Urban lignocellulosic biomass can significantly contribute to energy production in municipal wastewater treatment plants – A GIS-based approach for a metropolitan area

The common fermentation of biogenic wastes and sewage sludge in digesters of municipal wastewater treatment plants is a technically feasible and economically viable approach. As the number of rural biogas production sites is steadily increasing, the question has been raised which biomass feedstocks are left available in sufficient quantities to be used for energy generation at wastewater treatment plant level. The contribution of lignocellulosic biomass collected from urban areas is generally neglected within this context. In the present study, 24 urban substrates have been analyzed for their theoretical methane potential, while 13 of them were tested in batch assays for the determination of their practical achievable methane yield. The theoretical evaluation of the methane potential yielded values ranging between 0.393 and 0.576 Nm³ kgVS⁻¹. The methane yields obtained by batch assays showed significantly lower yields, which depends on the individual composition of the substrates in terms of lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose. A GIS spatial analysis for the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area was performed to evaluate the feasible capacity of urban biomass as co-fermentation feedstock in digesters of municipal wastewater treatment plants. The analysis revealed that green urban areas provide a significant quantity of biomass of 377 t_FM d⁻¹ that could cover 67% of the annual energy demand of twelve typical wastewater treatment plants located in the metropolis.     

Spatial agglomeration and productivity in Italy: A panel smooth transition regression approach

The paper analyses the nonlinearities in the impact of localization, diversity, urbanization and competition on firm‐level total factor productivity (TFP), using a large sample of Italian firms from 1999 to 2007. We adopt a panel smooth transition regression model, so that the TFP elasticities are free to vary smoothly across two or more extreme values. Results show that localization economies and Jacobian externalities materialize only for values of, respectively, intra‐industry agglomeration and extra‐sectoral diversity above a certain threshold. Local competition exerts a positive effect on productivity, even though the marginal impact shrinks at high levels of competition. We find instead no evidence of diseconomies of agglomeration.     

空间H形梁柱节点的节点域滞回性能试验研究

为研究空间效应对节点域滞回性能及稳定性的影响，设计了4个不同构造的空间H形梁柱节点试件，于柱端施加恒定轴向荷载，于柱弱轴平面梁端施加恒定反对称荷载，于柱强轴平面梁端施加反对称往复荷载。试验及分析结果表明：基于平面梁柱节点试验提出的考虑竖向连接板对提高节点域稳定性的推荐公式仍适用；柱弱轴平面不平衡弯矩通过竖向连接板及横向加劲肋传递至柱翼缘，当该荷载不致引起节点域周边构件过早屈服时，若传力路径连续，节点域不直接抵抗该荷载作用；在本试验的柱弱轴平面荷载应力水平下，构造设计合理的空间试件节点域的承载力、变形能力、稳定性、耗能能力均不低于相应的平面试件。     

基于Hermite插值的管片拼装机轨迹规划

盾构施工中,管片拼装机需要先完成一环的拼装,才能往前进行推进。目前管片拼装机工作效率较低,直接影响着掘进速度。为了提高管片拼装机的拼装效率,结合Hermite插值算法提出一种新的拼装轨迹规划方法,通过各动作始末两点进行Hermite插值,构造出五次多项式,通过加速度、功率等约束解出各具体解。选取用时最长的作为时间基准,重新构造其余五次多项式。在降低启动冲击的同时,将管片拼装机的拼装效率提升了近一倍。     

Equity and Efficiency in Spatial Distribution of Basic Public Health Facilities: A Case Study from Nanjing Metropolitan Area

The article assesses the equity and efficiency of spatial distribution of basic public health service facilities in the metropolitan area of Nanjing. The results show that the spatial distribution of public health service facilities is generally in disequilibrium within the Nanjing metropolitan area. In particular, it demonstrates a significant variation in spatial distribution across districts. Districts located in the central parts have a relatively higher level of equity and efficiency and show positive spatial correlations amongst themselves. However, equity and efficiency differ in urban fringes and rural areas.     

