严子坪古滑坡的复活进程与稳定性

根据优势面控坡的分析原理,综合摄绘,浅层地震,大比例尺地质填图以及实验分析与模拟反算研究结果分析,严子坪古滑坡复活是在内外动力地质作用下发生的.与古滑坡成正交的断层为滑作提供了地下水的通道,控制了滑坡体的形态,形成了滑床.人为破坏改变了自然斜坡的稳定状态,产生了初始的拉裂缝.植被破坏恶化了水文地质环境,加速了裂缝扩展的过程,最终导致古滑坡的复活.分析结果表明,目前滑坡体仍在活动.     

高压隔离开关地震灾害评估

震害表明,电力系统在地震时破坏严重.如何预测地震中电气设备的损伤风险,是生命线工程领域的重要课题.进行了高压隔离开关的地震灾害评估.采用具有柔性节点的有限元法建立设备的模型,用弹性时程分析法进行了设备的地震反应分析,在此基础上,采用强度破坏指标,计算了设备的地震破坏概率.以GW4-220高压隔离开关为例,进行了其地震灾害评估,绘制了震害率曲线,可用以预测该型号隔离开关的震害情况.     

山东半岛城市群生态系统安全评价

运用生态足迹的理论和方法,分析了山东半岛城市群内各城市2003年的生态足迹,并对该地区生态系统的安全进行了评价.结果显示,该城市群存在着巨大的生态赤字,生态系统安全性脆弱,生产、生活强度严重超过了其生态系统的自然承载能力.分析了产生生态赤字的原因,并提出了相应对策.     

川藏公路南线然乌-鲁朗段工程地质分区

川藏公路南线然乌-鲁朗段工程地质条件极差,致使该地区各种地质灾害十分严重.采用岩石工程系统(RES)方法对川藏公路南线然乌-鲁朗段进行了半定量的工程地质分区.首先,通过现场调查,根据地质灾害特点、工程地质条件和实践经验,对川藏公路南线然乌-鲁朗段进行了初步工程地质分区.然后在多因素相互作用关系矩阵基础上,定义了工程地质条件评价因子(EGAF),根据EGAF,对每个亚区的工程地质条件进行了半定量的评价,验证了初步工程地质分区的正确性.最后,将研究区分成了3个区和9个亚区,并绘制了相应的工程地质分区图.     

直角拐弯通道中空气冲击波的传播及数值模拟

针对地下通道中空气冲击波的传播,通过试验研究,得到了空气冲击波在直角拐弯通道中传播的衰减系数.同时,应用流体网格法进行了数值模拟,获得了通道直角拐弯前后空气冲击波传播的波形图和流场图.并将两方面的研究成果进行了对比,证明了试验和数值研究方法及研究成果的一致性.     

基于保户和保险公司共享的最佳巨灾保险

采用数学模型方法研究巨灾保险,提出了保险合同怎样创新的问题.该问题的提出有利于解决巨灾保险供应不足的弊端.对保户而言,这一创新将拥有更大的弹性,进而改善其福利.通过分解巨灾风险发生的频率和损害程度,说明了保险合同怎样设计才对保户最有利.最后,在同时考虑风险发生的频率和严重性的情况下,得出了一般化模型.     

干旱区土壤盐渍化及其对生态环境的损害评估——以新疆沙雅县为例

沙雅县是我国重要的棉粮基地之一,但长期以来土壤盐渍化与次生盐渍化一直是制约农业发展的关键因素之一.介绍了新疆干旱区沙雅县土壤盐渍化的状况,分析了引起土壤盐渍化的因素,并进行了土壤盐渍化对生态环境损害的经济评估.沙雅县的盐渍化土壤主要分布在渭干河-库车河三角洲绿洲,其中以托依堡乡、英买里乡和红旗乡最为严重.盐渍化土壤类型主要为典型盐土、草甸盐土、盐化潮土和残余盐土.导致盐渍化的因素有气候、地形、水文地质、母质和母岩等自然因素,以及灌溉方式和耕作制度等人为因素.提出了该县盐渍地改良的措施.     

河西走廊地质灾害成因分析与防治对策

河西走廊是一个地质灾害多发区,其主要灾害有滑坡、泥石流、土地沙漠化、水土流失和土地盐渍化等.本文利用河西走廊酒泉、张掖和武威三地区的降水、暴洪灾害和地质灾害等资料,分析了该区主要地质灾害的成因和特点,结果表明,强降水是引发滑坡、塌陷和泥石流等地质灾害发生的主要原因,自然因素和人为因素共同构成了这些灾害的发生.分析了它们的主要出现地,圈定了落区,为今后准确预报地质灾害提供了科学依据.还提出了减少地质灾害发生的有效措施.     

