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Himalaya Calling
The Origins of China and India
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Himalaya Calling: The Origins of China and India will take the reader through a journey through the periods of time and places starting from the beginning of civilization from the Himalayas and extending into the Himalaya Sphere. The chapters in the book enable the reader to view the dynamics of China...
The Rise of Singapore
(In 2 Volumes)Volume 1: The Reasons for Singapore's SuccessVolume 2: Reflections on Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
In the 50th anniversary year of Singapore's independence, it is timely to trace our developmental journey in order that young Singaporeans students, visiting tourists and foreigners working in Singapore may be informed about why and how Singapore succeeded, despite tremendous odds. The two volumes...
by Zhi-gang Yuan
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
This book provides a detailed study of practices of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (Shanghai FTZ henceforth). It aims to answer questions related to establishing the Shanghai FTZ and improving its practices, such as the future of world's macro-economy, the Shanghai FTZ's position in Chinese...
by W Shepherd, D W Shepherd
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
How is the future world energy demand to be met? The rates of use of the fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — are increasing all over the world. The remaining stocks are finite and are not renewable.
This book considers the various options of renewable energy, including water energy,...
by E Ray Canterbery
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Since its onset in late 2007, few expected the Great Recession to be protracted for over half a decade across the world. The Rise and Fall of Global Austerity explains the origins and history of austerity, severe implications of the idea of it and how the continuation of the Great Recession was a...
Climate Change and the Energy Problem
Physical Science and Economics Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
This important compendium deals with the primary world problems of global warming and the coming energy crisis. In alternating chapters, it lays out the nature of the two interrelated problems, and specifies the various economic considerations. Thus, it describes the coming shortfall of fossil fuel...
Climate Change and the Energy Problem
Physical Science and Economics Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
This important compendium deals with the primary world problems of global warming and the coming energy crisis. In alternating chapters, it lays out the nature of the two interrelated problems, and specifies the various economic considerations. Thus, it describes the coming shortfall of fossil fuel...
Asia's Energy Trends and Developments
(In 2 Volumes)Volume 1: Innovations and Alternative Energy SuppliesVolume 2: Case Studies in Cooperation, Competition and Possibilities from Central, Northeast and South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
With Asia, — especially China and India, — leading world energy consumption, Asian energy trends are now of global interest, with deep implications for the world economy and geopolitics. Understanding the issues often require real-life case scenarios.
This two-volume compilation presents...
Energy Economy in China
Policy Imperatives, Market Dynamics, and Regional Developments
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
The key subjects of the book are policy imperatives, market dynamics and regional developments concerning oil and gas, as well as energy as a whole in China. In addition to national policies and issues, the objective of this book is to study China's regional oil and gas demand, supply and trade, energy...
The Great Recession
History, Ideology, Hubris and Nemesis
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Many books on the 2008 financial crisis and the current recession focus on the financial sector. Unlike them, this book takes the real economy as the starting point and it situates the downturn within the societal context over the last several decades. Important elements of the story include global...
Univer-Cities: Strategic Implications for Asia
Readings from Cambridge and Berkeley to Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Univer-cities: Strategic Implications for Asia aims to redefine the multi-faceted symbiotic relationship between universities and host cities. The four readings in this reader will invite readers to challenge the traditional view of what a university is as a place, and re-define the university as...
Adaptation to Climate Change
ASEAN and Comparative Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
Adaptation to Climate Change: ASEAN and Comparative Experiences presents a dynamic and comprehensive collection of works from legal scholars around the world that delves into a relatively new frontier on legal aspects of climate change adaptation with focus on the ASEAN region, both at the regional...
by Gerard M Crawley
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Concerns about energy resources and the environmental impact of energy use will continue to be important globally. World Scientific's unique series of books on Current Energy Issues is intended, in part, as an expansion and update of the material contained in the World Scientific Handbook of Energy....
Income Disparity in China
Crisis within Economic Miracle
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
China has achieved remarkable economic success in the past three decades and has become the second-largest economy in the world after the United States. However, accompanying this rapid economic growth is an increasing income inequality. In recent years, China's income disparity has reached an alarming...