This multidisciplinary book examines the diverse ways in which environmental disasters with compounding impacts are being governed as they traverse sovereign territories across rapidly urbanising societies in Asia and the Pacific.
The book explores eleven debates held at the Bahraini Council of Representatives (or the Parliament) over 2007-2010 to comprehend how parliamentary discourse contributes towards identity formation within Bahraini society.
This book discusses the connotation and function of social governance and elaborates on social governance thought in classical Marxism, Mao Zedong's social governance thought, and social governance thought in socialism with Chinese characteristics, especially in Xi Jinping's New Era.
This book focuses on global economic governance covering the following five areas: the theoretical and historical evolution of global economic governance, international financial governance, international trade and investment governance, global climate change and sustainable development governance, and international macroeconomic policy coordination.
This book is about how coast guards are becoming states' foremost tool to manage changes occurring in ocean politics generally, and in the Arctic specifically.
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 figures out that network security and informatization have entered a development stage of greater permeation and deeper integration into all aspects of the economy and society.
This book brings together a collection of chapters that investigate sustainable tourism development in different Asian contexts; from stakeholders' perspectives, existing issues in the market, as well as the impacts of COVID-19 on tourism.
This book presents an in-depth analysis of the environmental issues raised in the South China Sea Arbitration Awards, which have not attracted as much attention in the Philippines as the "e;nine-dash line"e;.
This book is a compilation of the policy briefs produced by the International Science Council's program on Urban Health and Wellbeing: A Systems Approach over the past five years.
This book adopts the methods of field investigation and case study, systematically summarizes the development course of Nanjiang County in Sichuan Province since China's reform and opening-up, and comprehensively sorts out its main experiences of promoting green development and rural governance.
Canaries in the Data Mine offers an account of the lived experiences and cultural expectations of young people growing up in digital environments increasingly owned by others and designed for profit.
This book tries to understand the lessons we ought to learn from the Covid-19 crisis as well as the profound transformations this pandemic will bring to the world order.
This book offers an introduction to various models and methods for green supplier evaluation and selection (GSES) within different information settings.
This book discusses the diversity and resilience in a hybrid regime where civil society organisations are either provided with complex sets of opportunities or face severe constraints.
This book studies the three most important Chinese foreign policy concepts under Xi Jinping's leadership - "e;New Type of Great Power Relations"e;, "e;Belt and Road Initiative"e; and "e;Community of Shared Future for Mankind"e;.
This pivot introduces the Arctic Council and its role as a platform for dealing with local, national, regional and global challenges of relevance to the "e;new"e; Arctic.
This volume discusses a range of key domestic forces driving the current Chinese growth ranging from economic reforms to governance practices to analyze their impact and influence at home as well as on China's foreign and security policies in its near and extended neighbourhood.
This book focuses squarely on the problem of saving local government in the context of extraordinary financial challenges being faced across the globe.
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 provides an all-round analysis and exploration of the course, status quo and future of the Chinese Government's governance reform under the framework of government governance modernization.