1 Paving the Way to the Privatization of Public Financial Services -- 2 Privatization of Public Financial Services and Financial Reforms -- 3 Progress after the Privatization of Public Financial Services and Trends by Type of Financial Institution: Listing of Japan Post Bank and Reorganization...

Chapter1 Inaccurate Understanding of the Basic Economic System in the Primary Stage of Socialism: Reasons and Countermeasures -- Chapter2 Rethinking Economic Theories -- Chapter3 General Trend in the Structural Adjustment of Ownership and the Current Situation -- Chapter4 Methods to Estimate...

This book is the first systematic exposition of advances in Kaiyu studies carried out by the author and his colleagues in Japan and other parts of Asia. Consumer shop-around behavior is referred to as Kaiyu in Japanese, a term widely used in several fields such as city planning, marketing, real...

Strategies for Resilient Cities and Real Estate: Challenges for European Cities After the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Implications for Urban Development: Urban Planning Aspects of the Resilient City -- The Health Equity Imperative and the Role of the Built Environment -- Lessons from the Cholera in...

Introduction -- From the Beginning of Agriculture and Urbanization to the First Urbexplosions -- Understanding the First Urban Revolution -- The Two First Economy-Worlds: the Roman and Chinese Empires -- Understanding the Urban Evolution Dynamics -- The Big Ebb: Islam Out to Conquer the Great...

Chapter 1. Measuring the Demand for Land Under Sorting and Matching -- Chapter 2. Capitalization and Exclusionary Zoning -- Chapter 3. The Long-Run Impact of Zoning in U.S. Cities -- Chapter 4. Tracing the Effectiveness of Land-Use Regulation: The Case of Heritage Protection Measures,...

Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Theoretical Debates on Urbanization and Urban Poverty -- Chapter Three: Urbanization and Urban Poverty in Bangladesh -- Chapter Four: Formation of Slums and Slum Upgradation Initiatives in Bangladesh -- Chapter Five: Global Good Practices of Urban Slum...

1. Introduction -- 2. Extant Studies: The Dominance of Large Cities -- 3. The Case Study Approach to City Analysis -- 4. Quanzhou: Reclaiming a Glorious Past -- 5. From Obscurity to Global Prominence: Yiwu's Emergence as an International Trade Hub -- 6. Nanning: Perils and Promise of a Frontier...

BIM and emerging technologies -- Built environment -- Construction waste management -- CSR and industry governance -- Green building -- Housing price and policy -- Innovation of construction management theory and practice -- Land use and transportation -- New construction technology and...

Chapter-01: Introduction -- Chapter -02: South Asia Region & its Urban Agglomerates -Changing Risk Characterization -- Chapter -03: Disaster Management Scenario of South Asia -- Chapter -04: Manifestations and Impacts of Climate Change in SAR -- Chapter -05 : Urban Setups in South Asia Region...