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Cover Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
A Governmentality Perspective
Le-Yin Zhang
Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the political rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of governance.
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Monograph Book
Published:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977395
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Public Policy in Contentious Times
Public Policy in Contentious Times
Peter K. Kresl
US society today is widely seen as being split into constituencies which have sequestered themselves in two or more silos, with policy discussion between them having become impossible. The treatise of this book is that denizens of the United States need not be confined in silos but, rather, that major economic policies – drugs, alcohol, and suicide; schooling; major economic issues; infrastructure, urban and regional policy; and the environment – have powerful impacts on many members of each of these silos.
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Monograph Book
Published:
09 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802200829
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover The City and Quality of Life
The City and Quality of Life
Peter K. Kresl
This unique and insightful work examines the importance of ‘quality of life’ for the city which has become a key component of urban competitiveness over the past 30 years. It argues that having a high or low ‘quality of life’ will have important consequences for the vitality and status of any city. The book’s six substantive chapters explore this issue by each examining a distinct element that comprises ‘quality of life’, including the approach of economists to quality of life, links to urban competitiveness, the economy, urban amenities and attributes.
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Monograph Book
Published:
20 Apr 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880115
Collection:
Economics 2021
Cover Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City
Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City
Edited by Peter K. Kresl
This original book examines the experiences cities and urban areas have had with two principal concerns that confront them today: sustainability and competitiveness. Featuring a wide-ranging set of contributions from top researchers, this book discusses and analyzes the issues that different cities face, such as social cohesion, tolerance and cultural diversity, and how this will determine their developmental trajectories through the coming decade. Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City will be an invaluable read for scholars and professors in urban economics and urban studies more broadly, particularly those who are focusing on the importance of sustainability in both areas
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Monograph Book
Published:
20 Nov 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839107481
Collection:
Economics 2020
Cover Handbook of Input–Output Analysis
Handbook of Input–Output Analysis
Edited by Thijs ten Raa
In this authoritative Handbook, leading experts from international statistical offices and universities explain in detail the treatment and role of input-output statistics in the System of National Accounts. Furthermore, they address the derivation of input-output coefficients for the purpose of economic and environmental modeling, the building of applied general equilibrium models, the use of these models for efficiency analysis, and the extensions to stochastic and dynamic input-output analysis. As well as revealing and exploring the theoretical foundations, the Handbook also acts as a useful guide for practitioners.
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Handbook
Published:
30 Jun 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783476329
Collection:
Economics 2017
Cover New Technologies and Transportation Research: Applications of GPS in Travel Surveys
New Technologies and Transportation Research: Applications of GPS in Travel Surveys
Peter Stopher

This research review discusses the most significant papers to have been published over the past fifteen years on the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to measure person and vehicle travel. The carefully selected papers track developments in the use of GPS devices to record travel and document some of the latest applications in which GPS is starting to replace conventional self-report surveys.
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Research Reviews
Published:
02 Dec 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784716288
Collection:
Economics 2016
Cover Handbook on Transport and Development
Handbook on Transport and Development
Edited by Robin Hickman, Moshe Givoni, David Bonilla, and David Banister
This Handbook provides an extensive overview of the relationships between transport and development. With 45 chapters from leading international authors, the book is organised in three main parts: urban structure and travel; transport and spatial impacts; and wider dimensions in transport and development. The chapters each present commentary on key issues within these themes, presenting the debate on the impacts of urban structure on travel, the impacts of transport investment on development, and social and cultural change on travel. A multitude of angles are considered – leaving the reader with a comprehensive and critical understanding of the field.
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Handbook
Published:
28 Aug 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857937261
Collection:
Economics 2015
Cover Handbook of Choice Modelling
Handbook of Choice Modelling
Edited by Stephane Hess and Andrew Daly
Choice modelling is an increasingly important technique for forecasting and valuation, with applications in fields such as transportation, health and environmental economics. For this reason it has attracted attention from leading academics and practitioners and methods have advanced substantially in recent years. This Handbook, composed of contributions from senior figures in the field, summarises the essential analytical techniques and discusses the key current research issues. It will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners in a wide range of areas.
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Handbook
Published:
29 Aug 2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781003152
Collection:
Economics 2014
Cover Sustainable Urban Water Environment
Sustainable Urban Water Environment
Climate, Pollution and Adaptation
Ashantha Goonetilleke, Tan Yigitcanlar, Godwin A. Ayoko, and Prasanna Egodawatta
This multi-disciplinary book provides practical solutions for safeguarding the sustainability of the urban water environment. Firstly, the importance of the urban water environment is highlighted and the major problems urban water bodies face and strategies to safeguard the water environment are explored. Secondly, the diversity of pollutants entering the water environment through stormwater runoff are discussed and modelling approaches for factoring in climate change and future urban and transport scenarios are proposed. Thirdly, by linking the concepts of sustainable urban ecosystems and sustainable urban and transport development, capabilities of two urban sustainability assessment models are demonstrated.
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Monograph Book
Published:
28 Mar 2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781004647
Collection:
Economics 2014
Cover Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility
Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility
Edited by Moshe Givoni and David Banister
The transport sector has been singularly unsuccessful in becoming low carbon and less resource intensive. This book takes an innovative and holistic social, cultural and behavioural perspective, as well as covering the more conventional economic and technological dimensions, to provide a more complete understanding of the mobility and transport system and its progress towards high carbon mobility.
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Monograph Book
Published:
31 May 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781007235
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2013