URBAN HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF AUSTRALIAN CITIES

Urban growth is a major theme in economic development and a policy imperative for developed countries that seek to create sustainable cities. We argue that the past weighs heavily on the ability of societies to sustainably manage urban environments. The policy implications of urban history are revealed in comparisons of cities across times and between places. The special issue presents some of the best recent work on the economic and social history of Australian cities. We aim to encourage historians to incorporate urban variables into studies of historical processes and to persuade policymakers to consider historical trends in their analysis.     

污水处理厂的脱氮除磷改造

结合城镇污水处理厂脱氮除磷改造工程实例，对老氧化沟进行功能区划分、设备改造：增加好氧区溶解氧浓度，降低缺（厌）区溶解氧浓度；同时适当增容，延长氧化沟水力停留时间和污泥泥龄。运行结果表明，系统出水主要指标稳定达到GB18918—2002一级A标准。     

DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES AND HERITAGE IN THE PERTH CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, 1950–90

This article examines the remaking of Perth's Central Business District (CBD) during the 1950–90 period. It traces the establishment of a modernist development ethos in Perth's planning, outlines the inadequacy of the City's planning regulations, and analyses the impact on St George's Terrace, the city's main commercial thoroughfare. The City Council was largely incapable of restraining excessive development and the extension of its system of plot ratios encouraged manipulation to increase the height of developments. Several important historic buildings were demolished because there were no legal means of safeguarding the city's heritage until 1990.     

Mean reversion in long-horizon real exchange rates: Evidence from Latin America

This paper examines mean reversion in real effective exchange rates in six leading Latin American economies during the XXth century using a new data set. A unit-root approach is complemented by an error-correction model including key fundamentals such as terms of trade, trade openness and relative productivities. Unit-root testing shows a very slow process of reversion – if any – to a constant mean in the original series, rejecting the strict PPP hypothesis; however, mean reversion is found after allowing for trends and structural breaks with a half-life average of 1½ years for the six countries. We also found reversion to a conditional mean defined by the co-integrating relationship with an average half-life of 2½ years. Our estimates, although lower than the 3–5 year range that motivated the Rogoff’s puzzle, still indicate the presence of important obstacles to the adjustment process that need further investigation.     

汽车空调风道出风情况的CFD分析与优化

文章建立了某车型汽车空调风道结构的三维数学模型,利用商业软件Fluent进行模拟,得到了风道出风口风量大小和风量的分配情况,并与设计值进行了比较;在此基础上,分析了风道出口扫风情况,提出了解决方案,对改进和优化风道结构,提高汽车空调整体性能具有一定的参考价值。     

A LONG‐RUN VIEW OF THE UNIVERSITY GENDER GAP IN AUSTRALIA*

Australian universities were first established in the 1850s, well before the introduction of compulsory schooling. From the middle of the twentieth century, the introduction of mass secondary school education and the expansion of the number of universities widened student access to universities. Subjects offered in higher education increased in scope and labour market discrimination diminished. These factors, together with supply‐side changes, meant that women were more easily able to shift into investing in skills. By 1987, Australian women were more likely than men to be enrolled at a university. These aggregate figures, however, disguise considerable heterogeneity across fields of study.     

基于实物期权的延迟策略CODP投资决策分析研究

制造企业实施延迟策略的目的是为了塑造柔性的竞争优势。以过程自由度和过程知识量为维度，分析了延迟策略实施过程中客户订单分离点（CODP）存在的可能性，针对延迟策略CODP定位的特点，利用实物期权的思想，划分了延迟策略实施过程中存在的期权种类，构建了基于延迟期权的CODP投资决策模型，研究结果为实施延迟策略的制造企业定制时机提供了理论指导。     

冲压同步工程在汽车开发中的运用

冲压同步工程分析（SE）,即运用DFM（Design for Manufacturability）的方法及辅以先进的CAE技术在整车开发的过程中对整车零件进行冲压成形性能评价,在满足制造要求和零件设计之间找到最优结合点,有效降低设计风险及设计成本。文章简要介绍了冲压SE工作的一般内容、目标以及在SGMW某新项目中的应用情况。