Economics of specific sectors

In just under three decades, the world has witnessed an enormous rise in obesity with a parallel growth in cardiometabolic disease risk factors characterized by insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, together known as the metabolic syndrome - conditions previously unheard of in children and adolescents.

Increasingly over the next few decades, the oil and gas industry faces the complex task of decommissioning its offshore platforms, pipelines and sub-sea equipment as they reach the end of their operational capabilities.

This book is a timely overview of the various aspects of consumer perception related to food.

Compared to other commercial buildings, hospital buildings are one of the most complex buildings/projects to plan, design, build, and operate.

This book is a rarity in that it conducts a comparative study of life satisfaction between Japan and China over a wider area and time period, filling a gap in empirical research on life satisfaction.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the general framework of sustainable development paths in relation to where countries stand at present, by outlining the main challenges they face, and the potential pathways ahead to foster the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book explores problems generated by the abandonment of mountain villages, which also represented strategic sites for guarding against environmental hazards, and proposes a process of regeneration and upgrade of the built environment, with a view to a circular economy and social and economic development.

Compared to other commercial buildings, hospital buildings are one of the most complex buildings/projects to plan, design, build, and operate.

This book examines the use of smart city-associated technologies to enhance sustainable transportation planning in cities of both the global north and south, focusing specifically on sustainable transportation.

Rational Exuberance for Renewable Energy is a beyond-the-hype account of the underlying issues that encourage or plague widespread dissemination of renewable energy (RE) technologies.

Risk is an ever-present feature of life in a complex world, and it is important for societies to manage it in a just and efficient manner.

Risk is an ever-present feature of life in a complex world, and it is important for societies to manage it in a just and efficient manner.

This book examines the use of smart city-associated technologies to enhance sustainable transportation planning in cities of both the global north and south, focusing specifically on sustainable transportation.

This book is an essential resource that delves into the transformative potential of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) within the healthcare industry.

This book illuminates how the profound challenges faced by contemporary societies over the past few decades, encompassing climate change and other environmental risks, global health threats, warfare, and mass migration, manifest themselves in European cities.

This book explores problems generated by the abandonment of mountain villages, which also represented strategic sites for guarding against environmental hazards, and proposes a process of regeneration and upgrade of the built environment, with a view to a circular economy and social and economic development.

This book primarily focuses on the coordinated development of port groups and the environment.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the general framework of sustainable development paths in relation to where countries stand at present, by outlining the main challenges they face, and the potential pathways ahead to foster the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Climate change is mainly caused by emissions of CO2 from burning fossil fuels, which provides over 85% of the world's energy.

This book presents an empirical study of the effects of environmental policies on China and its neighboring countries, with a focus on waste and climate policies in China.

This book presents an empirical study of the effects of environmental policies on China and its neighboring countries, with a focus on waste and climate policies in China.

Why do humans produce the things they do, in the way they do it?

As climate change intensifies globally, it also poses unprecedented challenges to the banking sector that require attention.

This book highlights the application of Geographical Information System (GIS) and nature based algorithms to solve the problems of water and water based renewable energy resources.

In an era of rapid advancements, "e;Healthcare Management"e; explores the transformative journey of modern healthcare.

The book investigates the intricate world of entrepreneurship, examining its dual nature as a force for constructive societal change as well as a potential source of destructive consequences.

This book primarily focuses on the coordinated development of port groups and the environment.

This book provides a detailed coverage of how the circular economy aims to change the paradigm in relation to the linear economy, by limiting the environmental impact and waste of resources, as well as increasing efficiency at all stages of the product economy.

Although the expression "e;responsibility to future generations"e; is firmly established in public and political vocabulary, its operational meaning and practice are inadequately understood and yet to be systematically evaluated.

Although the expression "e;responsibility to future generations"e; is firmly established in public and political vocabulary, its operational meaning and practice are inadequately understood and yet to be systematically evaluated.

The book aims to converge the perspectives of authors, editors, and reviewers to discuss modern scientific publishing practice and emerging concerns in the contemporary world.

The main objective of translational health science is to concentrate on discovering healthcare products for all people where care gaps exist.

The book explores the uneven spatial distribution of territory resources and its implication for the sustainable development of regions and cities.

The book explores the uneven spatial distribution of territory resources and its implication for the sustainable development of regions and cities.

The book explores the convergence of healthcare and cutting-edge technology, making it a captivating subject for readers interested in future research.

This book offers an up-to-date and comprehensive picture of the Vietnamese economy which is the fast-growing economy in Southeast Asia.

This book focuses on the future of the global population and proposes revising Malthus' Law.

This book is an essential resource that delves into the transformative potential of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) within the healthcare industry.

Environmental issues are of fundamental importance, and a broad approach to understanding the relationship between the human economy and the natural world is essential.

Environmental issues are of fundamental importance, and a broad approach to understanding the relationship between the human economy and the natural world is essential.

Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics covers new developments in theoretical techniques, new sources of geographic information systems (GIS) data, rapid advances in computing power, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and renewed public policy interest in transportation infrastructure.

This seventh edition of Agribusiness Management provides students and managers with a fundamental understanding of the key concepts needed to successfully manage food and agribusinesses in a rapidly changing, global, high-tech, consumer-oriented, and uncertain world.

This book analyses the role of commercial health insurance in China during the 14th Five Year Plan period.