Population and demography Books
Springer Verlag, Singapore The Era of Longevity: Transformation of Aging,
Book SynopsisThis is an open access book under CC BY-NC-ND.This open access book is a comprehensive solution proposed by Dr. Chen Dongsheng for the issues of medical care, pension, and fund raising in the era of longevity. This book studies the relationship among aging population, economic development, and business model innovation. It integrates multi-disciplinary, multi-industry, and multi-professional research and thinking to focus on how to meet the challenge of aging population from business perspective. The author analyzes the keys and experience for Taikang to get successful in this area. The arrival of the "Era of Longevity" not only creates new business opportunities, but also changes the economy, governance, and cultural ecology of the society. It is of interest to the readers in business and policy-making.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Longevity Era Centennial Life.- Chapter 2. Healthy Era, Healthier Longevity.- Chapter 3. Wealth era rich life.- Chapter 4. Pioneer of the age of longevity - Japan.- Chapter 5. longevity economy.- Chapter 6. The Road to Corporate Innovation for the Age of Longevity (6 and 7 Merger).- Chapter 7. Taikang's solution makes the era of longevity better.- Chapter 8. Building a Harmonious Longevity Society.
£31.49
NUS Press Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand:
Book SynopsisUsing Thailand as a case study, Ross King examines the role of place in the formation of identity through memory. Employing the idea of French historian Pierre Nora that because we no longer live in environments of memory—places where the past is still vividly alive—we compensate by attaching ourselves to sites of memory, King explores whether Thailand offers an alternative vision, a place where modernity and heritage coexist. He looks closely at the myths of ancient Thai cities, the remaining royal palaces, historical monuments, small towns and villages, and the proliferating slums of Bangkok in order to create a unique and nuanced perspective of contemporary Thailand and its many ideas of Thai identity.
£33.12
NUS Press Las Vegas in Singapore: Violence, Progress and
Book SynopsisLas Vegas is famous for its glitter and greed, but it rarely gets the recognition it deserves for another specialty: inventing a globalized corporate model of institutional control. For decades, the gambling mecca has perfected the concept of the casino-hotel, which has been exported to countries around the world, including Singapore with the opening of the Marina Bay Sands. When this luxury resort opened in 2010, it was the convergence of two cities' very different histories of gambling.Las Vegas in Singapore looks at moments in Singapore's and Las Vegas' pasts when the moral and legal status of gambling changed significantly, and examines how modern states and corporations capitalized on it. The book begins in colonial Singapore in the 1880s, when British administrators revised the law in response to the political threat posed by Chinese-run gambling syndicates. It then looks at the 1960s when the newly independent city-state created a national lottery while at the same time criminalizing both organized and petty gambling. From there the focus moves to corporate Las Vegas in the 1950s. The book reveals how the Las Vegas model of casino development evolved into a highly rationalized template designed to maximize profits. It all comes together when the Vegas model is architecturally re-fashioned into Singapore's Marina Bay Sands.Ultimately, Lee Kah-Wee argues that the historical project of the control of vice is also about the control of space and capital. The result is an uneven landscape where the legal and moral status of gambling is contingent on where it is located. As the current wave of casino expansion spreads across Asia, he warns that these developments should not be seen as liberalization but instead as a monopolization by modern states and corporations.
£32.36
ISEAS Population Policies and Programmes in Singapore
Book SynopsisThe second edition of Population Policies and Programmes in Singapore presents an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the government’s initiatives to influence the course of fertility, and hence the rate of population growth in the island-state of Singapore since the 1960s. The varied population issues and consequences associated with the prolonged below-replacement fertility are discussed in detail. The strength of the book lies in the author’s intimate familiarity with the subject acquired through some personal involvement in the formulation of population policies for the country.
£25.46
Springer The Official Regional Population Projections of
Book SynopsisOfficial Regional Population Projections of Japan and Their Accuracy.- Outline of methodology used for regional population projections for Japan from 2015 to 2045.- Future subnational populations and their implications through Regional Population Projections for Japan 2015 to 2045.- Future Prospects for Natural and Social Increases by Region.- Demographic Factors of Elderly Population Change by Prefecture.- Regional Distribution of Foreign Population in Recent Years.
