Economics of specific sectors

This book examines three vital issues in urbanization and democratization: the institutional structures and processes of urban local governance to improve access to urban services; their outcomes in relation to low-income groups' access to services, citizen participation in local governance, accountability of local leaders and officials, and transparency in local governance; and the factors that influence access to urban services, especially for the poor and marginalized groups.

This book is written by experts from Institute of Urban and Environmental Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and National Climate Center, this book provides an overview of China's effort to implement the Paris Agreement.

This book provides a detailed theoretical background of Logistics 4.

This book studies the urban logistics system from the perspective of reliability, based on the theory of urban logistics and system reliability, with the research of urban logistics system reliability as the main line, with matter element analysis and ant colony algorithm as the main research tools.

This book focuses on the 'functionings' and capabilities generated from land by their owners and the challenge in satisfactorily recreating these through the compensation paid in the case of compulsory acquisition of private land.

This comprehensive reference text is a collection of important research findings on the latest developments in network modeling for optimization of smart cities.

This book presents the concept of healthcare facilities management performance measurement (HCFMPM) using Ghana as a case study.

This book explores China's low-carbon consumption in the context of residential behaviour, corporate practices and policy Implication.

This book focuses on high-speed rail (HSR) and new town planning and development related to HSR, approaching the issue from three different perspectives: economic cooperation at a regional level; HSR-based economic growth point at a city level; and mixed land use and building environment in the periphery area of HSR stations.

The book explains the problem of insufficient capital accumulation and growth in a less developed country.

This book offers a concise and yet diverse study on the Chengzhongcun.

This book is the only annual study that dissects Indonesia's sub-national competitiveness at both the provincial level (covering 34 provinces) and the regional level (covering six major island groups).

The book aims to explore South Asian third sector - the nonprofit organizations as provider of social services.

This book of CRIOCM 2021 (26th International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate) presents the latest developments in real estate and construction management around the globe.

The major challenge for the current generation of mankind is to develop a shared vision of a future that is both desirable to the vast majority of humanity and ecologically sustainable.

This book collects articles on the achievements and experience of special economic zones during the China's Reform and Opening-up in the past 40 years.

This book grapples with the numerous risks organizations face in order to succeed.

This 800-page premier book on energy focuses on energy sources, utilizations, legislations and sustainability as it relates to a state, a province, or a country, or a community within a state.

The book discusses important developments emerging around the land questions in India in the context of India's neoliberal economic development and its changing political economy.

This book looks at the historical and contemporary impact of minority immigrant and ethnic communities on the built and social environment in Australian cities, rural and regional areas.

The book discusses the socio-cultural-historical, occupational, educational, employment and discriminatory status of one of the most neglected and marginalised communities: the de-notified tribes or ex-criminal tribes of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

This book by the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) undertakes rigorous empirical research relating to competitiveness of states and federal territories in India.

This book provides a two-level analytical framework and empirical study to analyze the reason and process of China's transition that is from a follower to driver in the field of global climate governance, and is especially valuable the dialogues and cooperation between the government, media and civil society.

This is the first collection focusing on knowledge socialism, a particularly apt term used to describe a Chinese socialist mode of production and socialist approach to development and modernity based around the rise of peer production, new forms of collaboration and collective intelligence.

This book provides a fresh perspective on the ever-growing relevance of input-output analysis in problem solving.

This report was jointly launched by the National Academy of Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and UN-HABITAT.

This book investigates resource-constrained environments in the tropics and subtropics where people's lives and businesses are affected, and adaptations occur periodically.

This book provides an overview of the ongoing transition in China's health system, especially focusing on the new healthcare reform initiated in 2009.

This book highlights the use of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures in order to develop smart cities and produce smart economies in Africa.

The first 50 years of ASEAN integration has brought peace and prosperity to the Southeast Asian region, while the next 50 will undoubtedly be fraught with unprecedented challenges.

This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach with a wide scope of perspectives on primary healthcare, describing related principles, care models, practices and social contexts.

How is the struggle against climate change financed?

This compendium includes a wide range of topics, from energy science and technology, development and utilization of resources to sustainable ecological development.

This book is a pioneering work to position the creative city concept within Malaysian urban development discourse.

This book examines the effectiveness of trade and non-trade policies to combat the menace of child labour.

The book assesses the development experience by reflecting on a number of aspects, su--ch as growth in relation to employment, regional imbalances and rural-urban distribution.

This book discusses poverty reduction and inclusive development in China.

This book discusses the design and practice of environmental resources management for smart cities.

This textbook covers microeconomic theory at the level of intermediate and advanced undergraduates.

This book is a work that focuses on the forest environmental tax.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the so-called "e;endowment effect"e; in the housing market.

Environmental Economics and Ecosystem Services provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to environmental economics, using ecosystem services as the underlying framework.

This book develops an understanding of workplace justice and labour rights in Vietnam from factory workers' voices and their resistance against abuse and exploitation.

Environmental asset classes are not a hope for tomorrow but a reality today.

This unique volume takes a very different approach to the county-level governance and the land system reform in China.

The proceedings focus on selected aspects of the current and upcoming trends in transportation, logistics and decision-making.

This book studies the pathways and policies of regional coordinated low carbon development from the perspective of regional spillover-feedback effects.

This book translates the latest theoretical perspectives on the emerging field of Planetary Health Studies into the practical reality of global political decision makers.

This book inquires into the Capability Approach, a value theory of freedom, which crystalizes the interests of Marx, Welfare Economics, Social Choice, and Ethics.

These proceedings gather a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 6th Thailand Rail Academic Symposium (TRAS 2019), held at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand on 21-22 November 2019.