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Sharing Cities
Activating the Urban Commons
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
“Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons” showcases over a hundred sharing-related case studies and model policies from more than 80 cities in 35 countries. It both witnesses a growing global movement and serves as a practical reference guide for community-based solutions to urgent challenges...
From Summits to Solutions
Innovations in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
A positive agenda for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
All 193 member nations of the United Nations agreed in September 2015 to adopt a set of seventeen "Sustainable Development Goals," to be achieved by 2030. Each of the goals—in such areas as education and health...
The Hermit Kingdom Goes Online
Information Technology, Internet Use and Communication Policy in North Korea
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
This study gives a comprehensive overview of the development of the Internet in North Korea, and discusses related applications, challenges and opportunities. It argues that North Korea can no longer ignore the Internet, neither as a chance to further its intentions, e.g., in cyber warfare, national...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
North Korean Review is the first academic journal in North America or Europe to focus exclusively on North Korea. The purpose of NKR is to provide readers with an improved understanding of the country’s complexities and the threat it presents to global stability. International and interdisciplinary,...
Governing Fortune
Casino Gambling in America
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Written by a lawyer and an economist, Governing Fortune summarizes the legal framework supporting the gaming industry and reviews the costs and benefits of casinos by showing how tax base and job growth vary widely with site-specific factors. The book sets forth an innovative proposal for the licensing...
Social Innovation and Sustainable Consumption
Research and Action for Societal Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This book showcases strategic policies for and processes of societal transformation, which are required to address the challenge of sustainability. Based on the latest thinking at the interface of social innovation, sustainable consumption and the transformation of society, the book provides:
in-depth...
Esodati
Storie vere di un'economia distratta
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Una riflessione filosofica, una proposta politica e le storie di quelli che sono passati dalla mobilità al nulla, gli esodati. I dimenticati dalla finanziaria che doveva salvare l’Italia, simbolo di una classe governativa che ha smesso di operare a favore del bene comune. Le storie di quelle persone...
by Louis G. Pol, Richard K. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The 1980s witnessed the emergence of an applied subdiscipline within de mography that is coming to be termed health demography. As yet there is no distinct body of research formally categorized under this heading, nor are there professionals who bear the title of health demographer. In fact, most...
Stranded Assets and the Environment
Risk, Resilience and Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Drawing on the work of leading researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines, including economic geography, economics, economic history, finance, law, and public policy, this edited collection provides a comprehensive assessment of stranded assets and the environment, covering the fundamental...
Verbraucherwissenschaften
Rahmenbedingungen, Forschungsfelder und Institutionen
Language: German
Release Date: March 1, 2017
In diesem Herausgeberband wird das vielfältige Themenfeld der Verbraucherwissenschaften wissenschaftlich-konzeptionell definiert, skizziert und strukturiert. Ausgewählte Problemfelder der Verbraucherwissenschaften und der Verbraucherpolitikberatung stehen im Fokus wie z.B. die Digitale Welt, Energie,...
Liberté, égalité, fraternité et esprit d'entreprise
L'Esprit d'entreprise : socle consensuel pour un renouveau du mérite républicain
Language: French
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Aujourd’hui, 88 % des Français considèrent que l’esprit d’entreprise représente une valeur positive qu’il faut encourager (Opinion Way).
Tous les sondages le montrent, la France est prise d’un véritable engouement pour l’esprit d’entreprise.
Dans...
Emergenza rifiuti
Come piazzare una bomba chimica a effetto ritardato e farla franca
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 19, 2009
Vi hanno raccontato che il problema della spazzatura a Napoli non esiste più. Non è vero. Per mesi hanno parlato di "emergenza rifiuti" come un episodio improvviso e inatteso, ma basta guardare oltre i sacchetti della munnezza per scoprire che la crisi dei rifiuti non è assolutamente...
Die Frage aller Fragen
Woher kommen wir, wohin gehen wir?
Language: German
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Wie wird das Wasser sein, das wir trinken, wie wird die Luft sein, die wir atmen, in 200 Jahren? Werden die Menschen der Zukunft im Paradies leben, in Wohlstand und Freiheit? Oder wird unser Dasein zur Hölle, gezeichnet von Kriegen, Armut und Hunger? Dieses inspirierende Buch analysiert und zeichnet...
TIME Donald Trump
The Rise of a Rule Breaker
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Whether you love him or hate him, dismiss him or maintain a grudging respect, there's no denying that Donald Trump has up– ended this year's election season.
Now, in this new Special Edition from the editors at TIME, you'll be able to go inside Donald Trump's world, from his early days in...