Investigating the Social Dimensions of Transport Disadvantage II: From Concepts to Methods through an Empirical Case Study

This article is the second of two papers that review the field of spatially sensitive social scientific research into the links between social status and transport disadvantage. The first paper undertook a comprehensive review of the social scientific and transport planning literature to mark the level of development in the field and identify conceptual and methodological issues and constraints in this field of inquiry. The present article supports the advancement of socially and geographically sensitive transport research by opportunities for the development of more sophisticated spatial analytical methodologies. The approach we present is able to account for factors not previously addressed in either social or transport planning research, in particular the temporal dimensions of transport service accessibility. The article articulates the methodology through an empirical case study of socio-spatial transport disadvantage within the Gold Coast City. The article demonstrates that there are important theoretical and practical lessons to be gained for researchers and policy makers in addressing the social dimensions of transport and infrastructure provision. Further, the article argues that an attentiveness to new ways of combining and representing social and transport data-sets can promote policy relevant empirical social inquiry. The article also contributes in a productive way to the empirical knowledge of Australia's sixth-largest metropolitan area, which is often overlooked by urban scholars.     

Occurrence of Lawn Care and Agricultural Pesticides in the Don River and Humber River Watersheds (1998–2002)

Between 1998 and 2002, surface water samples were collected from several sites in the Don River and Humber River watersheds, both tributaries to Lake Ontario, and analyzed for a variety of pesticides, including those used for urban lawn care. Analyses included 152 pesticide active ingredients and eight metabolites. Samples were collected during base flow periods (i.e., dry events) and rainfall events (i.e., wet events). The objectives of the study were to determine which pesticides were detectable, whether there was a difference in the detection frequency between the two watersheds and between upstream and downstream in each river, and whether precipitation influenced the frequency of detection. Eleven pesticides and one metabolite were detected in surface waters of the Don and Humber rivers or their tributaries, with approximately 72% of samples containing at least one pesticide attributable to lawn care use. The pesticides and pesticide metabolite detected in this study included 2,4-D, atrazine, bromacil, carbofuran, chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin, diazinon, dicamba, MECOPROP, metolachlor, metribuzin, and an atrazine metabolite (des-ethyl atrazine). Four pesticides exceeded federal or provincial water quality guidelines/objectives. Diazinon exceeded the provincial water quality objective in 28% of the samples taken. For the three other pesticides (atrazine, carbofuran and chlorpyrifos) exceedance of a water quality criteria occurred in less than 1% of the samples.     

智能投币机在城市公交上使用的改进分析

通过鱼骨图的方法对现有智能公交投币机存在识别率偏低的问题进行了分析,提出在智能投币机中采用闭式五角叶轮或增加硬币预处理部分,对现有的智能公交投币机进行改进,使智能公交投币机的硬币辨识率得到提高.     

城市街区空间引导系统的设计思考

城市街区空间引导系统与人们的日常生活息息相关,为人们的出行提供了便捷的标识引导,同时它也是城市形象的重要组成部分之一。本文分析总结了该系统的设计原则,并从视觉传达学科入手分析其视觉元素的设计。为了设计无语言障碍和有个性、地域化的城市街区空间引导系统,从符号、文字、色彩三方面对其进行设计思考。     

城市化与城市公众科学素养的提高

在城市化过程中,城市公众的科学素养问题越来越成为城市文明建设的核心问题之一.必须关注处于市民化过程中的农民的科学素养的培育,加大城市科普投入的力度,构建全民终身教育体系,让城市公众对科学素养有一个全面正确的理解和切实的提高.     

提高规划与管理的科学性,促进小城镇健康发展

提出了科学的城镇规划与管理的基本任务，进而从四个方面阐述了如何把握这个基本任务促进本城镇经济与社会健康、迅速而稳步地发展：１）科学地研究城镇的性质与规模；２）合理地安排城镇用地布局；３）切实地制定近期建设规划；４）宜人地创造本镇风貌特色。     

城中村问题调查与分析

以华北地区为主要研究对象,对秦皇岛山东堡地区进行了深入调研,从中发现城中村存在的一些共性问题,通过分析找出了症结所在并提出合理的解决方案。     

杭州市城市节水工作现状及存在问题

通过对杭州市用水现状和节水管理中的问题剖析，提出解决杭州市城市节水管理中的机构虚化、手段缺乏、法规不健全等主要问题，以促进城市节水工作的开展，使杭州真正成为“蓝天、碧水”环绕的绿色“节水型城市”。     

江苏省城乡居民网络信息消费水平研究

江苏省网络信息消费在居民实现能力、消费渠道和消费类型上均呈现逐年递增的发展趋势。文章在分析大量统计数据的基础上,通过线性回归方法构建江苏省城乡信息消费函数,居民收入与信息消费的关系,分析江苏省城乡居民网络信息消费水平,为引导网络信息消费的健康发展提供可参考的理论依据和切实可行的措施与建议。