Testing Home Ownership as the Cornerstone of Welfare: Lessons from East Asia for the West

In recent years, one driver behind the promotion of home ownership in Western countries has been the belief that owner-occupied housing assets provide a means to build up individual welfare security, potentially offsetting pension shortfalls in retirement. In contrast, many developed East Asian societies have both long focussed on advancing ‘asset’ or ‘property-based welfare’ systems as well as experienced the late-1990s Asian Financial Crisis which forced changes in housing and welfare practices. This paper examines how home ownership and asset-based welfare fared in these contexts and the lessons to be learned. It begins by considering the role of owner-occupied housing assets in different welfare regimes before empirically examining how asset-based welfare systems have been realized. It then considers how East Asian home ownership and asset-based welfare systems have stood-up to economic crises. The final section considers what the East Asian experiences contribute to an understanding of the housing assets–welfare relationship.     

老龄社会的住区设计对策

近几年关于适合老年人的住区设计的研究是个较热门的课题,通过问卷调查等方式对住区适老性设施的重要性进行梳理,并结合现有住宅开发模式,提出在住区设计中充分糅入适老性设计,倡导无障碍住宅和适老住宅,实现居家养老。     

网络智能家居监控系统的网卡驱动设计与实现

该文介绍了网络智能家居监控系统接收终端网卡驱动的一种设计与实现方式,该设计可以用于监控终端的数据接收与监控。本设计使用DM9000E网卡,在Linux操作系统中进行移植与调试。首先搭建好嵌入式软硬件开发环境,然后针对DM9000E网卡对通用的网卡驱动程序进行移植和修改,论述了将网卡驱动添加到Linux2.6.25内核中的具体过程,最终在系统上成功运行。     

基于物联网的智能家居控制系统设计与实现

使用ARM处理器和GPRS技术对智能家居实现远程监控和控制,利用Zigbee无线通信技术及CC2430芯片组成家庭内部的局域网络,通过AT89C51单片机作为各控制器终端的控制核心并采用中断方式来进行对应控制。ARM中央处理器、GPRS模块、Zigbee模块之间采用串口通信方式实现,从而使整个系统结合成一个整体。通过该控制系统,用户可以随时随地的通过物联网或者手机对智能家居进行控制并且接收有关的家居信息。     

HNB小区UE准入控制策略研究

在介绍LAC资源分配方案的基础上,对封闭模式下不同的准入控制方案进行了分析,并着重给出了一个完整的准入控制解决方案。     

在崩溃家庭中自我救赎——谈柳美里《家梦已远》中的人物和主题

《家梦已远》是柳美里的一部反映家庭崩溃主题的小说。主人公＂我＂面对＂改邪归正＂的父亲的＂热情＂,期望能借着留住新屋之际来追想失落的家庭,却在理想与现实中飘忽不定。小说通过描写母亲、妹妹、＂我＂、父亲对新居的对立看法及行为,揭示了崩溃家庭的不可挽回。作者用几乎不带感情色彩的客观叙述,突出了主人公对＂家梦已远＂的无奈,并由此体现柳美里作品的＂个人化＂特点和＂家庭＂主题。     

摩洛哥的家居设计特色

本文从家居空间、家具设计、色彩特点以及瓷砖和织物等装饰品风格等主要方面论述了摩洛哥原始、自然、纯朴的家居设计特色,为今天人们追求返朴归今的家居装饰设计提供一种新的参考。     

家庭媒体网络设计

对于不同类型的家庭媒体网络,尤其是家庭射频电缆网络,一般非射频专业人士不知如何进行设计和布线.介绍了IEC定义的几种双向家庭网络的物理层连接、工作特性、设计计算和性能要求.所得数据可以作为设计家庭网络的基本依据,对构建下一代有线电视网络具有参考价值.     

Solar home system electrification in dispersed rural areas: a 10‐year experience in Jujuy,Argentina

This paper presents a technical approach to the electrification of dispersed rural areas with the so‐called Solar Home Systems. Lessons learned from the past show not only problems and mistakes but also interesting positive points. The electrification of remote areas, with low‐density population and low energy consumption is still a problem to solve. Sustainability is a main issue addressed in all rural electrification assessment actions, together with financing of programs and systems. This work tries to advance in the knowledge on reliability and maintenance, planning and execution, in a dispersed rural electrification market. It is based on the 10‐year field experience in the province of Jujuy, Argentina. In the most dispersed areas of the province, there are about 3000 households plus a minor number of schools, churches, health posts, and community premises electrified with small individual photovoltaic systems from a decade ago. Most remarkable outcomes from a long‐term operation and monitoring action are summarized and analyzed in the following pages. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.