中国近代灾荒史理论探析

中国近代灾荒史是中国灾荒史的断代史.中国近代灾荒史作为一个研究的有机系统,是由灾害、灾荒、灾因、灾荒社会问题、灾荒救治等子系统组成,各系统又有自己的组成要素,这些架构了中国近代灾荒史的学科体系.中国近代灾荒史与灾害学、社会学、经济史、政治军事史、外交史之间有密切的关系,深入研究中国近代灾荒史,加强灾荒史教育,对今天防灾...     

Archetypes of famine and response

Famines have long been characterised by rapidly shifting dynamics: sudden price spirals, sharp increases in mortality, the media frenzy that often accompanies such spikes, the swift scaling up of aid flows, and a subsequent decline in interest. In arguing that these aspects of famine have been largely ignored in recent years due to attention to the famine process', this paper attempts to make these dynamics more explicit by applying systems thinking. It uses standard archetypes of systems thinking to explain six situations—watch, price spiral, aid magnet, media frenzy, overshoot, and peaks—that are present in many famine contexts. It illustrates their application with examples from crises in Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, and Sudan. The paper contends that the systems approach offers a tool for analysing the larger patterns in famines and for pinpointing the most appropriate responses to them, based on an awareness of the dynamics of the crises.     

先秦时期农业减灾救荒思想研究

我国先秦时期形成了较为系统的农业减灾救荒思想,它包含灾前预防思想、农业减灾思想和灾后救荒思想三大部分。中国古代的减灾和救荒两大思想体系由此成为有机整体,这在三代(夏、商、周时期)和春秋战国时期农业生产的转型发展过程中产生了积极的促进作用。研究这一时期的农业减灾救荒思想对于后世的防灾减灾极具借鉴意义。     

Famine intensity and magnitude scales: a proposal for an instrumental definition of famine

Ambiguities in current usage of the term "famine" have had tragic implications for response and accountability in a number of recent food crises. This paper proposes a new approach to defining famine based on the use of intensity and magnitude scales, where "intensity" refers to the severity of the crisis at a given location and point in time, while "magnitude" describes the aggregate impact of a crisis. The scales perform three operations on "famine": first, moving from a binary conception of "famine/no famine" to a graduated, multi-level definition; second, disaggregating the dimensions of intensity and magnitude; and third, assigning harmonised "objective" criteria in place of subjective, case-by-case judgements. If adopted, the famine scales should contribute to more effective and proportionate responses, as well as greater accountability in future food crises.     

‘The Ethiopian famine’ revisited: Band Aid and the antipolitics of celebrity humanitarian action

In many ways the Ethiopian famine of 1983–85 has served as a watershed with respect to humanitarian action. One of its lasting legacies has been the emergence of Band Aid and the subsequent increase in celebrity humanitarianism. A revisiting of the events of 1983–85 occurred in 2010 during a dispute in which it was alleged that a portion of the donations of Band Aid were spent on arms purchases. This paper takes this controversy as its starting point. It goes on to use the theoretical reflections of Giorgio Agamben to consider the dynamics that unfolded during the Ethiopian famine of 1983–85 and to analyse the underlying conceptualisation behind the emergence of Band Aid‐type celebrity humanitarianism. The paper concludes with some wider thoughts on how the in essence antipolitical agenda of celebrity humanitarian action is transported into the everyday understanding of ‘African disaster’, resulting ultimately in the perpetuation of hegemonic control by the global North.     

Getting the Scale Right: A Comparison of Analytical Methods for Vulnerability Assessment and Household-level Targeting

This paper introduces broad concepts of vulnerability, food security and famine. It argues that the concepts and theories driving development and implementation of vulnerability assessment tools are related to their utility. The review concludes that socio-geographic scale is a key issue, and challenge. It analyses three vulnerability assessment (VA) methods, using Ethiopia as a case study. Facing the challenges of vulnerability assessment and early warning requires providing accurate information at the required scale, useful for multiple decision-makers within realistic institutional capacities.     

