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Unprecedented occurrence of snow disasters over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau since 1980 1980年以来,青藏高原出现了前所未有的雪灾
IF 1.3 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.3934/geosci.2021033
Qi Liu, Leilei He, Jing Zeng, Yetang Wang
Continuous snowfall caused natural disasters, called snow disasters here, frequently occur on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China in recent decades, and cause a large number of losses of animal husbandry and human property. However, their long-term changes are poorly known. Here we use historical records to place recent variations of snow disasters under the background of the past 200 years. There are 366 snow disasters events for the 1820–2009 period, of which 230 happen during 1980–2009. In particular, the count of each decadal events since 1980 is larger than any other time during the past two centuries.
持续降雪造成的自然灾害,这里称之为雪灾,近几十年来在中国青藏高原频繁发生,造成大量的畜牧业和人类财产损失。然而,它们的长期变化却鲜为人知。在这里,我们利用历史记录,把最近的雪灾变化放在过去200年的背景下。1820 ~ 2009年间共发生雪灾366次,其中1980 ~ 2009年间共发生230次。特别是,自1980年以来,每个十年事件的数量比过去两个世纪中的任何时候都要多。
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引用次数: 2
Ports and logistics: resilience, sustainability and new centrality in the post-pandemic perspective for Italy and EU Med ports 港口和物流:大流行后意大利和欧盟地中海港口的复原力、可持续性和新中心地位
IF 1.3 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.3934/geosci.2021018
Stefania Palmentieri
This article is part of the Economic Geography studies and deals with aspects related to intermodal logistics with particular reference to maritime transport of containers. Ports are historically one of the key infrastructures for the Italian economy. In recent decades, along with many industrial sectors that were once driving forces for the national economy, due to the lack of adequate strategic planning, it has failed to keep pace with the rapid changes imposed on all sectors involved in the process of globalization of the economic world, losing ground and competitiveness with respect to many competing realities, both in Northern Europe and in the Mediterranean basin itself [1]. Most of the other states of Mediterranean Europe are in similar conditions, but Italy is probably the one that has lost the most ground. In this situation of strong economic and social imbalance, the covid-19 epidemic has hit Italy before and dramatically and if it had not turned into a pandemic, hitting the rest of Europe and the planet and forcing the European institutions to launch, for the first time, concrete support measures for all, would probably have represented a fatal shock for the Italian economy. By elaborating the information on statistical data and projections available in numerous international publications on the transport economy and more specifically on logistics, taking into account the reasons for the successes and failures of similar realities to the Italian one, the study offers food for thought on what to do immediately and in the future, taking advantage of the unique and unrepeatable opportunity constituted by the economic initiatives for the post-pandemic recovery, to remedy the lost ground by returning an adequate role to our world of maritime and port transport which can also be a driving force for the territory behind, avoiding ending up on the edge of the evolved world.
本文是经济地理学研究的一部分,涉及多式联运物流的各个方面,特别是集装箱的海上运输。港口历来是意大利经济的关键基础设施之一。近几十年来,由于缺乏适当的战略规划,工业部门和曾经推动国民经济的许多工业部门一样,未能跟上经济世界全球化进程中所有部门所面临的迅速变化,在北欧和地中海盆地本身许多相互竞争的现实方面失去了优势和竞争力。大多数地中海欧洲的其他国家都有类似的情况,但意大利可能是损失最严重的一个。在这种经济和社会严重失衡的情况下,covid-19疫情之前曾严重袭击过意大利,如果它没有演变成一场大流行,就会袭击欧洲其他国家和地球,迫使欧洲机构首次推出针对所有人的具体支持措施,这可能会对意大利经济造成致命的冲击。通过详细阐述众多国际出版物中关于运输经济,特别是物流的统计数据和预测信息,考虑到与意大利类似的现实成功和失败的原因,该研究报告提供了思考立即和未来应该做些什么,利用大流行病后复苏的经济举措所构成的独特和不可重复的机会。通过在我们的海洋和港口运输世界中恢复适当的作用来弥补失去的土地,这也可以成为背后领土的驱动力,避免在进化世界的边缘结束。
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引用次数: 0
Water resources management versus the world 水资源管理与世界
IF 1.3 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.3934/geosci.2021035
J. Greenway
Effective water resources management and water availability are under threat from multiple sources, including population growth, continuing urbanisation, and climate change. In this context, current water resources management requires a conceptual rethink, which is lacking in the urban water resources management literature. This paper addresses this gap by rethinking urban water resources management from a water-centric perspective. The paper discusses a conceptual rethinking of water resources management towards a water-centric water resources management system underpinned through combining nature-based solutions (NBS), green infrastructure, and water soft path approaches. It is concluded that through adopting a blend of NBS, green infrastructure, and water soft paths, a water-centric water resources management approach focused on achieving sustainable water availability can be developed. It is further concluded that in transitioning to a water-centric focused water resources management approach, water needs to be acknowledged as a key stakeholder in relation to guiding a transition to an effective holistic catchment-wide water-centric water resources management system focused on achieving sustainable water availability.
