Managing corporate social responsibility strategies of airports: The case of Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport Corporation

Airports need to manage corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies for sustainable development. This paper develops a new structured approach for airports to evaluate, prioritize and categorize CSR strategies, using Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport Corporation (TIAC) as an example. Based on TIAC’s CSR-related activities, 18 CSR strategies grouped into 5 CSR goals (corporate governance and finance, green airport and environmental management, service quality and social relationship, employee and work environment management, and safety and security) are identified using the CSR value chain and diamond framework. The pairwise comparison method used in analytic hierarchy process and the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory method are used respectively to evaluate the relative importance, feasibility and achievability of these 18 strategies and to analyze their causal relationships via expert questionnaire surveys. A new method is developed to plan and manage the implementation of CSR strategies by incorporating the viewpoints of both internal and external stakeholders, thus reflecting the practical effects and strategic implications of the CSR implementation. The result suggests that TIAC’s CSR strategies in relation to airport safety and security, service quality and corporate governance are most significant and have a high implementation priority. This paper contributes to the airport industry and CSR research by proposing a proactive mechanism for quantitatively evaluating, prioritizing and categorizing CSR strategies.     

Path flow estimator for planning applications in small communities

This paper presents an alternative planning framework to model and forecast network traffic for planning applications in small communities, where limited resources debilitate the development and applications of the conventional four-step travel demand forecasting model. The core idea is to use the Path Flow Estimator (PFE) to estimate current and forecast future traffic demand while taking into account of various field and planning data as modeling constraints. Specifically, two versions of PFE are developed: a base year PFE for estimating the current network traffic conditions using field data and planning data, if available, and a future year PFE for predicting future network traffic conditions using forecast planning data and the estimated base year origin–destination trip table as constraints. In the absence of travel survey data, the proposed method uses similar data (traffic counts and land use data) as a four-step model for model development and calibration. Since the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) trip generation rates and Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) are both utilized in the modeling process, the analysis scope and results are consistent with those of common traffic impact studies and other short-range, localized transportation improvement programs. Solution algorithms are also developed to solve the two PFE models and integrated into a GIS-based software called Visual PFE. For proof of concept, two case studies in northern California are performed to demonstrate how the tool can be used in practice. The first case study is a small community of St. Helena, where the city’s planning department has neither an existing travel demand model nor the budget for developing a full four-step model. The second case study is in the city of Eureka, where there is a four-step model developed for the Humboldt County that can be used for comparison. The results show that the proposed approach is applicable for small communities with limited resources.     

公路规划环评中公众参与框架的设计与实施评价

论文分析了环境影响评价中公众参与的现状和国内外发展的状况以及目前存在的问题，对公众参与在环境影响评价中应用的意义和作用进行了探讨，根据公路规划的特点和环境影响提出了提高公众参与有效性的原则和实施框架，建立了对公众参与过程进行评价的模糊综合评价方法和变权评价方法。研究结果对规范公路规划环评中的公众参与以及保证公众参与的有效实施具有现实意义。     

基于定量分析的城市轨道交通与土地利用一体规划研究

随着城市化进程的加快,大都市交通拥堵现象日益严重,规划建设城市轨道交通已经成为许多城市解决交通拥堵、促进经济发展的迫切需求。城市轨道交通建设与城市土地利用是互馈关系,文章介绍3种定量研究方法,在定量分析的基础上,探讨了轨道交通车站、线路和线网的定量一体规划,最后提出轨道交通与土地利用定量一体规划以点、线、面分级考虑的一些建议。     

规范管理狠抓落实为推进和谐铁路建设提供有力保障——在铁道部机关及直属单位固定资产投资计划管理工作会议上的讲话(摘要)

党的十六大以来,铁道部机关及直属单位固定资产投资计划管理工作取得显著成效,面临投资体制改革深化、审计监督力度加大、资金需求快速增长等形势。“十一五”期间,部机关及直属单位固定资产投资计划管理的总体要求是,深入贯彻铁路投资体制改革要求,紧紧抓住加快铁路发展的历史机遇,努力拓宽多种融资渠道,构建多元投资主体,加强制度建设,严格控制投资。工作重点为严把投资方向,充分发挥建设基金和部管资金引导作用;改革审批制度,充分落实投资决策自主权;加强建设项目全过程管理,从严控制工程投资。     

面向对象的知识表达在导管弯曲加工工艺决策中的应用

采用面向对象的知识表达方法实现了导管弯曲加工工艺知识表示,并将其应用于所开发的导管弯曲加工工艺设计专家系统,实现了导管弯曲加工工艺的自动生成。     

土木规划的规划环境与规划政策研究

研究目的：土木规划是以社会公共基础设施为对象，本着统筹、系统的思想，利用土木工程技术与系统科学方法进行的规划。但就我国目前土木规划领域的现状来看，无论是在“规划环境”方面还是“规划政策”方面，都存在着一定的问题。本文的目的在于通过对我国土木规划的规划环境与规划政策的研究，促进土木规划在我国的科学化、体系化发展。研究方法：本文聚焦于我国的交通基础设施，系统地整理和分析了我国土木规划的历史与现状，包括政府与市场的角色定位、规划体制、法律法规的情况，同时介绍了国外的经验，揭示了存在的问题。研究结果：提出我国要走科学的“土木规划”道路，在规划环境上应改革规划体制，完善立法，建立多层次的基础设施体系；在规划政策上应努力拓宽资金渠道，加强综合规划等。研究结论：揭示了在我国开展土木规划研究的重要性和必要性，土木规划相关研究的不断深入，必将促进我国的土木规划水平的提高。     

海淀区道路交通管理规划

在调查、分析北京市海淀区道路交通管理现状及其存在问题的基础上,依据海淀区的社会经济发展、交通等规划资料,分析预测海淀区交通管理的发展趋势,研究海淀区道路交通管理规划的内容,为海淀区道路交通管理规划奠定基础。     

南通港南通港区规划中若干问题的探讨

由于南通地区公路客运优势的确立,南通港区作为南通市对外交通的中心地位受到严重挑战,因此,港区功能由客运转为货运成为必然。对客运设施进行全面改造;将浮码头改造为固定码头;对任港河口的封堵进行研究;废弃内河港池,扩大陆域纵深及面积是南通港区改造的四大关键举措。     

集装箱码头合理吞吐能力探讨

本文通过对盐田和蛇口两大集装箱码头的实际调研,论述超负荷运营状态所带来的负面影响,并在调研的基础上选取合理的核算参数,结合计算机仿真模拟计算,最终得出泊位的合理吞吐能力,并对集装箱码头实际完成吞吐量与吞吐能力之间存在差异的原因进行分析,最终提出港口建设规划的原则和思路。