£40.49
Springer HighIncome Asia Lessons in Population and Economy
Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Shared Experiences of the Asia High Income 5.- Balancing Childbirth Childcare and Women s Employment.- Addressing Anticipated Labor Shortages Japan.- Lessons from the Tough Experiences of Asia High Income 5.
£35.99
Springer The Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster and
Book SynopsisIntroduction: Demography of Natural Disasters.- Population Changes and Natural Disasters in the Tohoku Region since the Latter Half of the 19th Century.- Demographic Changes in the Tohoku Region due to the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster.- Changes in Migration Patterns in the Tohoku Region due to the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster.- Changes in Population Trends in the Tohoku Region due to the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster.- Epilogue.
£35.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore The Demography of Remarriage in Japan
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£38.24
Springer Verlag, Singapore Changes in Work and Family Life in Japan Under
Book SynopsisThis book describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way of work, the division of household labor, and family formation in Japan. One of the characteristics of Japanese employment practices is a stable employer–employment relationship and seniority-based wage system. In return, long working hours, especially for men who are called “salarymen” (salaried workers, or “company men”), are required. The pandemic has led to an expansion of telework and has reduced their working hours, which has made them return to their homes to work. In contrast, non-regular employees, who are mostly women, has become more unstable in employment and their incomes fell. This tendency has become even stronger under the pandemic.Compared with conditions in Western countries, in Japan wives have a greater responsibility for domestic chores. In the pandemic, as children's classes shifted to online and childcare support facilities were temporarily closed, the burden of housework and child-rearing increased for wives. However, husbands who worked from home shared a part of the housework, and popular home delivery services helped to reduce the burdens on wives. Japan is one of the developed countries with low fertility rates. Under the pandemic, many Japanese postponed starting a family, which further shrank the country’s birthrate. There was a remarkably significant tendency to postpone having children among economically disadvantaged and socially isolated families. This book provides a portrait of Japan’s experience regarding the notable impacts of the pandemic on work and family life.Table of Contents1．Introduction (Shigeki Matsuda).- -2. Who can become a teleworker during the COVID-19 pandemic? The inequality structure and access to telework in Japan (Jae-Youl Shin, Hirohisa Takenoshita).- 3. The Division of Domestic Labor During the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan (Junko Nishimura, Jihey Bae, Kota Toma).- 4. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family formation in Japan (Ling Sze Nancy Leung, Takayuki Sasaki, Shigeki Matsuda).- 5. Conclusion (Hirohisa Takenoshita).
£33.24
NUS Press Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya: Negotiating Urban
Book SynopsisArguably Southeast Asia's most spectacular city, Kuala Lumpur - widely known as 'KL' - has celebrated 50 years as the national capital of Malaysia. But KL now has a very different twin in Putrajaya, the country's new administrative capital. Where KL is a diverse, cosmopolitan, multi-racial metropolis, Putrajaya fulfils an elitist vision of a Malay-Muslim utopia. KL's multicultural richness is reflected in the brilliance and diversity of its architecture and urban spaces; Putrajaya, by contrast, is an architectural homage to an imagined Middle East.The 'purity' of Putrajaya throws the cosmopolitan diversity of Kuala Lumpur into sharp relief, and the tension between the two places reflects the rifts that run through Malaysian society. The author considers what form of metropolis the Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya region might foreshadow, arguing that signs of this future city are to be sought in the collision points between the utopian dreams of imagined futures and the reality of purposely forgotten pasts.The book includes copious illustrations of the wider Kuala Lumpur metropolitan region. It is directly applicable to studies in architecture, urban planning, urban design, and Malaysian politics and society. It also has relevance to the fields of postcolonial studies, media studies and critical social theory.
£23.36
Ary S. Jr Demography: The Awakening of Destiny
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