英国乡村规划空间尺度的经验与启示

英国拥有完善的城乡规划体系,关于乡村规划空间尺度的研究成果与实践经验非常丰富。文章从英国乡村问题与规划尺度之关系出发,系统梳理了英国乡村规划发展演变的几个阶段和几种类型,总结了英国乡村规划空间尺度的特征,一是乡村问题有多个层次,二是乡村问题的空间尺度决定了规划尺度,三是英国乡村规划已经形成体系。通过分析中英乡村问题的共同特征,得出英国经验对我国乡村规划的参考和启示,建议扩大乡村规划的对象,扩大乡村规划作为区域规划的特征,深入分解乡村问题、制定规划目标,以及依据乡村问题尺度选择合适的规划尺度,以解决目前我国乡村规划的困境。     

软土地区基坑对周边环境影响空间效应分析

软土地区基坑开挖引起的变形具有明显的空间效应,为了进一步研究开挖引起周边地面及建构筑物变形的特性,结合对温州某大型深基坑工程的监测,从垂直于基坑围护墙以及平行于围护墙两个方向,对基坑外地面道路以及建筑物的沉降和裂缝情况进行了监测分析,总结了开挖引起基坑外地表沉降的分布特性,分析发现：基坑边角对围护墙变形以及地表沉降具有明显限制作用;在垂直于基坑方向上,处在沉降主要影响区2H_e范围内,建筑物均具有明显的差异沉降,最大角变量达到1/1300;平行基坑方向距离边角（0.4~1.2）H_e（最大开挖深度）范围观测到纵向裂缝,沉降变化率较大,可能破坏道路或建构筑物;此外,桩基础的建筑物总沉降以及差异沉降均明显小于条形基础建筑。     

基于历史地图解译的崇州罨画池水系演变研究

用历史地图空间解译法先梳理了清光绪至20世纪80年代崇州城市水系的演变,再结合罨画池相关文献,复原了清康熙、道光、光绪时期罨画池水体形态与体系的演变过程图,并从城市水系与园林兴衰、园林的功能使用、水体形态的系统性三方面归纳总结水系演变特点:1)崇州城市水系促成罨画池的形成,也决定其衰败;2)罨画池从以游赏为主的衙署园林最终变为以纪念为主的公共园林;3)罨画池水体系统性的形成深受园林建设的影响。     

基于生态-文化空间关联的乡土景观区划方法研究

迄今为止,在中国的城镇化进程中,乡土景观资源的保护与利用仍然是个未受到足够重视的薄弱环节。在社会格局剧变和文化高度融合的大背景下,隔离区域生态与文化特征的规划管理模式已无法适应人民对生活质量及其可持续性的更高追求。实现生态与文化视角的融合既是社会实践的要求也是学科发展的趋势。以福建北部地区为研究对象,在实施研究区生态与文化区划的基础上,以空间统计与地理信息技术为手段,验证了研究区生态与文化类型区的空间关联性,并据此构建了乡土景观分类及区划方法体系。对乡土景观区划成果在区域风景道规划及旅游资源空间管制等领域的应用途径做了初步探讨。本研究可视为是区域可持续发展战略中的有关乡土景观资源整合保护的一次有价值的实践探索。     

城市滨水空间生态系统服务供需匹配的空间智慧

当前生态系统服务空间性研究大多在区域或城市尺度上开展,风景园林生态实践的指导性较为有限,研究聚焦场地尺度,旨在从生态系统服务供需视角看待城市滨水空间的发展与规划设计实践。在已有生态系统服务供需方面文献爬梳的基础上,提出影响需求的三大因素及其需求类型的划分方法,甄别影响城市滨水空间生态系统服务供给能力的核心指标,选取上海苏州河市区段进行实证研究,采取田野调查法、文献研究法,并基于GIS进行需求目标与供给能力的空间制图。通过拟合分析比对创新性地提出指导城市滨水空间生态实践的三大空间智慧:1)基于需求目标研判制定发展策略的空间智慧;2)分段分类型供给满足存量更新需求的空间智慧;3)生态系统服务供需平衡转向匹配的空间智慧,为城市滨水空间的生态实践提出理论依据、评价标准及技术支撑。