有效的水资源管理和水资源供应受到多种来源的威胁,包括人口增长、持续的城市化和气候变化。在此背景下,当前的水资源管理需要对概念进行重新思考,这是城市水资源管理文献所缺乏的。本文从以水为中心的角度重新思考城市水资源管理,解决了这一差距。本文讨论了水资源管理的概念反思,通过结合基于自然的解决方案(NBS)、绿色基础设施和水软路径方法,构建以水为中心的水资源管理系统。结论是,通过采用国家统计局、绿色基础设施和水软路径的混合,可以开发以水为中心的水资源管理方法,重点是实现可持续的水资源可用性。进一步得出结论,在向以水为中心的水资源管理方法过渡的过程中,需要将水视为一个关键的利益相关者,以指导向以实现可持续水资源供应为重点的有效的全流域以水为中心的整体水资源管理系统过渡。
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引用次数: 1
Multimedia resources and movies in the new perspectives on teaching geography through CLIL and ICT 多媒体资源与电影在CLIL与ICT地理教学中的新视角
IF 1.3 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.3934/geosci.2021036
Ester Cristina Lucia Tarricone
This paper examines the new perspectives on geographic education teaching contents through a foreign language. Covid-19 pandemic transformed teaching and learning environments and methods through the activation of distance learning in many schools around the world. In their new role of virtual classroom facilitators, teachers tried to offer an educational service through multiple multimedia resources and visual aids. The effects of the growing use of digital technologies in teaching methodologies show that these tools can be a valuable aid also for understanding the interdisciplinary nature of geography through the use of audiovisual materials and a vehicular language, that is a foreign language used as a medium of transmission of contents through CLIL approach. The research focuses on the advantages offered by the use of multimedia resources and movies to encourage interdisciplinary skills. According to many scholars, authentic materials and films in particular, boost students to acquire linguistic competences and a deeper understanding of geography.
本文从外语视角探讨地理教育教学内容的新视角。Covid-19大流行通过激活世界各地许多学校的远程学习,改变了教学环境和方法。教师作为虚拟课堂的推动者,试图通过多种多媒体资源和视觉教具来提供教育服务。在教学方法中越来越多地使用数字技术的影响表明,这些工具也可以通过使用视听材料和媒介语言(即通过CLIL方法作为内容传播媒介的外语)来帮助理解地理的跨学科性质。本研究的重点是利用多媒体资源和电影鼓励跨学科技能所提供的优势。许多学者认为,真实的材料,尤其是电影,可以提高学生的语言能力,加深对地理的理解。
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引用次数: 2
Sustainability and risk perception: multidisciplinary approaches 可持续性和风险感知:多学科方法
IF 1.3 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.3934/GEOSCI.2021013
Gaetano Sabato, L. Mercatanti
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引用次数: 0
Differentiated outlook to portray secondary cities in South Africa 以差异化的视角描绘南非的二级城市
IF 1.3 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.3934/geosci.2021026
Andre DW Brand, J. Drewes, M. Campbell
Cities are playing an increasingly important role in the development and growth of countries. A country's growth and prosperity is largely dependent on the efficient functioning of its cities. The reliance of countries on the ability of their cities to perform crucial central functions, for national growth, continues to rise. South Africa has a long-standing network of cities, towns and localities. These have developed and become hierarchised over the course of history during which population settlements and their distribution have been influenced by colonisation, segregation, industrialisation and globalisation. Since 1911, South Africa has undergone an extended phase of intense urban growth, with areas such as Johannesburg, Cape Town and eThekwini (Durban) agglomerating into dominating economic spaces. There are, however, no universally accepted, distinct criteria that constitute the general characteristics of secondary cities. The common assumption is that secondary cities are those cities that find themselves below the apex of what are considered primary cities. Furthermore, internationally, secondary cities appear to be considered as important catalysts for balanced and dispersed economic growth. In the South African context, the notion of what constitutes secondary cities is to a large extent underdeveloped. The aim of the paper is to appraise interconnected regional networks as a differentiated and novel outlook when determining secondary cities in South Africa. What is evident from the paper is that there are different potential alternatives with which to portray secondary cities.