Measuring populations' vulnerabilities for famine and food security interventions: the case of Ethiopia's Chronic Vulnerability Index

The concept of vulnerability has become an important part of food security analyses since the 1980s. It is seen as having two sides: exposure to external hazards; and an inability to cope with those shocks, attributed to social, political, and economic factors. Numerous attempts have been made to construct models to determine levels of vulnerability among populations. This paper analyses one such attempt, the Chronic Vulnerability Index (CVI), developed to measure levels of vulnerability to food insecurity in Ethiopia. The example of the CVI reveals many of the difficulties associated with producing a basic model of vulnerability that can be used in disaster mitigation. Ultimately, the CVI assumes that vulnerability is a linear, additive phenomenon with discrete causes and effects and fails to capture interactions between hazards and the human systems that produce and complicate them. The paper concludes with a discussion of alternatives to the CVI.     

Selective feeding programmes in Ethiopia and East Sudan–1985/1986

A survey of thirty-four feeding programmes in Ethiopia and East Sudan was undertaken. Wie differences were found between the two countries and also within Ethiopia. Irrelugar general ration distribution was commonplace in Ethiopia, thus placing an extra strain on selective feeding programmes. The principal admission criteria to Selected Feeding Programmes (SFPs) were weight for height categories. The cut-off stages of the emergency. Useful compasirions between programmes were hampered by such differences, as well as by the different methods of reporting data.
The types of food usd in programmes depended on availability and included high energyu drinks, poridges, take-home pre-mixes and sometimes indigenous foods. A large number of foods e.g. cornedbedef, chicken paté, noodles, da4tes etc. Some added interesting variety and added nutritional value to the diet, while others caused more problems than they solved due to their low acceptability, inappropriate packaging, limited accompanying information and complex an costly preparation. The imlementation of food dination policies by donors and consignees regarding appropriate foodstuffs and their recommended use was considered to be the major solution to this problem.     

The social context of childcare practices and child malnutrition in Niger's recent food crisis

In 2004–05, Niger suffered a food crisis during which global attention focused on high levels of acute malnutrition among children. In response, decentralised emergency nutrition programmes were introduced into much of southern Niger. Child malnutrition, however, is a chronic problem and its links with food production and household food security are complex. This qualitative, anthropological study investigates pathways by which children are rendered vulnerable in the context of a nutritional 'emergency'. It focuses on household-level decisions that determine resource allocation and childcare practices in order to explain why practices apparently detrimental to children's health persist. Risk aversion, the need to maintain self-identity and status, and constrained decision making result in a failure to invest extra necessary resources ingrowth-faltering children. Understanding and responding to the social context of child malnutrition will help humanitarian workers to integrate their efforts more effectively with longer-term development programmes aimed at improving livelihood security.     

汕头市房屋基本数据库生成构想

城市房屋基本数据库在城市综合防灾对策研究中是一个最基本的依据。它对于评估城市的抗灾能力,预测灾害损失是必不可少的,同时,数万栋房屋基本情况的调查又是一项工作量极大,费力耗时的工作。因此,必须事先对房屋数据库的生成作周密细致的总体安排,以取得事半功倍的效果。本文拟就汕头市房屋基本数据库要达到的目标,调查内容,实施方法以及数据库的特色等方面作一综合介绍。     

岩石变形破裂过程中电荷感应信号的检测

设计了采用非接触方式、高放大倍数、高效率的电荷传感器,并给出了电荷传感器的设计原理和技术指标。利用研制的电荷传感器对岩石变形破裂过程中产生的电荷感应信号进行了检测试验。结果表明,岩石在变形破裂过程中会产生电荷感应信号,并能够被研制的电荷传感器检测到;电荷感应信号是瞬时脉冲的;随着加载应力水平的增加,电荷感应信号强度增强,在峰值应力前,电荷感应信号强度达到最大值;在破裂面接收到的电荷感应信号较强,主破裂面接收到的信号最强,因而电荷的产生和岩石的破裂有很大的关系。作为正在探索的检测岩石破坏过程的手段之一,电荷感应方法应是一种很具潜力的方法,值得深入研究。     

盛夏一次区域性强沙尘暴天气个例分析

利用常规气象观测资料,对2005年7月17日发生在甘肃省河西走廊近20年最强的一次区域性夏季强沙尘暴天气过程从气候成因、天气形势和动力诊断等方面进行了分析探讨,并对天气现象发生前后期地面气象要素的变化进行了研究。结果表明,这次强沙尘暴天气是在河西走廊地区长时间极端干旱的气候背景下,新疆冷空气分裂东移南下,配合本地极有利的热力不稳定层结条件,锋面过境引发了大风沙尘暴天气。沙尘暴发生前后期温度、气压、相对湿度等气象要素有显著性突变。     

