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Springer Verlag, Singapore Geo-intelligence for Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisGlobally, concerns for the environment and human well-being have increased as results of threats imposed by climate change and disasters, environmental degradation, pollution of natural resources, water scarcity and proliferation of slums. Finding appropriate solutions to these threats and challenges is not simple, as these are generally complex and require state-of-the-art technology to collect, measure, handle and analyse large volumes of varying data sets. However, the recent advances in sensor technology, coupled with the rapid development of computational power, have greatly enhanced our abilities to capture, store and analyse the surrounding physical environment. This book explores diverse dimensions of geo-intelligence (GI) technology in developing a computing framework for location-based, data-integrating earth observation and predictive modelling to address these issues at all levels and scales. The book provides insight into the applications of GI technology in several fields of spatial and social sciences and attempts to bridge the gap between them.Table of Contents1. GEO-INTELLIGENCE ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE CITY MISSIONS OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH: A REVIEW 2. CLOUD-BASED GEOSPATIAL MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF PRAYAGRAJ KUMBH MELA OF INDIA: THE UNESCO INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE 3. GEO-INTELLIGENCE-BASED APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF PERI-URBAN AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF KOZHIKODE CITY, KERALA (INDIA) 4. SMART CITY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE CITY OF THE FUTURE 5. GEO-INTELLIGENCE FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND FOOD SECURITY 6. GEO-INTELLIGENCE FOR PANDEMIC PREVENTION AND CONTROL 7. GEO- INTELLIGENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH: A PANOPTICAL TO COVID -19 PANDEMIC 8. USE OF REMOTE SENSING DATA TO IDENTIFY AIR POLLUTION SIGNATURES IN INDIA 9. Urban Growth Impact on Cauvery River: A Geospatial Perspective 10. ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK (ANN) BASED PREDICTIONS OF BULK PERMITTIVITY OF CO2-WATER-POROUS MEDIA SYSTEM 11. LONG-TERM SATELLITE DATA TIME SERIES ANALYSIS FOR LAND DEGRADATION MAPPING TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT IN UKRAINE 12. Modeling of the Mass Balance of Glaciers with Debris Cover 13. A GEO-INTELLIGENCE BASED APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE TEMPORAL CHANGES IN THE LENGTH AND SURFACE AREA AND ICE VELOCITY OF SAKCHUM GLACIER
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Sustainable Development Goals in Northeast India:
Book SynopsisThis book covers themes related to the geosphere, biosphere, sociosphere and ecosphere dealing with changing geographical, environmental and socio-economic realities to plan a sustainable future for the northeast region (NER) of India. The NER consists of eight states—Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Sikkim—and they carry political, economic and social importance. The book integrates the past, present and future of geospheric attributes incorporating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to meet the demands for improving human wellbeing under diverse and challenging socio-economic, political and environmental conditions. The key SDGs, as in food and agriculture, health, education, water, energy and other overarching goals of the region, have yet to incorporate providing sustainable jobs and promoting equality and inclusive development, although there have been a few studies in that regard.The challenges to achieve SDGs in the NER are formidable compared to the rest of India. The NER has put a great deal of effort into achieving the SDGs, mainly in poverty (SDG-1), good health (SDG-3), education (SDG-4), gender (SDG-5), decent work (SDG-8) and reduced inequalities (SDG-10), similar to the rest of the country. However, the standard development indicators such as road length, access to health care, power consumption and other measures are far below the national average. A multi-pronged strategy has played a pivotal role in the region, but development strategy to attain the SDGs 2030 must be more inclusive in empowering people with maximising self-governance, considering the resources, needs and aspirations of the people.This book evaluates the performance of the SDGs and fills in the gaps. It includes case studies focusing on different SDGs using advanced cartographic, statistical and GIS techniques and methods. It also provides unique findings that serve as valuable resources for planners and policy-makers so that a sustainable future in Northeast India can be achieved.Table of Contents1. Sustainable Development Goals in Northeast India - Challenges and Achievements Rituparna Bhattacharyya, Subhash Anand and Madhushree Das 2. Professor Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya: A Brief Profile of His Life, Academic Career and Contributions Bimal K. Kar 3. Just Transition, (Re)vision 2020- The Story Hitherto Syeda Fahima Shahnaz Sultana, Payel Saha, Chandan Bhuyan, Madhushree Das, Rituparna Bhattacharyya and Subhash Anand 4. An Analysis of the Performance of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) in the North East Region of India: An Economics Perspective Pawan Kumar, Paramjit and Subhash Anand 5. Extreme Weather Events and Food Insecurity in Northeast India Raju Mandal, Binoy