某工程库区滑坡蠕滑特性分析

某工程库区存在老滑坡体.为了研究滑坡体的滑动特性,对滑坡带土体进行了直剪试验、伺服剪试验和剪切流变试验,得到了长期强度和进入加速蠕变的临界强度.根据试验结果.判定该滑坡体的蠕变曲线为B型,表明该滑坡体属于有蠕滑的老滑坡体.以蠕变理论研究了在库水位稳定达到一年半的条件下,滑坡的减速蠕,变现象,分析了滑坡体的蠕滑机理,证明了滑坡体土的粘滞系数随着蠕滑过程而不断增大,论证了该滑坡体不具备从蠕滑转入剧滑的条件.     

滨海软土动孔压发展模型核心函数研究

动孔压发展模型在滨海相软土动力学性质的研究中非常重要.结合软土动孔压发展的机理,分析了其数学模型的核心甬数应具有的基本性质.提出了动孔压半值指数的概念,揭示了指数曲线模型、双曲线模型等传统动孔压模型核心函数的缺陷.根据能量耗散原理,建立了基于微分控制方程的动孔压发展新模型.数学分析表明,两个传统模型的核心函数及其动孔压半值指数均是新模型对应的特例,新模型克服了传统模型的不足,具有更广泛的实用性.     

Cholera in Sudan: An account of an epidemic in a refugee camp in eastern Sudan, May-June 1985

In 1985 cholera has been a serious problem in the horn of Africa, particularly affecting the many famine victims and refugees in that region. In this paper the history of cholera in Africa is briefly summarized, as is the background to the current refugee situation in eastern Sudan. A cholera epidemic involving 1,175 cases in two adjacent refugee camps in eastern Sudan is described. In this epidemic there were thirteen inpatient deaths and thirty-eight known home deaths from cholera. The management of the epidemic is described in detail. Overall an average of 8 1. of intravenous fluid was used per case, a higher figure than was anticipated, probably because of the unexpected degree of vomiting and the shortage of trained nursing staff.
The relationship between cholera and malnutrition is explored and hypochlorhydria is suggested as the main reason for the increased susceptibility to cholera among malnourished populations. It was observed that severely malnourished adults and children appeared to nave less severe diarrhoea with their cholera, presumably because of reduced mucosal surface area and poor enterocyte function. Finally possible means of aborting cholera epidemics are discussed.     

A retrospective statistical review of deaths owing to migration through the southeasternmost land borders of the European Union,Greece 2000–14

The land borders of Evros, Greece, have been a common entry point for undocumented migrants on their way to Europe through Turkey. Adverse conditions, however, have resulted in many human casualties over the years. On the Greek side, 334 cadavers were retrieved between 2000 and 2014. This study provides a detailed forensic account of the humanitarian disaster in Evros to create an official scientific record of the situation. It showcases the gravity of the global issue of migration relating to health and mortality, and encourages communication and continual improvement of the approach and patterns of practices surrounding the subject. A retrospective statistical research review was conducted of border‐related fatalities between 2000 and 2014, assessing the age and gender of victims, the cause of death, the location of bodies, identification rates, and country of origin. Age ranged generally from 24 to 29 years, but infants and children were among the deceased.     

Complexity,continuity and change: livelihood resilience in the Darfur region of Sudan

Darfur farming and pastoralist livelihoods are both adaptations to the environmental variability that characterises the region. This article describes this adaptation and the longer‐term transformation of these specialised livelihoods from the perspective of local communities. Over several decades farmers and herders have experienced a continuous stream of climate, conflict and other shocks, which, combined with wider processes of change, have transformed livelihoods and undermined livelihood institutions. Their well‐rehearsed specialist strategies are now combined with new strategies to cope. These responses help people get by in the short term but risk antagonising not only their specialist strategies but also those of others. A combination of factors has undermined the former integration between farming and pastoralism and their livelihood institutions. Efforts to build resilience in similar contexts must take a long‐term view of livelihood adaptation as a specialisation, and consider the implications of new strategies for the continuity and integration of livelihood specialisations.     

