Children and Power in Mexican Transnational Families

Today, many families find that they are unable to fulfill the goal of maintaining a household by living together under the same roof. Some members migrate internationally. This article addresses the consequences of a transnational lifestyle for children who are left behind by migrant parents. Using ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with a total of 141 members of Mexican transnational families, I explore how children who are left behind react to parents’ migrations. I focus on how Mexican children manifest the competing pressures they feel surrounding parents’ migrations and consequently shape family migration patterns. The article shows that children may experience power, albeit in different ways at different ages, while simultaneously being disadvantaged as dependents and in terms of their families’ socioeconomic status.     

肇庆市山区县域旅游经济发展略析

山区县域旅游经济是整个肇庆市旅游经济深入发展的重要一环,同时也是薄弱环节,但又大有可为。改变现在景点散、规模小、档次低的状况,多渠道吸引资金,加大宣传包装力度,打造具有相当规模的拳头产品,突出休闲、娱乐功能等是繁荣肇庆市山区县域旅游经济的可行之举。     

常州市育龄人群生育意愿及影响因素

基于调查研究数据,对常州市育龄人群的理想子女数、性别偏好和预期初育年龄进行了定量分析,并对不同特征人群的理想子女数进行对比研究。结果表明,常州市育龄人群不存在明显的生育性别偏好,少生晚生已成为其自觉自愿的选择。     

Absence behaviour, turnover and disability: A study among city bus drivers in the Netherlands

Absenteeism, turnover and disability, and relationships between them have been studied among city bus drivers in the Netherlands. The theoretical framework for the study was a cumulative process model of work and health. Absenteeism among these drivers was two to three times as high as the national average, while the risk of disablement was more than twice as high as the risk for male Dutch civil servants in general. Bus drivers who had to leave their job for medical reasons did so at a younger age than other groups of civil servants. The main conditions leading to disablement related to the back, tendons and joints (35%), mental disorders (35%) and cardiovascular diseases (12%). It was shown that long-term absenteeism is a strong precursor of future disability. The research suggests a work-related process of progressive deterioration of health and well-being over a reasonably long period of time. Driving city buses seems to be an occupation with high risks for health and well-being.     

Current Constraints and Future Directions for Risk Adapted Land-Use Planning Practices in the High-Density Asian Setting of Ho Chi Minh City

The need to integrate adaptation efforts into land-use planning policies has been only recently recognized in Ho Chi Minh City. The city's latest planning guidance addresses both flooding resilience and mitigation of urban heat. This paper outlines the development contexts and the current barriers for adapted land-use planning within the city. The key challenge for land-use planning is communicating the important functions and services of open and natural urban spaces and effectively guiding the mainly individual developer-driven development. As the realization of non-structural adaptation measures is in strong contrast to the current market-driven private and short-term developer interests, the main development trajectories are questioned and synergies identified.     

关于青岛市农民收入状况的调查与分析

改革开放 2 0多年来 ,青岛市农民收入表现出阶段性波动增长和劳动报酬收入比重逐渐上升家庭经营收入逐渐下降两大特点。文章分析了制约青岛市农民收入增加的主要因素 ,并对如何促进农民增收提出了新的思路和积极的政策建议。     

山西城市生态建设面临的问题及对策

本文分析了山西城市生态建设面临的问题 :城市污染严重 ,包括大气污染、水污染、固体废弃物污染和环境噪声污染等 ;城市绿化与景区建设落后。并提出因应对策 :加强生态环境宣传教育 ,提高全民生态环境意识 ;加大环境治理力度 ;加快城市绿化步伐 ;加强城市景区建设 ;合理利用和保护自然资源 ;大力提倡生态产品     

莱州市海涂开发及农业生态模式研究

分析了莱州市海涂资源的特点,对目前海涂资源开发的主要方式及开发过程中出现的问题,如地下海水入侵日趋严重、河道挖沙对海涂的破坏和海涂环境污染不断加剧等进行了研究;探讨了莱州市海涂资源开发的原则与农业生态模式。     

上海市人口态势与对策

上海市目前的人口态势主要表现为:持续的人口自然变动负增长;由于流动人口的增加,上海市人口总量依然增长迅速;人口老龄化进一步加剧。因此,上海市的人口与计划生育工作面临诸多挑战。对流动人口应采取网络化管理;对老龄人口的养老问题应采取调整生育政策等对策。     

青岛市税收及经济发展状况调查分析

为了充分发挥税收“晴雨表”和“推动器”的作用 ,以推动青岛市经济结构战略性调整 ,促进经济持续稳定发展 ,实现税收与经济的良性循环 ,笔者立足税收 ,对青岛市 1 998年以来的状况、经济特点和税源结构进行了调查分析 ,并提出了相应对策