城市在国家的发展壮大中发挥着越来越重要的作用。一个国家的增长和繁荣在很大程度上取决于其城市的有效运作。各国对其城市履行关键性中心职能以促进国家增长的能力的依赖程度继续上升。南非有一个长期存在的城市、城镇和地方网络。在历史进程中,人口定居点及其分布受到殖民、隔离、工业化和全球化的影响,这些城市已经发展并变得分层。自1911年以来,南非经历了密集城市发展的延伸阶段,约翰内斯堡、开普敦和德班等地区聚集成主导的经济空间。然而,并没有普遍接受的、明确的标准来构成二级城市的一般特征。通常的假设是,二级城市是那些发现自己低于一级城市顶点的城市。此外,在国际上,二级城市似乎被认为是平衡和分散的经济增长的重要催化剂。在南非的情况下,二级城市的概念在很大程度上是不发达的。本文的目的是在确定南非的二级城市时,评估相互连接的区域网络作为一种差异化和新颖的前景。从这篇论文中可以明显看出,有不同的潜在替代方案可以用来描绘二级城市。
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Consolidation parameters in silts from varied rate CPTU tests 从不同速率CPTU试验中得到的泥沙固结参数
IF 1.3 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.3934/geosci.2021039
A. Bihs, M. Long, S. Nordal, P. Paniagua
The interpretation of dissipation tests from cone penetration tests (CPTU) in silt is often considered challenging due to the occurrence of an unknown degree of partial consolidation during penetration which may influence the results significantly. The main objective of the present study is to investigate the influence of penetration rate and hence partial consolidation in silt deposits on the interpretation of consolidation parameters. Rate dependency studies have been carried out so as to give recommendations on how to establish design consolidation parameters in silts and consider the effect of partial consolidation on the development of design parameters. A comprehensive field and laboratory research program has been conducted on a silt deposit in Halsen-Stj?rdal, Norway. Alongside performing various rate penetration CPTU tests with rates varying between 0.5 mm/s and 200 mm/s, dissipation tests were executed to analyze the consolidation behaviour of the soil deposit. Furthermore, a series of soil samples have been taken at the site to carry out high quality laboratory tests. Correction methods developed for non-standard dissipation tests could be successfully applied to the silt deposit indicating partial consolidation. The results revealed an underestimation of the coefficient of consolidation if partial consolidation is neglected in the analysis, emphasizing the importance of considering the drainage conditions at a silt site thoroughly. To study the drainage conditions of a soil deposit a recently proposed approach has been applied introducing a normalized penetration rate to differentiate between drained and undrained behaviour during penetration. It is suggested that a normalized penetration rate of less than 0.1–0.2 indicate drained behaviour while a normalized penetration rate above 40–50 indicate undrained behaviour. Finally, available dissipation test data from a Norwegian Geo-Test Site (NGTS) in Halden, Norway have been used to successfully verify the recommendations made for silts.
淤泥中锥贯入试验(CPTU)耗散试验的解释通常被认为是具有挑战性的,因为在贯入过程中会发生未知程度的部分固结,这可能会显著影响结果。本研究的主要目的是探讨泥沙沉积物的侵彻速率和部分固结对固结参数解释的影响。进行了速率相关性研究,对如何建立泥沙的设计固结参数提出建议,并考虑部分固结对设计参数制定的影响。对Halsen-Stj? ?的一个淤泥沉积进行了全面的实地和实验室研究计划。rdal,挪威。除了进行速率在0.5 mm/s到200 mm/s之间的不同速率贯入CPTU试验外,还进行了耗散试验,以分析土壤沉积物的固结行为。此外,还在现场采集了一系列土壤样本,以便进行高质量的实验室测试。针对非标准耗散试验开发的修正方法可以成功地应用于部分固结泥沙。结果表明,如果在分析中忽略部分固结,则固结系数会被低估,强调了充分考虑淤泥场地排水条件的重要性。为了研究土壤沉积物的排水条件,最近提出了一种方法,引入标准化的渗透速率来区分渗透过程中的排水和不排水行为。结果表明,归一化渗透率小于0.1-0.2表示排水,而高于40-50的归一化渗透率表示不排水。最后,来自挪威哈尔登地质试验场(NGTS)的可用耗散试验数据已被用于成功验证对泥沙提出的建议。
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引用次数: 2
Groundwater exploration in hard rock terrains of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India using AHP and WIO analyses together with geoelectrical surveys 利用AHP和WIO分析结合地电测量在印度安得拉邦东戈达瓦里地区硬岩地形进行地下水勘探
IF 1.3 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.3934/geosci.2021015
P. V. Rao, M. Subrahmanyam, B. A. Raju
