The process of planetary urbanisation,which is currently affecting a large part of the world,impacts on the existing built environment in an unprecedented way.Its dramatic rapidity often implies the sudden disappearan...The process of planetary urbanisation,which is currently affecting a large part of the world,impacts on the existing built environment in an unprecedented way.Its dramatic rapidity often implies the sudden disappearance of traditional urban and rural structures and the rapid transformation of local cultures.Contextually,as never before,attempts to protect culture in its tangible and intangible expressions are increasingly central to international agendas on sustainable urbanisation.However,this is by no means an easy task to achieve.The main reason for the controversy is that the consensus around the need to protect heritage and its tools,as formulated primarily in the Western world in the past,has changed.It has been challenged by alternative,non-Western,primarily non-materialistic views,or it has been delegitimised by the(often)exploitative practice of heritagisation,as a result of the process of protection itself.The main aim of this paper is to reflect on the implications of contemporary planetary urbanisation on the built heritage and its protection,considering that most of this process is taking place in fast-developing countries of Asia,Africa and South America and,at the same time,there is a redistribution of economic(and therefore cultural)power from the West to the East,and from the North to the South of the planet.展开更多
Air traffic management（ATM） performance and the metrics used in its assessment are investigated for the first time across the three largest ATM world regions：Europe,the US and China.The market structure and flow ma...Air traffic management（ATM） performance and the metrics used in its assessment are investigated for the first time across the three largest ATM world regions：Europe,the US and China.The market structure and flow management practices of each region are presented.A wide range of performance data across these three regions is synthesised.For topological and performance assessment,the notion of a ＇sufficient＇ sample is often non-intuitive：many metrics may behave non-monotonically as a function of sampling fraction.Missing and under-developed metrics are identified,and the need for a balance between standardisation and flexibility is proposed.Longitudinal and cross-sectional metric trade-offs are identified.展开更多
文摘The process of planetary urbanisation,which is currently affecting a large part of the world,impacts on the existing built environment in an unprecedented way.Its dramatic rapidity often implies the sudden disappearance of traditional urban and rural structures and the rapid transformation of local cultures.Contextually,as never before,attempts to protect culture in its tangible and intangible expressions are increasingly central to international agendas on sustainable urbanisation.However,this is by no means an easy task to achieve.The main reason for the controversy is that the consensus around the need to protect heritage and its tools,as formulated primarily in the Western world in the past,has changed.It has been challenged by alternative,non-Western,primarily non-materialistic views,or it has been delegitimised by the(often)exploitative practice of heritagisation,as a result of the process of protection itself.The main aim of this paper is to reflect on the implications of contemporary planetary urbanisation on the built heritage and its protection,considering that most of this process is taking place in fast-developing countries of Asia,Africa and South America and,at the same time,there is a redistribution of economic(and therefore cultural)power from the West to the East,and from the North to the South of the planet.
文摘Air traffic management（ATM） performance and the metrics used in its assessment are investigated for the first time across the three largest ATM world regions：Europe,the US and China.The market structure and flow management practices of each region are presented.A wide range of performance data across these three regions is synthesised.For topological and performance assessment,the notion of a ＇sufficient＇ sample is often non-intuitive：many metrics may behave non-monotonically as a function of sampling fraction.Missing and under-developed metrics are identified,and the need for a balance between standardisation and flexibility is proposed.Longitudinal and cross-sectional metric trade-offs are identified.
