Effects of non-aeronautical activities at airports on the public transport access system: A case study of Zurich Airport

Many planning authorities and airports study measures to increase public transport use for airport ground access and egress. At the same time, an increase in real estate development at and around airports is occurring, both due to airports seeking new revenue possibilities and other developers attempting to profit from high value locations. This paper considers non-aeronautical activities at large airports, largely commercial centres and transit hubs, as land uses that have the potential to improve the situation for operating public transport services. In order to assess potential benefits and disadvantages, four research questions are considered: (1) Can the additional travel volume reach levels at which it has a significant impact? (2) To what extent do non-aeronautical activities influence the public transport access system? (3) Is the resulting demand distribution better or worse regarding peaking behaviour? (4) Is there a potential for the resulting overall demand to bring about capacity shortages?A case study is conducted at the airport of Zurich, Switzerland, which finds that non-aeronautical activities in the direct airport vicinity have led to a situation where the operation of public transport services is much more viable due to overall higher passenger numbers and a more even distribution throughout the day. It is concluded that locating non-aeronautical activities at airports can, in addition to providing commercial benefits to developers, lead to a situation where improved public transport services become feasible.     

Comparative Urbanism and the ‘Asian City': Implications for Research and Theory

While voices in the comparative urbanism literature call for researchers to approach comparison with more experimental and critical methodologies, there remains no consensus on how to design and realize these studies. This essay examines the implications of comparative urbanism for researching the ‘Asian City'. Given the critique of existing modes of comparison embedded in recent calls for a new comparative urbanism, researchers are faced with a number of pressing questions: How do we approach this ‘regional' topic in a way that both resists categorizing the ‘Asian City' as an exotic ‘other', elevating it onto a mythical pedestal, yet appreciates its differences, localisms and unique ‘cosmopolitan vernacular' (Clifford, 1997; Werbner and Modood, 1997)? This essay thus highlights the multiple challenges of applying the comparative lens to the ‘Asian City', arguing that broader conceptualizations of the ‘Asian City' help to address the dangers in isolating Asian research into its own canon of parochial urban theory and offering a greater diversity of possibilities for justifying case selection in comparative approaches. In doing so, we hope that this essay responds to the comparative turn by illuminating to some extent its inherent complexity and methodological challenges.     

Opportunities to reduce road traffic injury: new insights from the study of urban areas

Abstract

Over the past four decades considerable efforts have been taken to mitigate the growing burden of road injury. With increasing urbanisation along with global mobility that demands not only safe but equitable, efficient and clean (reduced carbon footprint) transport, the responses to dealing with the burgeoning road traffic injury in low- and middle-income countries has become increasingly complex. In this paper, we apply unique methods to identify important strategies that could be implemented to reduce road traffic injury in the Asia-Pacific region; a region comprising large middle-income countries (China and India) that are currently in the throes of rapid motorisation. Using a convolutional neural network approach, we clustered countries containing a total of 1632 cities from around the world into groups based on urban characteristics related to road and public transport infrastructure. We then analysed 20 countries (containing 689 cities) from the Asia-Pacific region and assessed the global burden of disease attributed to road traffic injury and these various urban characteristics. This study demonstrates the utility of employing image recognition methods to discover new insights that afford urban and transport planning opportunities to mitigate road traffic injury at a regional and global scale.     

“海丝”背景下福州市县域经济空间格局分析

福州市作为“21世纪海上丝绸之路”核心区建设支点城市获得快速发展，各区县之间的经济联系逐步加深，区域经济格局不断演变。以福州市13个区县作为研究对象，测度“海丝”核心区建设实施前后各区县的经济潜力与经济联系强度，通过分析区域经济格局演变，对福州市在“海丝”背景下的经济发展方向提出建议，为今后加快建成支点城市提供参考。     

测绘项目应注意安全生产

随着国家经济建设的快速发展,测绘作为各建设项目的基础工作越发重要,因为从业门槛较低和从业人员队伍庞大,所以测绘安全生产显得尤为重要,如何进行安全生产管理,值得每个从业人员深思。     

10kV变电所工作和运行安全的管理

本文在系统研究10kV变电所实际运行情况的基础上,阐述了一种有效的安全管理机制,即安全管理两票三制制度体系。     

铜陵市城乡一体化的经验及城镇化质量提升的思考

中国的城镇化将是带动世界经济发展的重要引擎之一。铜陵市是安徽省经济发展效率及城镇化水平最高的地级市，经济城镇化质量优良。铜陵市城乡一体化改革作为一次较为彻底的改革，有着可供推广和借鉴的意义，文章基于调研报告总结铜陵市城乡一体化的经验，并思考进一步提升城镇化质量的途径，以促进铜陵经济发展和社会和谐稳定。     

上海人口郊区化与产业郊区化协同发展研究

上海市人口郊区化和产业郊区化发展的过程中,由于人口规划和城市基础设施建设、产业发展和城市之间缺少有效地协调机制,公共服务资源配置相对滞后,造成郊区新城人户分离、产城分离问题日益严重。通过对社会、经济、政策等相关因素的分析,鉴于郊区经济发展对人口的导入功能将进一步增强,郊区人口还将持续增加,从人口郊区化与产业郊区化协同发展的角度对产业发展、人才引进、公共资源配置等方面提出了建议。     

浅谈基层党支部在企业安全工作中的优势与作用

本文从党支部书记的角度,阐述作为基层党支部与本单位安全生产之间的关系,结合石油化工行业安全生产的特性,有效地发挥支部优势,引导员工通过开展一系列安全活动,不断提高员工安全意识和安全技能,将支部日常工作较好的融入企业安全生产,减少安全事故,杜绝危害发生,从而为企业生产、经营与发展保驾护航。