Economics of specific sectors

This volume is the record of a conference held in March 1989 that centered on a departure from the basic U.

A comprehensive guide to the transformative effect of digital technologies on all of the key practices of marketing.

This book examines the Union-State and inter-State relations concerning water issues in India.

Fracking for gas trapped in shale could be a game changer in the quest to find alternatives to dirty fossil fuels, but it also has potential for harm.

The term "e;human economics"e; is sometimes used within economic theory with the hope of repositioning economic discipline as a human and social science, but with scarce success.

The aim of this publication is to look in depth at depopulation - a trend that is affecting an increasing number of cities worldwide.

This book offers ideas and practices on contemporary design concepts and illustrates them with plans and photographs of outstanding examples.

A comprehensive guide to the transformative effect of digital technologies on all of the key practices of marketing.

This book offers ideas and practices on contemporary design concepts and illustrates them with plans and photographs of outstanding examples.

The objective of the book is to adopt the application of data analytics to enhance the sustainability and resilience of the green supply chain networks.

The objective of the book is to adopt the application of data analytics to enhance the sustainability and resilience of the green supply chain networks.

American Living Standards contends that the central problem of the U.

In an age of pandemics the relationship between the health of the city and good sanitation has never been more important.

This volume brings together market practitioners, policymakers, development specialists, and academics from developed and emerging market countries to examine the underlying causes of the Asian financial crisis and ways of preventing future crises in emerging markets.

This book presents a comprehensive study of the role that the Blue Flag beach program has played around the world, considering economic, social and environmental perspectives.

This volume focuses on the diverse ways in which mothers working within academia seek to find others with similar experiences to build virtual communities.

This volume focuses on the diverse ways in which mothers working within academia seek to find others with similar experiences to build virtual communities.

What part do the values of growth and prosperity, freedom and justice, security and democracy play in social policy and human welfare?

What part do the values of growth and prosperity, freedom and justice, security and democracy play in social policy and human welfare?

When United Nations sponsored elections were held in 1993, there were high hopes that Cambodia would finally be able to escape the nightmare of war, the killing fields, famine, and economic turmoil that its people had endured since 1970.

The interrelationship among development, environment, and human needs is one of the key issues being faced by the world today.

Gentrification Trends in the United States is the first book to quantify the changes that take place when a neighborhood's income level, educational attainment, or occupational makeup outpace the city as a whole - the much-debated yet poorly understood phenomenon of gentrification.

Gentrification Trends in the United States is the first book to quantify the changes that take place when a neighborhood's income level, educational attainment, or occupational makeup outpace the city as a whole - the much-debated yet poorly understood phenomenon of gentrification.

Human capital and organizational capital are increasingly important as a source of value in many firms.

The microenterprise strategyhelping people start small businesseshas generated attention among policymakers and the media as a way to create jobs and help lift people out of poverty.

Multi-hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building: Cross Cutting Issues presents multi-disciplinary issues facing disaster risk reduction and sustainable development, focusing on various dimensions of existing and future risk scenarios and highlighting concerted efforts of scientific communities to find new adaptation methods.

A panoramic account of the urban politics and deep social divisions that gave rise to UberThe first city to fight back against Uber, Washington, D.

Saudi Arabia (1986) is a major study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia following its establishment as a leading world exporter of oil.

This book explores how and why innovative climate policies spread across subnational regions and between governance levels in China.

Economic Trends in Soviet Russia (1930) examines the economic position of the USSR a decade after the Revolution.

Wrecking Activities at Power Stations in the Soviet Union (1933) is a valuable historical document that presents a verbatim report of the trials of various Soviet and British engineers and workers accused of acts of sabotage against the Soviet energy infrastructure.

This book describes official statistics as a tool to hold up a mirror to society - but also as an instrument for those who can manipulate this mirror.

The Communist Economic Challenge (1965) examines the substantial industrial development in the Soviet Union, and its European satellites, and China, looking at Khrushchev's boast that by 1970 the USSR's industrial output would surpass that of the USA.

The Soviet Far East (1990) examines the largest economic region in the Soviet Union, the Far East.

Recent Advancement of IoT Devices in Pollution Control and Health Applications covers current developments in Internet of Things (IoT)-based pollution control, solid waste management, transportation, and healthcare systems.

Soviet Agriculture in Perspective (1969) examines the framework within which Soviet agriculture had to operate from the start: the dilemma of a revolutionary regime in a backward peasant country, the straightjacket of a bureaucratic system inherited from Tsarism, made even more rigid by the internal tensions of the new society, and the imperative needs of economic development.

This book explores how and why innovative climate policies spread across subnational regions and between governance levels in China.

This book investigates positive energy buildings (PEBs).

This book offers an overview of service design practices for healthcare and hospital management.

This book focuses on the level of industrial synergy development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China.

This two-volume set presents the conference papers from the 1st International Conference on Economics, Development and Sustainability (EDESUS 2019), organized by the University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

This book helps readers understand how universities position themselves in the innovation landscape and the implications for national policies.