The need for groundwater exploration in India has been increasing enormously, due to the non-judicial use of available water resources. The present study area is located between longitudes from 81°52′20.293′′ to 82°29′32.058′′ E and latitudes from 17°01′6.71′′ to 17°38′ 12.906′′ N in the Eastern Ghats mobile belt region of East Godavari district. The study area is characterized by a wide range of geological settings and high and irregular topographic features. The area is identified by Government as highly backward and Tribal people dwell here. For exploring good aquifer in the study area, the information of ten parameters together with geoelectrical resistivity data has been collected. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used as the decision-making technique which uses the weights of different thematic layers (parameters) favorable for groundwater recharge, storage and location. Various thematic layers (parameters) of geology, geomorphology, soil, slope, lineament density, drainage density, groundwater level, Land use/Land cover, rainfall and coefficient of electrical anisotropy were considered in this analysis. A comprehensive groundwater prospect map has been prepared and validated with aquifer thickness map derived from the analysis of geoelectrical data. The entire study area has been classified into different potential zones of good, moderate and poor for groundwater exploration. The good groundwater potential zone is covering an area of 750.91 sqkm (28.4%) with aquifer thickness varying in the range 40–140 m, moderate potential zone encompasses 46.1% of the study area with an areal extent of 1220.33 sqkm and aquifer thickness is about 20–40 m. The remaining area of 24.5% is poor aquifer zone with thickness less than 20 m.
由于对现有水资源的非司法利用,印度对地下水勘探的需求大大增加。本研究区位于东哥达瓦里地区东高止山脉活动带东经81°52′20.293”~ 82°29′32.058”、北纬17°01′6.71”~ 17°38′12.906”之间。研究区地质背景多样,地形高低不规则。该地区被政府认定为高度落后地区,部落居民居住在这里。为了在研究区寻找良好的含水层,收集了10个参数信息和地电阻率数据。采用层次分析法(AHP)作为决策方法,利用有利于地下水补给、储存和选址的不同主题层(参数)的权重。该分析考虑了地质、地貌、土壤、坡度、线状密度、排水密度、地下水位、土地利用/土地覆盖、降雨量和电性各向异性系数等各主题层(参数)。利用地电资料分析得到的含水层厚度图,编制了地下水综合勘探图,并进行了验证。将整个研究区划分为地下水勘探好、中、差潜力区。地下水良好潜势区面积为750.91平方公里(28.4%),含水层厚度在40 ~ 140 m之间;中等潜势区面积为1220.33平方公里,占研究区总面积的46.1%,含水层厚度约为20 ~ 40 m。其余24.5%的面积为厚度小于20 m的不良含水层。
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引用次数: 5
Beyond the implications of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam filling policies 超越大埃塞俄比亚复兴大坝蓄水政策的影响
IF 1.3 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.3934/geosci.2021019
A. Yimere, E. Assefa
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia and High Aswan Dam (HAD) in Egypt both operate on the Nile River, independent of a governing international treaty or agreement. As a result, the construction of the GERD, the Earth's eighth largest dam, ignited a furious debate among Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt on its filling policies and long-term operation. Ethiopia and Egypt's stance on the Nile River's water resources, combined with a nationalistic policy debate on the GERD's filling policies and long-term operation, has severely affected progress toward reaching agreeable terms before the first round of GERD filling was completed. These three countries continue to debate on the terms of agreement for the second round of GERD filling, scheduled to start by July 2021. We examined the GERD filling strategy for five- and six-year terms using time series data for the periods 1979–1987 and 1987–1992 to combine analyses for dry and wet seasons and investigate the potential impacts of filling the GERD above the downstream HAD using four HAD starting water levels. A model calibrated using MIKE Hydro results shows that during both five- and six-year terms of future GERD filling, Egypt would not need to invoke the HAD's minimum operating level. We pursued a narrative approach that appeals to both a technical and non-technical readership, and our results show the urgent need for cooperation at both policy and technical levels to mitigate and adapt to future climate change through the development of climate-proof agreements. Moreover, the results call for the riparian countries to move away from the current nationalistic policy debate approach and pursue a more cooperative, economically beneficial, and climate adaptive approach.
