Preface -- Ecological Crisis, Eco-civilization and Eco-city -- An Evaluation on China’s Eco-city Construction -- Environment-Friendly City -- Resource-Saving City -- Green Industry City -- Circular Economy city -- Landscape and Leisure city -- Green Consumption city.

Changing the Rules of Development: Institutional Innovation in Rebuilding China’s Shanty Towns -- Slum Upgrading Policies of China’s Shanty Towns -- Financing Development of Shanty Towns Upgrading -- Systems of Land and Security of Tenure -- Housing Development and Sustainable -- Economic...

1 Introduction -- 2 Urban Models -- 3 Urban Models in Italy: Partnership Forms, PPP, Territorial Contexts, Tools, Results -- 4 Large-Scale Restructuring Processes in the Urban Space of Budapest -- 5 PPP in Urban Development in Germany: Illustrated on Two Pilot Projects in Leipzig -- 6 Conclusion

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

This book addresses the key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major physical infrastructure, ranging from transport to energy

1 Introduction -- 2 The development of the modern business corporation in 19th century India: Building the foundations for the emergence of TISCO in the 20th century -- 3 TISCO during the decade of the 1900s: The Formation period -- 4 Initial failure to produce competitive steel, capitalization...

Part I. Theoretical Contextualization -- 1. Embedding Diversity in Social Entrepreneurial Research: India’s Learning Laboratories; Shambu Prasad and Joseph Satish V -- 2. Education Conversations: Situating Social Enterprise in India’s Education Discourse; Isabel Salovaara -- 3. Foremost...

This book highlights a number of social sustainability issues at different stages of the supply chain, and demonstrates how these issues can be addressed by adopting social sustainability practices in the manufacturing supply chain. In the wake of emerging social issues in developing countries,...

This book covers the strategic use of continuous improvement (CI) techniques for manufacturing performance improvement. It focuses primarily on strategies that can be adopted by small and middle-sized enterprises in manufacturing in order to meet the global challenges and competition. The book...

This book offers a multidisciplinary resource on digital government, while specifically focusing on its role within the emerging market of India. The Government of India (GoI) is concentrating on transforming India under the Digital India initiative. In order to do so, it has emphasized three...