The State, Institutional Transition and the Creation of New Urban Poverty in China

Since the 1990s, the introduction of a market economy and the process of rapid urbanization have been accompanied by a new urban poverty related to lay‐offs and unemployment as well as by large‐scale rural–urban migration, which is different from the traditional urban poverty of the ‘Three Nos’ (no relatives or dependants, no working capacity and no source of income). This article focuses on new urban poverty in China under market transition and discusses the causes of poverty creation. Instead of considering Chinese new urban poverty only as a result of market mechanisms, it argues that the state as the manipulator of institutions and policies does matter in the creation of new urban poverty, and that the cleavages between the old and new institutions further intensify it. Specifically, the following aspects of the creation of new urban poverty are examined in detail: the adjustment of industrial policy, the reform of state‐owned enterprises, evolution of the household registration system, and the transformation of the welfare state.     

Rainfall interception by Santa Monica's municipal urban forest

Effects of urban forests on rainfall interception and runoff reduction have been conceptualized, but not well quantified. In this study rainfall interception by street and park trees in Santa Monica, California is simulated. A mass and energy balance rainfall interception model is used to simulate rainfall interception processes (e.g., gross precipitation, free throughfall, canopy drip, stemflow, and evaporation). Annual rainfall interception by the 29,299 street and park trees was 193,168 m³ (6.6 m³/tree), or 1.6% of total precipitation. The annual value of avoided stormwater treatment and flood control costs associated with reduced runoff was $110,890 ($3.60/tree). Interception rate varied with tree species and sizes. Rainfall interception ranged from 15.3% (0.8 m³/tree) for a small Jacaranda mimosifolia (3.5 cm diameter at breast height) to 66.5% (20.8 m³/tree) for a mature Tristania conferta (38.1 cm). In a 25-year storm, interception by all street and park trees was 12,139.5 m³ (0.4%), each tree yielding $0.60 (0.4 m³/tree) in avoided flood control costs. Rainfall interception varied seasonally, averaging 14.8% during a 21.7 mm winter storm and 79.5% during a 20.3 mm summer storm for a large, deciduous Platanus acerifolia tree. Effects of differences in temporal precipitation patterns, tree population traits, and pruning practices on interception in Santa Monica, Modesto, and Sacramento, California are described.     

建筑与城市设计中的时间观

时间与形式、功能、空间四要素完备才能组成一个完整的建筑 ,运用时间设计的概念 ,分析和解决当今建筑界和城市规划出现的问题是现实的需要     

基础设施定价与城市规模的经济分析

建立了基础设施与城市规模的时间序列动态模型，分析基础设施市场化运营中，因定价收费方式不同，理论上对城市最优规模的影响。对比分析了基础设施以边际成本定价和以平均成本定价的区别，用数值模拟的方法，得出按照基础设施边际成本定价，有利于获得最优的城市规模和实现城市收益最大化的结论，并为城市发展提供了相应对策。     

农业产业化与城镇体系结构的相关性研究--以烟台市为例

分析了改革开放以来烟台市城镇体系的发展阶段及特征,指出了农业产业化日益成为城镇发展的主要动力,对农业产业化与城镇体系地域结构、等级规模结构、职能结构的相互关联性进行了实证分析,并对如何更好地促进农业产业化与城镇体系的协调发展提出了相应的对策。     

上海都市旅游业发展研究

随着上海市主办2010年世界博览会准备工作的深入推进,上海都市旅游产业也获得了迅速的发展,上海日益成为中国最重要的都市旅游目的地以及都市旅游产业发展重心。上海市政府也积极与江苏、浙江两省政府合作,共同推进区域旅游产业的发展,打造世界级的旅游中心。本文对上海都市旅游业的发展状况、主要特征、战略趋势、政策特点及发展机遇等进行了比较详细的分析研究。     

新城市社会学视域下我国当代城市空间生产的特征

以新城市社会学理论的新马克思主义政治经济学来分析我国当代城市空间生产的特征,是一个新的视域。转型时期我国当代城市的空间生产呈现出新的特征,表现为资本、技术——工业理性刺激着城市的快速扩张,出现环境污染、建设破坏、文化破坏等社会问题,城市空间的生产是不同社会群体对空间的角逐过程和结果,反映着政府、公共领域与个人的边界。城市空间的生产能动地、全面地反映着资本、权力、财富、社会地位、利益等社会关系的生产。     

完善城市民族立法的思考

城市化给我国城市民族关系带来了新的变化,城市民族法律法规在城市发展中的作用更加突出。文章对我国目前城市民族立法取得的主要成就和存在的问题进行了全面系统的分析,并在此基础上结合新时期社会发展与城市民族工作的需要,提出了进一步完善城市民族立法体系、提高立法质量的基本构想。     

“推力”、“拉力”之外更需“助力”——中国农民工市民化之历史蜕变途径浅探

中国城市化进程中数以亿计的农民工在农村之“推力”与城市之“拉力”下,进入城市,他们能否完成由农民到市民的历史蜕变,是关系到我国的现代化与和谐社会建设的重大问题。由于后发展国家政府导向的前瞻性与我国的国情及时代之要求,我们不能走西方国家的自然转化之路,只能发挥后发优势,由政府与社会对此历史进程加以“助力”,使之在较短时间内顺利完成此历史蜕变。     

中国城市究竟如何提升竞争力

提升城市竞争力,对推动城市经济社会的全面发展以及对区域经济的提升是十分重要的。要从宏观和微观上根据城市性质、规模大小、产业特色、区位环境等不同,制定提升竞争力的重点和方针政策,而不能照抄照搬一种模式。