Introduction -- Implementation of MGNREGA: A Study of two Gram Panchayats in Jhalawar, Rajasthan -- ‘Total Sanitation Campaign’ intervention for a semi-urban village through ‘Public-People-Private’ partnership -- Making the Connection between Informal Self-employment and Temporary...

Examines the urban development and the policy and planning processes that have resulted from the socio-economic, political, and institutional transformations characterizing the move to markets and democracy. This book illustrates the urban phenomena with case studies, sensitive to historical...

Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Globalized Space Versus Refuge of Locality? Beyond the Global Cities discourse -- 3 Rethinking the City: Actor-Network Theory and the Creation of Urban Connections -- 4 Urban Intensities: Architecture, Design, Affect -- 5 Rethinking Innovation: The Urban...

Interpretative Models of Urban Intervention -- Impact of the General Model on Specific Case Studies -- Participation and the Socio-Political Foundations of the Management of Urban Redevelopments -- Case Studies -- Conclusion

Metropolitan growth has been dramatic in the past several decades, and today metropolitan regions are recognized as the main driving forces in national growth and development as well as in national and global innovation processes. The purpose of this book is to contribute to a better...

Abstract -- Regional Development and Regional Development Research -- Basic Trends and Scientific and Technological Demands of Regional Development -- Major Research Issues and Roadmap Design in Regional Development Research -- Integrated Propositions of Regional Development Research --...

Chapter 1: Destination ASEAN, Beyond 2015 -- Chapter 2: Factors Affecting Willingness of Foreign Tourists to Spend Money in Benefiting Local People -- Chapter 3: Destination Loyalty Model of Senior Foreign Tourists Visiting Bali Tourism Destination -- Chapter 4: Hedonic Shopping Motivation: Does...

Although huge, Chinese Railways are a bottleneck for economic growth in China. The state-owned enterprise returns a small profit but is severely capacity constrained and burdened with inefficiency. Based on interviews with Chinese experts, benchmarking with railways in the US, Germany, Russia,...

This general report, sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presents a panoramic scenario for China's modernization drive to 2050. It analyzes the evolution and laws governing the development of science and technology, describes the decisive impact of science and technology on the...