埃塞俄比亚的大埃塞俄比亚复兴大坝(GERD)和埃及的高阿斯旺大坝(HAD)都在尼罗河上运行,独立于国际条约或协议。因此,世界第八大大坝GERD的建设在埃塞俄比亚、苏丹和埃及之间引发了关于其蓄水政策和长期运营的激烈争论。埃塞俄比亚和埃及在尼罗河水资源问题上的立场,再加上关于GERD灌水政策和长期运营的民族主义政策辩论,严重影响了在第一轮GERD灌水完成之前达成一致条款的进展。这三个国家继续就第二轮GERD填补的协议条款进行辩论,该协议将于2021年7月开始。我们使用1979-1987年和1987-1992年的时间序列数据,研究了五年和六年的GERD填充策略,结合旱季和雨季的分析,并研究了使用四个HAD的起始水位将GERD填充到下游HAD以上的潜在影响。使用MIKE Hydro结果校准的模型显示,在未来5年和6年的GERD填充期间,埃及不需要调用HAD的最低运行水平。我们采用了一种对技术和非技术读者都有吸引力的叙事方法,我们的研究结果表明,迫切需要在政策和技术层面进行合作,通过制定气候保护协议来减缓和适应未来的气候变化。此外,研究结果呼吁沿岸国家放弃目前的民族主义政策辩论方式,而采取一种更具合作性、经济效益和气候适应性的方式。
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引用次数: 2
The technical challenges and outcomes of ground-penetrating radar: A site-specific example from Joggins, Nova Scotia 探地雷达的技术挑战和成果:以新斯科舍省约金斯为例
IF 1.3 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.3934/GEOSCI.2021002
T. Kelly, G. Wach, D. O'Connor
The Carboniferous Joggins Formation is known for its complete succession of fossil-rich, coal-bearing strata, deposited in a fluvial meanderbelt depositional setting. Hence, the Joggins Formation outcrop is an excellent analogue for studying the 2D geological complexities associated with meanderbelt systems. In this research, a conventional ground-penetrating radar system was tested with the intent of imaging near-surface, dipping, strata of the Joggins Formation (potentially with subsequent repeats as annual erosion provides new visual calibrations). The survey was unsuccessful in its primary goal, and for future reference we document the reasons here. However, the overlying near-surface angular unconformity was successfully imaged enabling mapping of the approximately 8 m of overlying glacial till. A successful outcome would have allowed observations from the 2D outcrop to be extended into 3D space and perhaps lead to an increased understanding of the small (e.g., bedform baffles and barriers) and large (e.g., channel bodies) scale architectural elements, meanderbelt geometry, and aspect ratios. The study comprises a 42-line, 3.46 km ground-penetrating radar survey using a Sensors and Software pulseEKKO Pro SmartCart system. It was combined with a real-time kinematic differential global positioning system for the georeferencing of survey lines. The 50 MHz antenna frequency, with a 1 m separation, was chosen to maximize the depth of penetration, while still maintaining a reasonable resolution. The results show that many of the lines are contaminated with diffraction hyperbolae, possibly caused from buried objects near or under the survey lines or surface objects near the survey lines. A total of thirteen unique radar reflectors are described and interpreted from this work. The thick clay-rich soil overlying the Joggins Formation probably contributed to significant signal attenuation and the nature of the Carboniferous strata (dip of the beds, pinching and swelling of the beds, bed thickness, etc.) also contributed to imaging difficulties.
石炭系约金斯组以其完整的富化石、含煤地层序列而闻名,沉积在河流曲流带沉积环境中。因此,Joggins组露头是研究与蜿蜒带系统相关的二维地质复杂性的极好模拟。在这项研究中,测试了传统的探地雷达系统,目的是对Joggins组近地表倾斜地层进行成像(后续可能会重复进行,因为每年的侵蚀提供了新的视觉校准)。该调查未能实现其主要目标,为了将来参考,我们在这里记录了原因。然而,对上覆的近地表角不整合进行了成功的成像,从而绘制了大约8米的上覆冰碛物。一个成功的结果将使二维露头的观测扩展到三维空间,并可能增加对小型(例如,河床挡板和障碍物)和大型(例如,河道体)规模建筑元素、曲流带几何形状和纵横比的理解。该研究包括42线,3.46公里的探地雷达测量,使用传感器和软件pulseEKKO Pro SmartCart系统。它与实时运动差分全球定位系统相结合,用于测量线的地理参考。选择50 MHz的天线频率,间隔1 m,以最大限度地提高穿透深度,同时仍然保持合理的分辨率。结果表明,许多线被衍射双曲线污染,这可能是由于测量线附近或以下的埋藏物体或测量线附近的表面物体造成的。从这项工作中,共描述和解释了13种独特的雷达反射器。Joggins组上覆较厚的富粘土层可能导致信号明显衰减,石炭系地层的性质(地层的倾角、地层的挤压和膨胀、地层厚度等)也导致成像困难。
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