Spatial integration and modernization process : a case study of China

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Comtois
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Integration ◽  
Modernization Process

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Framework Planning for Reconstruction and Development of the Kurdistan Region Iraq

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-121
Author(s):  
Othman Karim Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Spatial Integration ◽  
Development Problem ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

The concept of the case study "comprehensive framework planning" is crucial to consider it encompasses a number of important issues relevant to rebuild and develop the Iraqi Kurdistan– especially the countryside- after miss-failure of the regional government to master the reconstruction and development problem, of which three major interconnected issues that of integration, coordination and sustainable development. It begins to produce connections of integrated governance, spatial integration, and sustainability to those of very local- and regional-based needs. Accordingly, it specifies the root causes the entire accumulated-chronically problems in both rural and urban areas and worked out the related solutions in form of a "frame work planning", within which the interconnected sphere, of Agriculture, industry, environment impacts, housing and related infrastructures integrated.  Then the study assumes that most of the reasons that have led to miss-failure of the regional governments lie in the miss-definition the problem itself that results in the sporadic, disintegrated, disjointed manner of planning actions of institutions that involved directly or indirectly in rehabilitation and development affair of the region. In addition to this, the development problem is still seeing to be as if the provision of housing only.

Identification of Site Characteristics for Proactive High-Friction Surface Treatment Site Selection using Sensor-Based, Detailed, Location-Referenced Curve Characteristics Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (38) ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Yichang (James) Tsai ◽  
Yi-Ching Wu ◽  
Cibi Pranav P. S. ◽  
Chengbo Ai
Keyword(s):  
Surface Treatment ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Friction Surface ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Spatial Integration ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Crash Data ◽  
Run Off ◽  
Site Characteristics

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has developed a proactive high-friction surface treatment (HFST) program for curve sites prone to run-off-road (ROR) crashes. Using crash data and a single-criterion, ball bank indicator (BBI) value, GDOT seeks to maximize the return on its HFST investment. GDOT has partnered with Georgia Tech to identify additional factors for its HFST site-selection (HFST-SS) decision-making process by leveraging high-resolution, full-coverage sensor data (e.g., GPS and LiDAR). This paper proposes a methodology to identify site characteristics that can be used in GDOT’s HFST-SS process by leveraging the sensor data and automatically extracting roadway curve features as follows: (a) roadway data collection using state-of-the-art sensing technologies, (b) automatic extraction of detailed site characteristics data and curve information, (c) curved-based roadway segmentation using the extracted curve information; (d) spatial integration of curve-site characteristics data (CSCD); (e) analysis of CSCD and ROR crashes to identify additional factors for HFST site selection. A case study using CSCD extracted from Georgia State Route 2 demonstrates the proposed methodology. Results show that on sharp curves having comparable site characteristics, vertical grades greater than 3% play an important role in ROR crashes. Therefore, a vertical grade greater than 3% could be considered as an additional HFST-SS factor along with the current BBI criterion.

scholarly journals Une communauté d’artistes et d’artisans français à l’étranger : Le cas des sculpteurs au château royal de Stockholm au XVIIIe siècle

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 117-131
Author(s):  
Anne-Sophie Michel
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Work Teams ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Royal Palace ◽  
Know How ◽  
Modernization Process ◽  
And Training ◽  
Swedish Royal Academy

A Community of French Artists and Craftsmen Abroad: A Case Study of theSculptors of the Royal Palace of Stockholm in the Eighteenth Century Following the approach of Linda Hinners’s research, this article comprises a study of French sculptors who worked on the construction of Stockholm’s royal palace in the eighteenth century. Indeed, between 1732 and 1765, the superintendent of royal buildings had recruited, through the action of social networks, thirty French sculptors. To encourage them to leave France, the superintendent offered them very attractive conditions of life and work, and the prospects of a career. Once there, these sculptors created the royal palace decoration from the sketches of the Swedish architects. Beyond their artistic ability, the Swedes utilized their great experience of construction work and technical know-how. Soon, they took over the management of the sculpture works and training of young Swedish craftsmen present on the site. With the recruitment of French experts, the Swedes therefore had skilled and knowledgeable work teams, which created autonomous production workshops. These latter also underwent a modernization process induced by the creation of the Superintendence of royal buildings and the Swedish Royal Academy. Thus, the French appear to have been the actors of a modern artistic policy that allowed Sweden to utilize the French aesthetic model.

EVALUATION OF REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT — TRANSITIONS AND PROSPECTS

2004 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 585-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOE RAVETZ ◽  
HARRY COCCOSSIS ◽  
RUGGERO SCHLEICHER-TAPPESER ◽  
PATRICK STEELE
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Peripheral Region ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Meta Information ◽  
Regional Sustainable Development ◽  
Modernization Process

Evaluation practice, "regional development" and "sustainability" are each complex and contentious. Each shows rapid trends and transitions, and opportunities to be gained for more integrated governance and regional development. This paper takes a case study approach, based on the "Evaluation Workshop" of the EU thematic network project REGIONET. The case studies each concerned the restructuring and modernization process: one in an industrial conurbation, another in an agricultural region and a third in a peripheral region. For each case study, the workshop sessions explored in depth the current evaluation practice, the technical tools, the social processes and the trends and prospects in sight. The results of this exploration highlight the rapid transitions emerging in several areas — in technical tools, in social participation and in multi-level governance. The implications are for a new kind of evaluation toolkit, a "meta-information system", which helps to link between existing methods and tools. They also point towards an evaluation approach that is based on a proactive "opportunity building", as much as a reactive "impact assessment".

scholarly journals Using a fixed-wing UAS to map snow depth distribution: an evaluation at peak accumulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo De Michele ◽  
Francesco Avanzi ◽  
Daniele Passoni ◽  
Riccardo Barzaghi ◽  
Livio Pinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Snow Depth ◽  
Depth Distribution ◽  
Aerial Survey ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Spatial Integration ◽  
Rotor Systems ◽  
Digital Elevation ◽  
Elevation Model

Abstract. We investigate snow depth distribution at peak accumulation over a small Alpine area ( ∼  0.3 km2) using photogrammetry-based surveys with a fixed-wing unmanned aerial system (UAS). These devices are growing in popularity as inexpensive alternatives to existing techniques within the field of remote sensing, but the assessment of their performance in Alpine areas to map snow depth distribution is still an open issue. Moreover, several existing attempts to map snow depth using UASs have used multi-rotor systems, since they guarantee higher stability than fixed-wing systems. We designed two field campaigns: during the first survey, performed at the beginning of the accumulation season, the digital elevation model of the ground was obtained. A second survey, at peak accumulation, enabled us to estimate the snow depth distribution as a difference with respect to the previous aerial survey. Moreover, the spatial integration of UAS snow depth measurements enabled us to estimate the snow volume accumulated over the area. On the same day, we collected 12 probe measurements of snow depth at random positions within the case study to perform a preliminary evaluation of UAS-based snow depth. Results reveal that UAS estimations of point snow depth present an average difference with reference to manual measurements equal to −0.073 m and a RMSE equal to 0.14 m. We have also explored how some basic snow depth statistics (e.g., mean, standard deviation, minima and maxima) change with sampling resolution (from 5 cm up to  ∼  100 m): for this case study, snow depth standard deviation (hence coefficient of variation) increases with decreasing cell size, but it stabilizes for resolutions smaller than 1 m. This provides a possible indication of sampling resolution in similar conditions.

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