Economics of specific sectors

Markets, Politics and the Environment answers three groups of question: What is planning?

This book briefly reviews sociological, economic, and demographic literature pertaining to the relationship between income and fertility in developed and developing countries.

This book defines the field of social capital and health.

Dieses Buch wendet sich explizit der zentralen Frage zu, die Wissenschaftler und Politiker sowie jedermann, der um die Probleme von Umweltverschmutzung und Schädigung der Natur Sorge trägt, beschäftigt: Wie kann eine Entwicklung unseres sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Systems gewährleistet werden, die dem Schutz von Umwelt und Natur nachhaltig Rechnung trägt?

In kompakter Form stellt dieses Handbuch das notwendige Wissen über den Umweltbereich „Abfall“ zusammen.

In an effort to integrate the thought processes of prominent scholars in the field of Knowledge Management (KM), editors I V Malhan and Shivarama Rao K have selected contributions from these scholars and encapsulated them in a single volume.

Sait Başkaya untersucht die Effizienz der Leistungserstellung von Hochschulen anhand objektivierbarer Kriterien mittels wissenschaftlich angemessener Methoden.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to further acceleration of digitalization in all areas.

Economists studying environmental collective action and green governance have paid little attention to gender.

If businesses and other organizations are to meet the many and complex challenges of sustainable development, then they all, both public and private, need to embed sustainability considerations into their decision-making and reporting.

'Splendid and necessary' - Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm, New StatesmanThere are dramatic differences in health between countries and within countries.

Turkey has been reforming its energy markets since the 1980s, culminating in two major bills in the early 2000s.

The Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) brings together more than 20 computer simulation models for development and analysis of policy in such diverse fields as climate change mitigation, air pollution abatement, and ecosystem preservation.

This book provides an invaluable overview of neoliberalising trends in urban policies and governance by presenting novel perspectives on municipal entrepreneurship support policies.

This book explores the multifaceted relationship between sustainability and corporate performance in health care by providing a review of the relevant policy and academic literature, together with novel quantitative evidence to support strategic and managerial decision-making.

There is widespread concern for long-term environmental issues in relation to economic processes and developments.

Plantation forestry is the planting, managing, and harvesting of trees for the production of industrial wood.

Reflecting its reliance on fossil fuels, the electric power industry produces the majority of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

Analyzes how combinations of instruments at different levels of government, or smart mixes, can effectively regulate transboundary environmental harm.

Economic inequality has recently gained considerable academic attention.

This Element analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the ''modern city'' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia.

This book explains why oil prices rose so spectacularly in the past and examines how they will be suppressed in the future.

This publication examines how drug originator manufacturers manage to shield their products from competition.

Governments have not adequately prepared for unpredictable events such as climate change and pandemics, which require global responses.

Muslim minorities in China and India form only a small fraction of their respective populations, yet as they principally live in troubled border states, they are of key strategic importance in the war on terror.

Using a transnational analytical framework, this book provides a comprehensive overview of formal and informal markets and place in globalised cities.

Explore the prospects for a deliberative approach to global governance that puts inclusive and transformative communication at the heart.

Anthropos, in the sense of species as well as cultures and ethics, locates humans as part of much larger orders of existence - fundamental when thinking about climate change.

This book shows, we believe, the breadth and the complexity of issues that econo- mists now tackle in their analysis of the connections between the ecosystem and the economic system.

Mineral exploration is an economic activity of worldwide importance.

The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt lawArgentina's 2001 default on $100 billion in bonds and the messy litigation that followed has had an outsized impact on sovereign debt markets, sovereign debt law, and the International Monetary Fund's policies.

In the last few decades, urban quality of life has received increasing interest from policy makers who aim to make cities better places to live.

It is increasingly evident that the conventional scientific approach to economic processes and related sustainability issues is seriously flawed.

Fachliche Expertise, klinische Kompetenz und Outcome-Orientierung sind die Zielvorgaben an die Expert_innen der Gesundheitsberufe, um eine qualitativ hohe Gesundheitsversorgung im interdisziplinären Team sicher zu stellen.

First published in 1989, this book deals with the impact of cereal production upon the Third World, specifically 'Modern Varieties' (MVs).

This book examines the bioeconomy concept, analysing the opportunities it can generate, the constraints and the potential benefits for society.

This book provides readers with a basic understanding of the principles that underlie real estate development.

This book is an inquiry into the role of law in the contemporary political economy of hunger.

The global financial crisis of 2007-8 did not offer the political and economic opportunities to the left that many thought it would.

This title offers a profound exploration of one of the worlds oldest civilizations and its pivotal role in shaping global history and modern international relations.

This book presents selected articles from the 15th International Asian Urbanization Conference, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on November 27-30, 2019.

Originally published in 1972, this study aims to explore governmental interaction with people and publics interests and institutions in Metropolitan America.

During the latter part of 2004, Helen Buitenkamp of Springer Publishing emailed me that the first edition of Handbook of Urban and Community Forestry in the Northeast is the best volume in its field and inquired whether we'd be interested in compiling a second edition; I replied that we certainly would, and started working on it imme- ately.

In an era of profound environmental and geopolitical uncertainty, Designing through Planetary Breakdown offers fresh perspectives on design's evolving role in the face of planetary change.

This book is an interdisciplinary examination of China's new urban development model and the challenges Chinese cities face in the 21st century.