Reflections on 40 years of Disasters, 1977–2017

This reflection, based on a keynote address to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Disasters on 14 September 2017, begins by considering some of the prevailing assumptions that existed at the time of the journal's creation. Next is a summary of significant milestones during the past 40 years, covering major global trends, changing disaster impacts, and key developments in disaster risk management. Contrasting approaches in the first and fourth decade of the journal's history are then followed by examples of changes in terminology in the disaster field as an indication of shifting values. The paper goes on to explore the context of 2017, with observations of problem areas such as the loss of knowledge, failures to tackle the root causes of disasters, shortfalls in international assistance, and some negative attitudes. It closes by evaluating some current positive occurrences, including a reduction in casualties, sharing of experience, technological advances, and dramatic improvements in disaster warning.     

The cultural politics of mining and natural disaster in Indonesia: by fire and sword

Natural disasters are inevitably the outcome of cultural agonisms. The cultural politics of natural disasters are shaped by competing claims and conceptions of ‘nature’. Recent disasters in Indonesia are directly linked to these contending conceptions and the ways in which different social groups imagine risk and reward. The Sidoarjo volcanic mudflow of 2006 represents a volatile and violent exemplar of contending cultural and economic claims. Like other disasters in Indonesia and elsewhere in the developing world, this ‘natural’ disaster is characterised by differing conceptions of ‘nature’ as cultural tradition, divine force, and natural resource. A new extractive project in East Java is exhibiting similar economic and cultural agonisms, particularly around the notion of development, environment, self‐determination, and tradition. This paper examines the ‘disputes over meaning’ associated with natural disasters in contemporary societies, and the ways in which they are related to human culture, social organisation, and hierarchical systems of violence.     

Fiji, land of tropical cyclones and hurricanes: A case study of agricultural rehabilitation

Tropical cyclones and hurricanes have a severe impact on the social and economic activities of affected communities. For small island nations in the Pacific region, the effects can be devastating because of their smallness. FQi and several other countries in the region are vulnerable to such disasters as they are situated in the zone where cyclones occur frequently.
During the last decade, the frequency of natural disasters and their adverse impact on die economic and social development of small nations like Fiji, has aroused awareness mat relief efforts must go beyond immediate "mopping up" operations to those which contribute to attaining longer term benefits through reconstruction and rehabilitation.
The paper outlines the 1985 agricultural rehabilitation program and discusses related issues and problems.     

Tsunami survivors' perspectives on vulnerability and vulnerability reduction: evidence from Koh Phi Phi Don and Khao Lak, Thailand

This paper presents the results of primary research with 40 survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in two communities: Khao Lak (n=20) and Koh Phi Phi Don (n=20), Thailand. It traces tsunami survivors' perceptions of vulnerability, determines whether residents felt that the tsunami affected different communities differently, identifies the populations and sub-community groups that survivors distinguished as being more vulnerable than others, highlights community-generated ideas about vulnerability reduction, and pinpoints a range of additional vulnerability reduction actions. Tsunami survivors most consistently identified the 'most vulnerable' community sub-populations as women, children, the elderly, foreigners, and the poor. In Khao Lak, however, respondents added 'Burmese migrants' to this list, whereas in Koh Phi Phi Don, they added 'Thai Muslims'. Results suggest that the two case study communities, both small, coastal, tourism-dominated communities no more than 100 kilometres apart, have differing vulnerable sub-groups and environmental vulnerabilities, requiring different post-disaster vulnerability reduction efforts.     

火灾场景中玻璃破裂行为研究综述

建筑物在火场中的结构响应问题中,门窗玻璃在火场中的热响应特性及破裂脱落是影响火灾发展的重要因素之一。通过事故案例分析了火灾场景中玻璃破裂脱落的危害性,指出了研究火灾场景中玻璃受热破裂脱落的意义,并对目前火灾场景中玻璃受热破裂过程和主要形态、玻璃的破裂机理和判据等的研究现状进行了详细的分析,总结了目前实验和计算机模拟的最新研究进展和不足,为今后进一步开展玻璃受热破裂脱落研究提出了若干建议。     

中国内陆自然环境的干旱化与未来趋势

根据中国内陆陕西、甘肃部分地区５０９ａ旱涝资料和主要测站气象、水文实测数据,应用Ｗｏｒｄ９７图形处理系统,证明在５２６ａ序列中目前处在１１ａ、５０ａ滑动的干旱期。近４６ａ气温上升了０．３℃,年降水减少了８０ｍｍ,径流量减少了０．７８％,出现了明显的干旱化,环境变化趋势不容乐观。     

美国的洪泛平原管理

美国开展洪泛平原管理已有约40年历史，洪水保险计划是美国泛平原管理的主要措施。了解并借鉴他们的思路与具体策略，将有助于我国洪泛平原管理政策的制定。