Goswami, Munmi Sarma and Hiranya Nath 6. Food Security in North-East India: the Role of Agriculture, Challenges and the Road Ahead Navneet Hazarika, Joyeeta Deka, Praditya Kumar Das, Kandarpa Kumar Saikia 7. Juxtaposing Food Security and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Northeast India: Evidence and Explanations Dibyajyoti Dutta and Akhil Ranjan Dutta 8. Land Degradation, Desertification and Food Security in North East India: Present and Future Scenarios Vimla Singh and Nivedita Chaudhary 9. Enhanced Vegetation Index and Land Use Analysis for Seven Sister States of India (2000-2022) Priyanka Puri 10. Quality of Living Space Among Rural Households in North Eastern Region of India K.V. Chamar and Rekha Dhanak 11. Augmentation of North-East Resources: intervention through Data Science & Advanced Technology Eeshankur Saiki and Parvej Reja Saleh 12. Sustainable development goals (SDG 3) “health and wellbeing”: What’s ailing north eastern states? Mridul Kumar Sarma 13. Progress Made by The North Eastern States of India Towards the 2030 Health-Related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs: Performance of The Health and Well-Being Indicators Sahana Bhattacharjee 14. Status of Gender Equality in the North Eastern States: A Pathway towards Achievement of Sustainable Development Goal Lovleen Gupta, Shubham Singhania, Rohit Kumar Shrivastav 15. Change in Dominant and Deficient Functions of Rural Female Workers in North-Eastern Region of India: An Analysis Ashu Rani and K.V. Chamar 16. An Evolving Paradigm Of Cybersecurity In North East India Subimal Bhattacharjee 17. Sustainable Development Goals and Assam- A Roadmap to a Better Future Payel Saha, Syeda Fahima Shahnaz Sultana, Ankabehari Saha and Madhushree Das 18. Measuring Gaps to Achieve the SDG 1 in Assam and Identifying the Causes Barnali Gogoi and Swapnali Saikia 19. On Understanding the Drinking Water Treatment Requirements in India during Emergencies Rituparna Bhattacharyya, Bowen Tan and Diganta Bhusan Das 20. Perilous Waters: Gendering Community Based Disasters Management Practices from floods a study of Majuli Assam Bikash Chetry 21. Rejuvenating Geographies of Manas through People’s Participation: A Success Story of Community Conservation Pranjit Kumar Sarma, Rituparna Bhattacharyya and Sanatan Deka 22. Ephemeral char ecosystems and mitigation of flood induced vulnerability along River Brahmaputra Nazifa Ahmed 23. Making Unpaid Work Visible - The Key To Removing Gender Inequality: A Study In The Urban Households Of Assam Chandrama Goswami and Manisha Bhattacharyya 24. Wildlife habitat dynamics and sustainable development: revisiting Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary of Assam Pranjit Kumar Sarma, Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, Pradipta Baruah and Mukul Tamuli 25. Prospects of Tourism Sector in Assam to achieve Sustainable Development Goals Shikha Yadav, Gautam Kakaty, Usha Rani and Vaibhav Anand 26. Sustainable Ethnic Tourism Development in Arunachal Pradesh Parijat Borgohain and Barnali Patowary 27. SDG 3 in Manipur: A Story of Hill-Valley Divide Esther Ngaihte and Anushruti 28. An Analytical Study on the inseparable relations between food, population, arable land and economy in Manipur from the Perspective of Sustainability Irom Luckychand Meitei and Gurumayum Jadumani Sharma 29. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques for Landslide hazard Zonation in Tamenglong District of Manipur, North East India Lunghim Rongmei, Irom Luckychand Meitei and Ekta Raman 30. Analysing development induced trade-offs: A Case Study of Loktak Multipurpose Project (LMP) in Manipur Himani Tiwari & Harshita Tiwari
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Springer ChinaAfrica Science Technology and Innovation Collaboration
Book SynopsisOverview of China Africa Collaboration in Science Technology and Innovation.- China digital presence in North Africa a driver of technological transformation The case of Huawei in Algeria.- China Green Energy Investment in Kenya Ethiopia and Tanzania Implications for Aid Policy.- China Africa Collaboration in Health Sector Under the Epidemic of COVID 19.- A critical evaluation of Health Diplomacy as an altruistic underpinning of China Africa relations.- Does China African Partnership Leads to Immiserizing Growth.- Analysis of Africa B2C E commerce Development and Outlook on China Investment in Africa.- Public Perception of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Africa and the Impact of COVID 19 Based on a Study of Africans.- China Africa Collaboration in Agriculture and Food Security Prospects and challenges.- China Africa S and T Relationship Selected Cases of Learning and Technology Transfer.- Cryptocurrency in Ghana Practices and Implication.- Evolution and Prospects of China Africa Collaborations in Science Technology and Innovation.- The Role of China and Western Countries in the Economic Globalization of Africa Who is Behind the Recent Economic Renaissance of Africa.- Cryptocurrency in Ghana Practices and Implication.- Evolution and Prospects of China Africa Collaborations in Science Technology and Innovation.- Evolution of China Africa Cooperation in Scientific and Technological Innovation.- Science Technology and Innovation STI A synergic Cooperative and Collaborative Relations between China and Africa.- Setting China Africa Collaboration to Address Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues.- Riding the Dragon a framework for productive collaboration.- Africa China Collaborations Priority Areas and Mutual Benefits.- China Africa collaboration in Agriculture and food security.