渭河上游一次致洪暴雨过程诊断分析

应用天气学原理和方法,对1996年7月26～28日甘肃东部（渭河上游）暴雨过程的天气形势和物理量场的详细分析,结果表明,这次致洪暴雨的发生与低层能量的积累、700hPa低涡切变和低空急流的形成有直接关系。     

利用MM5模式对河西暴雪的数值模拟分析

利用NCEP资料和MM5模式模拟分析了2005年3月14-15日出现在甘肃河西西部的一次暴雪天气过程.结果表明:这次暴雪天气过程产生在从低空到高空的急流轴附近;由于600～500 hPa的辐合,促使形成近地面上升运动,从而使地面形成低压系统;相对湿度最大值在750～450 hPa之间,与辐合层基本一致,表明600 hPa附近有一条水汽输送通道,它与高空急流、500 hPa正涡度层、上升运动区等相吻合,为暴雪的产生提供了动力、热力和水汽条件.MM5模式很好地模拟出了暴雪的大致区域,显示了对这种中尺度天气系统具有较好的预报效果.     

干侵入对\"0310\"暴雨形成过程的影响

通过位涡、相对湿度与相当位温关系的讨论并结合2003年10月10-12日河北深秋时节在冀中南部发生的特大暴雨,分析了倾斜涡度发展理论.发现此次暴雨过程中存在干侵入现象,且干侵入的发生、发展对暴雨过程具有重要影响;干侵入沿相当位温高值脊向对流层低层伸展,引起对流层低层气旋性涡度的发展,使降水强度加剧.干侵入是暴雨形成的一种重要机制.     

Women and children last: An essay on sex discrimination in disasters

In general, little attention has been given to differential survival between the sexes in disasters. Consideration of physiological differences between males and females would suggest that, all things being equal, morbidity and mortality after disaster, particularly where food shortage is involved, should indicate an excess male mortality. Such statistics as exist in disasters, as in chronic underdevelopment, show that it is females and especially girl children who are at highest risk. The basis of this lies in sex discrimination which is implicit in most social systems.     

贵州大暴雨的湿位涡诊断分析

利用MM5中尺度模式对贵州2002年6月18日00时~19日00时的暴雨天气过程进行了数值模拟,利用模式输出的基本物理量分析了相当位温并计算出了湿位涡正压、斜压项的值,通过对它们的诊断分析发现:贵州大暴雨随500hPa"漏斗"形MPV1高值区的形成、增强、减弱而开始、增强、减弱。而且还发现高低层MPV1"正负值区垂直叠加"的配置是暴雨发生、发展的有利形势。500hPa上MPV2正值区与对流性降水区对应很好,而且强度变化也一致。     

华北雨季不同时段严重旱涝特征的诊断研究

利用华北平原地区的１３个站点,４５年（１９５１～１９９５）的降水资料,对夏季４个时段（６月、７月、８月、４～８月）进行了Ｚ指数计算,确定了干旱则主要发生在８月,并可明显看出由５０～６０年代的多水期向７０年代中期以后的少水期的转变,另外,乌拉尔山到巴尔喀什湖附近的低压槽加深和西北太平洋副热带高压的北抬,对华北地区雨季持续性暴雨的产生起着决定性的作用。严重洪涝年的夏季（６～８月）,西北太平洋副热带高压     

高压输电线路双端测距修正算法研究

当非线性负荷的线路发生故障时,常规方式故障测距往往误差很大,不利于故障判断。本文提出一种基于双端不同步数据,从滤波算法分析、线路参数在线测量方面进行修正的高压输电线路双端测距修正算法。仿真结果表明:该算法测距准确、可靠、稳定,能够满足现场运行需要。     

北京城区"7.10"灾害性强降水分析

对2004年7月10日发生在北京城区的灾害性强降水过程进行了分析.结果发现,造成本次城区暴雨的天气系统为一中β尺度对流云团,它生成于河北西北部的偏南暖湿气流中,在移到北京城区发展并停留的1～2h内,造成了本次强降水过程.大尺度背景场分析表明,暴雨发生前北京即处于有利降水的形势场中,地面中尺度辐合线可能是强对流的触发系统.此外还初步分析了城市环境对强降水的增幅作用.