many national mapping agencies are not able to provide large-scale digital urban base maps, while the absence or low quality of cadastres makes those basic core data sets unavailable or inaccessible. The result is that duplication and incompatible data are frequently observed and also donor-driven stand-alone projects have a limited impact through the lack of institutional embedding and are not able to mature from the project to the institutional level. However, a positive sign is that there is an increasing awareness among data producers and consumers that investments in the development of digital data sets should be combined to reduce costs and increase benefits from especially GIS, and information and communication technology (ICT) in general.Within Trujillo a long-term vision was developed to make full use of ICT and GIS to modernise all operations of the Municipality to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its tasks. However, large investments are not feasible due to the very limited municipal budgets. To guarantee the support of the municipal council, short-term results are required. This paper describes three ‘products’ as part of the vision to develop through a step-by-step approach a local spatial data infrastructure for Trujillo.The three, rather different, products are:

1. fiscal cadastre, to increase municipal revenues through property taxation;

2. an ‘environmental atlas’ based on a compatible spatial and attribute data sets from a variety of organisations; and

3. a municipal website with interactive GIS and meta data information.

The paper concludes with some comments on the institutional and political requirements for the successful development of a local spatial data infrastructure and stresses that such an infrastructure is not a product but an incremental development process that will progress only in case such a process is simple, cost effective, user-friendly, and flexible with clear products.Political interest and institutional stability and genuine interest for inter-institutional cooperation will add much to the success of this process.     

国内设计行业如何面对加入WTO后的挑战

中国加入世界贸易组织 (WTO) ,对于我国工程设计行业将产生深刻的影响。工程勘察设计咨询业隶属于服务贸易领域 ,所有成员国都必须接受《服务贸易总协定》(GATS)规定。加入WTO后 ,国外建筑事务所会大量涌入 ,将依靠其先进的技术和管理、优厚的融资能力冲击我们的工程的咨询设计市场。为了能在激烈的市场竞争中立于不败之地 ,分析了解国外事务所的经营管理模式 ,分析国内外工程设计行业的差距 ,研究对策 ,做好准备是当务之急     

Fuzzy K-means clustering models for triangular fuzzy time trajectories

We focus our attention on the classification of fuzzy time trajectories with triangular membership function, described by a given set of individuals. To this purpose, we adopt a fullyinformational approach, explicitly recognizing the informational nature shared by the ingredients of the classification procedure: the observed data (Empirical Information) and the classification model (Theoretical Information). In particular, by supposing that the informational paradigm has a fuzzy nature, we suggest three fuzzy clustering models allowing the classification of the triangular fuzzy time trajectories, based on the analysis of the cross sectional and/or longitudinal characteristics of their components (centers and spreads). Two applicative examples are illustrated.     

压力型体制下乡镇治理的特点及负面影响

压力型体制下 ,乡镇治理的特点主要表现为“目标责任”管理、“选择性激励”泛滥、“正式权力的非正式运用”以及“政绩工程”与“造假”等。这些做法“虚化”了政权 ,制约了村民自治的成长 ,并有可能引起治理危机。因此 ,必须加以解决。     

并行工程在管理中的应用

在 2 1世纪 ,企业绝不能象过去那样满足于某一方面的优势 ,而要尽可能全面发展。为此企业必须要寻找一种新的整体优化管理模式。针对产品的开发设计而言 ,则要摒弃原有的开发设计模式———串行方式 ,采用新的方式———并行工程。本文介绍了并行工程的基本概念和它作为一种新的管理思想的内涵 ,并重点阐述了这种管理思想在企业中的应用。     

高校毕业生思想教育难度加大探源与对策

目前高校毕业生思想教育难度加大的原因在于:大学生就业制度改革中凭关系择业与凭能力自主择业冲突的影响;就业形势趋于严竣的影响;高校学生思想教育与市场环境的脱节;毕业生自身的思想混乱与矛盾心理。我们必须优化高校育人的内外部环境;开展丰富多彩的校园文化活动并营造离校前夕的健康氛围;积极进行就业指导服务;开展形势教育与心理健康教育;以控制并化解高校毕业生思想教育的难度。     

改革高校市场营销专业考试方法探析

考试的形式和内容对学生的学习模式具有引导作用,在大力提倡素质教育的知识经济时代,必须改革高校市场营销专业的考试模式,使考试成为培养学生创新精神的手段。     

"祝颂"言语行为的汉英对比

汉英“祝颂”言语行为及“祝颂语”在词汇、句法、语体、语境、话语结构和文化背景等方面均存在共性与差异。实施“祝颂”言语行为时常出现“语用语言失误”和“社交语用失误” ,其根源在于文化差异 ,即英美文化的基督教信仰、个体主义、自我价值和汉文化的贬己尊人等传统观念之间的差异。     

中国创新活动和经济增长的关系——一个基于协整理论的初步研究

内生经济增长理论告诉我们,创新活动作为技术进步的主要来源能够持续推动经济增长。但是中国现阶段经济发展条件下创新对经济增长的推动作用到底有多大,创新活动对于经济增长的影响机制如何,现有的研究并没有给出一个令人信服的答案。本文采用协整理论和误差修正模型研究了经济增长和创新活动之间的关系。研究结果显示,我国创新活动对于经济增长短期内具有显著影响,但其影响程度与长期影响相比还存在着较大差距;从长期看各种创新活动中基础研究能够实现对经济增长更大的推动作用。     

Collapsing the Boundaries? Fatherhood,Organization and Home‐Working

In the modern western world, the discursive construction of fatherhood and everyday fathering practices has been underpinned by the spatial separation of work from home, of public from private. However, increasing numbers of employees are now working from home and a disproportionate number of these are men with young children. This article draws on new empirical research to examine the implications for fathers and for organizations as home‐working disrupts earlier spatial configurations of fatherhood and fathering practices. The article concludes that as the spatial boundaries between home and work collapse, new accommodations between fatherhood/fathering and organization are emerging. However, these are underpinned by a traditional gender division of labour in the household. More broadly, these findings confirm the inadequacy of static distinctions between public and private, showing that while such distinctions are still used to mark space and time, this is relational, contingent and unstable.