Urban cultivation in Accra: an examination of the nature, practices, problems, potentials and urban planning implications

The literature on urban farming in Sub-Saharan African cities reveals that most studies have been conducted in Eastern, Southern and Central African cities. A few have focused on West Africa, including Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, and Cameroon. In Ghana there is a paucity of information on urban farming. The purpose of this paper is to examine the status of urban cultivation in Accra, Ghana's capital, reviewing existing research, and to present new empirical findings on urban cultivation emphasizing on its history, nature, practices, problems, potentials and urban planning implications.     

三代领导人城市布局思想与政策绩效分析

城市作为社会、经济、文化活动空间集聚面形成了社会景观, 其产生和发展是各种社会经济要素的空间流动和地理集中的结果。城市不但是人口集聚地, 而且成为各种产业的集聚中心。本文所及的城市布局、规范的范围始于新中国建立。20世纪50年来, 三代领导人在城市布局理论、方法和实践上的特色有许多值得总结的东西     

美国城市化经验对江苏城市化战略的启示

美国城市化经历了发生、发展、成熟的完整过程 ,具体表现为集中和分散两个显著特征 ;我国江苏城市化进程中的独特现象与美国城市化形成鲜明对比 ,通过比较、借鉴 ,江苏必须走出一条符合省情的城市化道路。     

大型系统集成的设计与实现

根据行业间系统集成项目在通信、协议、事务、安全方面的特点，和国税多元化信息服务平台建设的背景，提出了系统建设的目标在于通过税务和银行、国库、电信、邮政等行业的互联和系统集成，为纳税人提供多种纳税申报言式，保证税款及时征收和入库。该平台由电话／传真／银行网点／网络／邮政报税、税／银／邮／电联网、ＣＡ安全认证、数据传输、业务处理、中心管理等功能模块组成；采用多种技术和产品进行实现；并从技术角度提出需关注的问题。     

Urban Housing as an Issue of Redistribution through Planning? The Case of Dhaka City

The rapid growth of population, the mushrooming of poor settlements and unplanned urbanization have crucial implications for the efficiency and equity of urban services. The resultant infringements of critical human rights throw into focus the importance of housing as a social policy issue. Urban services are strained in Dhaka city. Urban management has been disrupted as a result of spatial encroachment and environmental degradation. In addition to land scarcity, land speculation and endemic corruption, the high price of land is also a product of the system of land registration. The dearth of valuable urban land, together with delays in urban planning and its implementation, have made the acquisition of land for housing prohibitively expensive for middle and low‐income households. Consequently, the quality of the housing environment is deteriorating. The problem of housing finance is intrinsically linked to its affordability, being currently the prerogative only of the affluent. This article delineates the inherent lack of integrated urban planning, the lacunae within institutions responsible for urban management – and, contextually, the nature of housing as a social policy issue, where reinforced, coordinated planning and administration could ensure distributive benefits even to the poor.     

司空图《诗品》篇天人合一思维模式的原型追溯

以原型的方法对司空图《诗品》天人合一思维模式进行了全面分析。指出司空图《诗品》的思维模式遵循了中国古代由诗歌品阶、天时、时律、时历等形成的系统的天人合一模式，是典型的中国思维。     

西部大开发中新疆城镇发展的对策研究

实施西部大开发是国家提出的一项重大战略决策。城市是社会经济发展的一个重要组成部分 ,如何对待城市的发展问题 ,关系到西部地区开发成败的关键。本文首先分析了新疆城镇发展的主导因素 ,指出以政府为主导的发展模式是新疆城镇发展缺乏内在动力的原因。然后从城镇空间分布及城镇体系等方面分析了目前新疆城镇发展的主要特征及存在的问题。最后在以上分析的基础上 ,提出了今后城镇发展的对策与建议     

创新活动的思维机制

创新思维是具有实践性、整合性和开创性的思维 ,创新的思维发生主要表现在 :发现导致创新的问题 ,想象可能创新的空间 ,洞察推出创新的机遇 ,反馈动态创新的信息。创新思维是在不确定、不完全信息、博弈行为中展开的。创新思维要开发隐含知识和利用软件系统     

Asylum Seekers in Scotland: The Accommodation of Diversity

This article explores the experiences of asylum seekers who have been housed in Glasgow under the government's dispersal policy. It notes the work of the Audit Commission in identifying those factors which may be considered when assessing the suitability of areas for asylum-seeker settlement. These factors are then discussed in detail in relation to the Glasgow case study, using information derived from interviews with asylum seekers themselves, with service providers and various community and voluntary organizations. The article notes the impact of additional factors such as media coverage, which were not considered by the Audit Commission. The article discusses the appropriateness of cities such as Glasgow, with relatively small minority ethnic populations, as locations for asylum-seeker settlement, and explores the impact of devolution. It concludes by suggesting that areas such as Glasgow may, with the appropriate commitment, become places where asylum seekers may successfully settle, once they have received refugee status, with new multicultural communities being created.     

长三角区域文化整合与区域经济合作初探

区域文化整合对促进长三角区域经济合作至关重要。分析了长三角区域文化整合的基础和现状,探讨了文化整合对区域经济合作的促进作用。在此基础上,提出以文化整合促进长三角区域经济合作的四个举措：文化圈的共建、文化产业的共赢、文化组织的共荣以及文化成果的共享。