1. Crossing Borders in South and Southeast Asia: Assessing Existing Problems through a New Lens -- 2. Addressing Urban Poverty through Empowerment and Inclusion in India -- 3. Development Efforts toward Ecological Sustainability in Calcutta: Transformation of a Metropolis -- 4. De facto State...

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...

Teil I - Neue Denkanstöße und Ideen: Smart City: Wo liegen Innovationspotenziale im öffentlichen Sektor + Sind Frauen die besseren Innovatoren? + Die Rolle der Hochschulen für den öffentlichen Dienst in Innovationsprozessen von Kommunen und Staat -- Teil II - Rahmenbedingungen für...

Chapter 1 - Europeanization Processes -- Chapter 2 - Administrative Procedures -- Chapter 3 - Participatory Government -- Chapter 4 - Local Governance Reforms -- Chapter 5 - Regionalization Reforms -- Chapter 6 - Re-centralization in Government.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. MENA and World Oil Markets -- Chapter 3. Resource Curse and Institutions -- Chapter 4. Democracy in MENA -- Chapter 5. MENA and Alternative Sources of Energy -- Chapter 6. Reducing the Demand for Oil -- Chapter 7. The Population Threat -- Chapter 8. Why the...

Chapter 1: Introduction: Real Money, Real Power? -- Chapter 2: Participatory Budgeting from the Past to the Present -- Chapter 3: The Challenges of Neighborhood Assemblies -- Chapter 4: The Challenges of Delegate Meetings -- Chapter 5: The Challenges of Project Expos and Pop-Up Voting -- Chapter...

Part I. Conceptual and Historical Perspectives of Decentralization and Local Governance -- Chapter 1. From Deconcentration to Devolution: Tracking the Historical Trajectory of Democratic Decentralization in Ghana -- Chapter 2. Historical Perspectives of Local Governance and Community Development...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Policy Impact Study: A Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 3: Past Reforms on People's Participation and Accountability in Bangladesh -- Chapter 4: Governance, People's Participation, Accountability and the Act of 2009 -- Chapter 5: Process of Participatory...

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...

Section 1: Fandom and Youth -- Chapter 1 Looking at Fan Identity: The Bangladeshi K-pop Fan -- Chapter 2 Korean Dramas in India - Viewership, Aspirations and Consumerism: A Reception Study among Indian Youngsters -- Chapter 3 Youth and popular culture: Korean Wave in India’s North East --...