This book, through a bunch of systematic and analytical notes and scientific commentaries, acquaints the readers with the innovative methods of regional development, measurement of the development in regional scale, regional development models, and policy prescriptions.
This book summarizes the achievements and experience of the Yangtze River rehabilitation and protection, analyzes the new situation and requirements of the Yangtze River rehabilitation and protection, and discusses the main issues and their solution alternatives for the Yangtze River rehabilitation and protection efforts.
This book attempts to introduce the theory of system science and engineering technology into the geographic research of urban-rural transformation, reveals the level-structure-function of urban-rural transformation, and promotes the scientific research on urban-rural transformation.
This book identifies and provides reasoning for computed methods of local climate dynamics and the livelihood vulnerability indices assessment in the mountainous region of Himachal Pradesh, India.
This book provides the first wide-ranging account of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in two contrasting island regions - the Caribbean and the Pacific - and in several islands and island states.
Globally, concerns for the environment and human well-being have increased as results of threats imposed by climate change and disasters, environmental degradation, pollution of natural resources, water scarcity and proliferation of slums.
This book presents 108 canyon bridges that best represent the highest level of bridge construction in China and is divided into four chapters including suspension bridge, cable-stayed bridge, arch bridge and beam bridge.
This book will fill an important gap in the knowledge of Middle Eastern cities by reconstructing the historical process of Sanandaj's formation and development until the rise of modernization in Iran.
This book is a collection of research articles that deal with three aspects of simulation and gaming for social design: (1) Theory and methodology, including game system theory and agent-based modeling; (2) Sustainability, including global warming and the energy-food nexus);; and (3) Social entrepreneurship, including business, ethnic, and ethical understanding.
This book strategically focuses upon the feasibility of positioning Indigenous Knowledge Systems into tertiary built environment education and research in Australia.
This book discusses contemporary China's land use policy - the Link Policy - which calls for land consolidation and rural resettlement to achieve the goal of preserving farmland while also providing more space for urban development.
This book explores the geographical, geomorphological, ecological, touristic and socioeconomic aspects of natural heritage, argues for the dynamic conservation of that heritage and explains its key characteristics, promotion, conservation and management to achieve sustainable development goals.
This book fills a major gap in academic research, by exploring 'urban resilience measures' and 'city management issues' during disruptive disease outbreak events.
This book focuses on understanding urban vulnerability and risk mitigation, advancing good health and wellbeing, and analysing resilience measures for various Asian cities.
The book provides the first detailed account of the complex geographical dynamics restructuring China's manufacturing industries from the evolutionary economic geography perspective.
The book provides the first detailed account of the complex geographical dynamics restructuring China's manufacturing industries from the evolutionary economic geography perspective.
This book examines Tokyo's changes, current challenges, and future trends through a new kind of regional geography and serves as an important source of comprehensive information about the past, present, and future perspectives of Tokyo as a global city.
This book asserts that the albatross was the reason for the advance of the Japanese into the isolated islands in the Pacific after the abolition of the Japanese "e;closed-door"e; policy that had been in effect from the seventeenth century to the latter part of the nineteenth century.
This book examines the urban growth trends and patterns of various rapidly growing metropolitan regions in developing Asian and African nations from the perspective of geography.
This book presents the natural, environmental and scenic richness of the world's coastal and marine areas classified by UNESCO as "e;Natural World Heritage Sites"e;.
The Lowland South American World showcases cutting-edge research on the anthropology of Lowland South America, providing both an in-depth knowledge of Lowland South American life ways and engaging readers in urgent social, environmental, and political issues in the contemporary world.
This book focuses on understanding urban vulnerability and risk mitigation, advancing good health and wellbeing, and analysing resilience measures for various Asian cities.
This book explores the pervasive anticipation of catastrophe in contemporary society, examining how temporal expectations shape personal and collective experiences and influence our perspectives and responses.
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the developmental goals of Asian states are reflected in large-scale projects and how various actors both realize and challenge these goals.
Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa explores the dynamics of community development thinking, processes, and approaches in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa.
Este libro tiene como objetivo contribuir al estudio sobre los efectos socio-espaciales de la crisis y, en particular, a los estudios relativos a un «urbanismo de la austeridad» y a un urbanismo desterritorializado en las grandes ciudades españolas, teniendo en perspectiva otros espacios urbanos de países del norte del Mediterráneo.
En aquesta publicació analitzarem la realitat de la cooperació intermunicipal en el territori valencià, sobre la base de la identificació de les xarxes que els municipis formen entre ells i de la seua intensitat.
El presente trabajo propone la redaccion de un plan director para el Palau Ducal dels Borja de Gandia desde una revision historica de lo realizado, pero con una clara orientacion practica de desarrollo presente y futuro.
El objetivo del plan director que se plantea es conocer el estado de conservación de recintos catalogados como patrimonio industrial histórico, proponer, si es el caso, su rehabilitación y apuntar directrices para su puesta en valor turístico.
Esta obra se estructura en torno al Museo Textil de la Comunidad Valenciana, que se plantea como un recurso focal y, por tanto, elemento principal de atraccion de la demanda turistica, es decir, que potencie, amplie y ponga en valor, mediante efectos multiplicadores, los diversos y multiples recursos del ambito turistico territorial a distintas escalas.
Con el objetivo de impulsar el conocimiento del patrimonio ibero en la Comunitat Valenciana, ademas de una conservacion sostenible que genere sinergias entre diversos actores economicos y sociales, el presente volumen pretende ser una guia adecuada para poner en valor los yacimientos arqueologicos mediante su proteccion, conservacion, restauracion, mantenimiento, documentacion, investigacion, difusion, accesibilidad y desarrollo sostenible, todo ello teniendo en cuenta los entornos naturales en los que esta enclavado, aunando asi naturaleza y arte.