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NUS Press Mega-Urban Regions in Pacific Asia: Urban
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia contains four urban conglomerates of the sort that this study characterizes as Mega-Urban Regions - Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. These locations are examined in this book, along with Taipei and Shanghai. Because the administrative boundaries of the cities at the core of these zones do not include the entire urban area, the significance of the broader urban community has largely escaped scholarly attention. The authors base their analysis on actual agglomeration size rather than administrative boundaries, and draw on unpublished census data to study the dynamics of these massive urban zones, considering area and population size as well as social and demographic patterns of change in core, inner and outer zones. They conclude that these mega-urban regions continue to increase their share of national populations, and zones immediately beyond the official metropolitan boundaries are where the most dramatic changes are occurring.
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NUS Press Powers of Exclusion: Land Dilemmas in Southeast
Book SynopsisThis is a ground breaking book that draws on insights from multiple disciplines to map out the new contours of struggles for land in Southeast Asia. The volume provides a framework for analyzing the dilemmas of land relations across the Global South and beyond.
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NUS Press Changing Landscapes of Singapore: Old Tensions,
Book SynopsisLandscape is not only the visible material surface of places but also refers to ways of interpreting fluid or contested social relations and spatial arrangements. The essays in this book critically examine how material and immaterial landscapes take shape in Singapore and their impacts on the population. They further assess how different social groups in Singapore inhabit landscapes and negotiate changing societal dynamics and conditions. The book contextualises developments in Singapore within regional and international trends. A standard Singapore Studies textbook, this book will appeal to anyone seeking to understand this ever-changing island, city and state.
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Upfront Publishing Thirty years of butterflies in traditional lancashire and Cheshire
Book SynopsisThirty years of Butterflies in traditional Lancashire and Cheshire. A regional butterfly atlas with a difference: taking three ten-year periods (last decade of the 20th century and the first two decades of the 21st), this book documents the changes in distribution and abundance of all the butterfly species which occur of have occurred within vice-counties 58, 59, 60 and the furness portion of 69, which equate to the true historic or traditional English counties of Cheshire and Lancashire â ââno legislation has ever changed the boundaries of Britainâs traditional countiesââ From a base in the MerseyValley, close to the border between the counties, the author explores the length and breadth of both of them, noting how the butterflies have been affected by human activities as well as by the forces of Nature, and also takes a closer look at the 1974-created administrative areas of Merseyside and Greater Manchester, and their central cities of Liverpool and Manchester. There is also a section of flowers which butterflies use for their nutrition within the two counties.
