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"This study, first published in 1968, was one of the first books on Canada's urban development, bringing together the viewpoints of professionals who had studied various aspects of city growth--economic, social, geographic, political. The book demonstrates the effectiveness and potential of the cross-disciplinary approach and will prove useful to all those interested in the future of our cities."--Provided by publisher

This book brings together historians, sociologists and social scientists to examine aspects of youth culture. The book's themes are riots, music and gangs, connecting spectacular expression of youthful disaffection with everyday practices. By so doing, Youth Culture and Social Change maps out new ways of historicizing responses to economic and social change: public unrest and popular culture. .--

The history of 36 of the most important cities of Brazil over five centuries, since their foundation until the profound transformations caused by the people who have lived and live there. An historic process that involves political, economic and social aspects and reverberates to this day for their undisputed contribution to the formation of Brazil as a nation

This book draws attention to selected aspects of the Central European reality and discusses interesting subjects related to the political, economic and social landscape of the region, which are in a continuous process of transformation. The book will be a useful source of knowledge, as Central Europe is still considered to be an ""undiscovered island"" in the ""changeable waters"" of contemporary international relations

This is a commemorative volume on Dr Amaresh Bagchi, one of the greatest economic policy reformers of India, revered as the father of fiscal federalism in the country. The collection comprises original contributions by eminent scholars and deals with various important aspects of the subject of public economics and Dr Bagchi′s work-both theoretical and applied.

This book explores India's rich popular culture and provides illuminating insights into various aspects of the social, cultural, economic and political realities of contemporary globalised India. It is essential reading for courses on Indian popular culture and a useful resource for more general courses in the field of cultural studies, media studies, history, literary studies and communication studies

This valuable edition brings together 25 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. Some emerging technologies are presented and several future challenges are identified. Thus the book forms an excellent reference for the engineers, scientists, planners, policy-makers, researchers, insurance industry and all the practitioners involved in flood risk management.

"Natural disasters have a profound impact upon the societies they affect but one important aspect that has yet to receive attention is how the relationship between state and society is affected in the aftermath of such events. How the state responds to such events can generate powerful forces within society for political, economic and social change."--Bloomsbury publishing

Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation is the only book of its kind to present aspects of public policy evaluation that relate to economic, technology, social, political, international, and legal problems. Rather than looking at specific narrowly focused programs, this book emphasizes broad-based evaluation theory, study, and application, providing a rich variety of exceptional insights and ideas.  

Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation is the only book of its kind to present aspects of public policy evaluation that relate to economic, technology, social, political, international, and legal problems. Rather than looking at specific narrowly focused programs, this book emphasizes broad-based evaluation theory, study, and application, providing a rich variety of exceptional insights and ideas.

Preface; The nature and characteristics of the tourism industry; How tourism developed -- the history; The measurement of tourism; Factors influencing demand for tourism; Economic impacts of tourism; Social and cultural aspects of tourism; Tourism and the environment; Tourism trades; Marketing; Tourism policy, planning and development; The role of government; Tourism in developing countries; Tourism by world region; Future trends; Index

The main intent of this paper is to explore aspects of the nature and evolution of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa with special reference to food and hunger and their interaction with macro economic policy. An attempt is made to outline the overall context within which food aid needs to be used in order to have greater developmental impact

Papers of the Second Conference of financial institutions at the Arusha International Conference Centre, Arusha between 24 and 26 May 1982. The subjects placed before the conference included such aspects as mobilization of domestic resources, the place of commercial banking in the economic development of Tanzania, measurement of productivity in financial institutions and lending criteria of financial institutions in a socialist environment

Foreword / Ernest A. Gross -- Politics and the future of democracy in Japan / Hugh Borton -- Communism in independent Japan / Paul F. Langer -- International aspects of Japan's economic situation / Jerome B. Cohen -- Literary and intellectual currents in postwar Japan and their international implications / Donald Keene -- Japan and the rise of communist China / Martin Wilbur -- Japan's diplomacy between east and west / William J. Jorden

Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics, pandemics - the list of concerns seems endless. But what is most pressing, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in a low-carbon world? How can we take control of technology? And, given the global nature of the challenges we now face, what on Earth can any of us do, as individuals? Mike Berners-Lee has crunched the numbers and plotted a course of action that is full of hope, practical, and enjoyable. This is the big-picture perspective on the environmental and economic challenges of our day, laid out in one place, and traced through to the underlying roots - questions of how we live and think. This updated edition has new material on protests, pandemics, wildfires, investments, carbon targets and of course, on the key question: given all this, what can I do?