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Cover Global Production Networks and Rural Development
Global Production Networks and Rural Development
Southeast Asia as a Fruit Supplier to China
Edited by Bill Pritchard
Bill Pritchard provides an important update on how current trade methodologies are implemented as China becomes one of the world’s largest fresh fruit importers from countries such as Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Monograph Book
Published:
11 Jun 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883888
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Handbook on Tourism and China
Handbook on Tourism and China
Edited by Songshan Huang and Ganghua Chen
Covering a wide range of current issues, this comprehensive Handbook explores the links between tourism as a dynamic tertiary industry and China as the world’s most influential tourism market and destination.
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Handbook
Published:
15 Jun 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788117531
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover From Eco-Cities to Sustainable City-Regions
From Eco-Cities to Sustainable City-Regions
China’s Uncertain Quest for an Ecological Civilization
Ernest J. Yanarella and Richard S. Levine
A political scientist and an urban architect explore China’s odyssey to become an ecological civilization and transform its massive, unsustainable, urbanization process into one that creates hundreds of eco-cities. The resulting From Eco-Cities to Sustainable City-Regions is the first book-length study combining analysis of politics and power, urban design and planning issues derived from the co-authors’ interdisciplinary research, and on-site fieldwork from their political science and architectural area specialties.
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Monograph Book
Published:
18 May 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102783
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Smart Cities in Asia
Smart Cities in Asia
Governing Development in the Era of Hyper-Connectivity
Edited by Yu-Min Joo and Teck-Boon Tan
At a time when Asia is rapidly growing in global influence, this much-needed and insightful book bridges two major current policy topics in order to offer a unique study of the latest smart city archetypes emerging throughout Asia. Highlighting the smart city aspirations of Asian countries and their role in Asian governments’ new development strategies, this book draws out timely narratives and insights from a uniquely Asian context and policymaking space.
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Monograph Book
Published:
02 Mar 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788972888
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Common Grasslands in Asia
Common Grasslands in Asia
A Comparative Analysis of Chinese and Mongolian Grasslands
Edited by Colin G. Brown
This book unravels the complexities of the grassland systems of Mongolia and northern China, identifying the ways in which policies and incentives can be strengthened to improve grassland condition and herder livelihoods. Offering a comparative analysis of policies and incentives, chapters argue for a mix of incentives and associated policy measures to benefit both grassland conditions and herder lifestyles.
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Monograph Book
Published:
17 Feb 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974059
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Water Supply in a Mega-City
Water Supply in a Mega-City
A Political Ecology Analysis of Shanghai
Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson, and Mark Wang
With the increasing threat of depleted and contaminated water supplies around the world, this book provides a timely and much needed analysis of how cities should manage this precious resource. Integrating the environmental, economic, political and socio-cultural dimensions of water management, the authors outline how future mega-city systems can maintain a high quality of life for its residents.
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Monograph Book
Published:
30 Nov 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786433930
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2018
Cover Making Hong Kong
Making Hong Kong
A History of its Urban Development
Pui-yin Ho
Pui-yin Ho surveys how the social, economic and political environments of different eras have influenced the evolution of urban planning in Hong Kong. Evaluating the relationship between town planning and social change over time, this book explores how a local Hong Kong identity has emerged through its urban development. In doing so it brings a fresh perspective to urban research and provides historical context and direction for the future development of the city.
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Monograph Book
Published:
28 Sep 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788117951
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2018
Cover Understanding China's Urbanization
Understanding China's Urbanization
The Great Demographic, Spatial, Economic, and Social Transformation
Li Zhang, Richard LeGates, and Min Zhao
China’s urbanization is one of the great earth-changing phenomena of recent times. The way in which China continues to urbanize will have a critical impact on the world economy, global climate change, international relations and a host of other critical issues. Understanding and responding to China’s urbanization is of paramount importance to everyone. This book represents a unique exploration of the demographic, spatial, economic and social aspects of China’s urban transformation.
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Monograph Book
Published:
25 Mar 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783474745
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2016
Cover Innovation Networks and the New Asian Regionalism
Innovation Networks and the New Asian Regionalism
A Knowledge Platform on Economic Productivity
Hans-Peter Brunner
The rise of Asia, as well as the future of regional cooperation and integration (RCI) the world over, will be profoundly influenced by the challenges of slowing productivity growth, increasing economic inequalities and systemic vulnerabilities. Such structural reform issues will require RCI policies that complement domestic policy reform. This unique book explains what drives the regional economic integration of nations and their contribution to national knowledge capital. It also lays out how such beneficial integration can generate broad-based, equitable wealth in Europe and Asia.
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Monograph Book
Published:
26 Feb 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785364495
Collection:
Economics 2016
Cover Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China
Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China
Edited by Yingjie Guo
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary Handbook illustrates the patterns of class transformation in China since 1949, situating them in their historical context. Presenting detailed case studies of social stratification and class formation in a wide range of settings, the expert contributors provide valuable insights into multiple aspects of China’s economy, polity and society. The Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China explores largely neglected contemporary topics such as women’s social mobility in relation to marriage and the high school entrance exam as a class sorter, placing it at the forefront of progressive literature.
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Handbook
Published:
29 Jan 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783470648
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2016