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Clarendon Press Globalization Institutions and Regional Development in Europe
Book SynopsisWhat are the economic prospects of European regions in a globalizing world? One view suggests that European regions will be overwhelmed by global forces; another suggests the rise of a new localism leading to a Europe of the regions. This book argues that neither of these accounts is correct. The authors offer detailed accounts of the local economies of Baden Wüttemberg, Emilia-Romagna, Switzerland, and Eastern Germany amongst others to support their view. In so doing they discuss a number of important and topical issues: industrial districts and their distinctiveness, organizational flexibility, regional economic planning, and the role of transnational companies.Through the application of an institutionalist perspective which stresses the importance of institutionalizing processes within the economy, the chapters in the book argue that regional economic prosperity will depend upon the degree to which regions are able to mobilize flexible institutional strategies. The book concludes thTrade ReviewI enjoyed reading this book because it conveys important messages about European regions ... the editors have worked hard to ensure continuity and development ... the book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of European and global geography. * Geography *This closely-edited collection is an important contribution ... Like any good read, the book ends up posing almost as many questions as it answers ... This is a stimulating and thought-provoking text ... Whilst written in subtle and sophsticated prose, it is clear to read and the arguments are well-explained; as such, it is worth persevering with, even for those who might normally look to source material in other languages. * European Urban and Regional Studies *I enjoyed reading this book because it conveys important messages about European regions ... the books makes a significant contribution to our understanding of European and global geography. * Geography *In recent years considerable research effort has been expended in an exploration of the tensions between international economic processes and changing prospects for regional development. This closely-edited collection is an important contribution to that debate ... This is a stimulating and thought-provoking text. * European Urban and Regional Studies *This book firmly establishes its position within the new institutionalist cam,.but at the same time it represents an attempt to forge a unique geographical dimension to the debate ... this book is a model of presentation and editing ... Amin and Thrift present a carefully honed introductory chapter that both contextualizes and attempts to bring together all of the contributors under a coherent intellectual umbrella. Individual chapters demonstrate both a depth and range that is illuminating, each chapter has a similar structure with a clear introduction and conclusion, the whole collection is then tied up with a closing chapter by the editors. * Andy C. Pratt, London School of Economics and Political Science, TIBG, August 1996 *Table of ContentsPreface and Introduction ; Living in the Global ; The Local Embeddedness of Transnational Corporations ; Global Agro-Food Complexes and the Refashioning of Rural Europe ; The Uneven Landscapes of Innovation Poles: Local Embeddedness and Global Networks ; Growth Regions Under Duress: Renewal Strategies in Baden Wurttemberg and Emilia-Romagna ; Flexible Districts, Flexible Regions? The Institutional and Cultural Limits to Districts in an Era of Technological Paradigm Shifts ; Regulating Labour: The Social Regulation and Reproduciton of Local Labour Markets ; The Disembedded Regional Economy: The Transformation of East German Industrial Complexes into Western Enclaves ; Institutional Change, Cultural Transformation, and Economic Regeneration: Myths and Realities from Europe's Old Industrial Areas ; Local and Regional Broadcasting in the New Media Order ; Global-Local Social Conflicts: Examples from Southern Europe ; Holding Down the Global
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OUP USA Japan and the Shackles of the Past
Book SynopsisA concise yet penetrating overview of Japan, from a historical, social, political, economic, and cultural perspective.Trade ReviewMurphy is very persuasive in building a case for his solutions for bringing real change to Japanese politics and foreign relations ... The most fundamental of his prescriptions, though, is undeniably necessary: the Japanese government and people must, for their own sake "confront what put their country in the hands of those who destroyed its independence and made it a byword abroad for brutal, inhuman fanaticism. Trying to bury accounts of what actually happened with fables of a pure and virtuous land, as Abe seeks to do, is simply a way of making it more likely that something similar will happen again soon". * Morgan Giles, Times Literary Supplement *Without doubt, this is the most important book on Japan by a non-Japanese writer to have appeared in the last two decades. It should be required reading for anyone professing to know Japan or wishing to teach others about it. * BCCJ Acumen, Ian de Stains OBE *[An] insightful analysis of what ails Japan. * Economist *Taggart Murphy knows his Japanese history. His theories about Japan's political economy shed interesting light on the country. * Financial Times, David Pilling *Japan and the Shackles of the Past is an excellent -- and engagingly written -- introduction to Japan, and a thought-provoking work of political and economic analysis (with quite a few lessons for America and other nations, too). * Complete Review *Murphy sheds much light on Japans current dependence upon the U.S. for maintenance of its political system and its future prospects, closing with an in-depth analysis of the current administration. * Publishers Weekly *Taggart Murphy has crafted a precise and highly critical analysis of Japan's problems. * Satyajit Das, Naked Capitalism *Table of ContentsTable of Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: Does Japan Still Matter? ; Part One: Past ; Chapter One: Japan Before the Edo Period. ; Chapter Two: The Incubation of the Modern Japanese State. ; Chapter Three: Restoration to Occupation ; Chapter Four: The Miracle ; Chapter Five: The Institutions of High-speed Growth ; Chapter Six: Consequences (Intended and Otherwise) ; Part Two: Present ; Chapter Seven: Economy and Finance ; Chapter Eight: Business ; Chapter Nine: Social and Cultural Change ; Chapter Ten: Politics ; Chapter Eleven: Japan and the World ; Suggestions for Further Reading ; Notes
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