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The World Economy, Population Growth, and the Global Ecosystem : A Unified Theoretical Model of Interdependent Dynamic Systems
Whitmore, Harland Wm. - 2007
The purpose of this study is to better understand the essential interdependencies between the world economy and the global ecosystem, including human populations. World production, product prices, wages, interest rates, exchange rates, employment, and spending are shown to be mutually determined...
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Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development
Gatzweiler, Franz W. (ed.); Braun, Joachim von (ed.) - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
The aim of this book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this...
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Applications of the Input-Output Framework
Mukhopadhyay, Kakali (ed.) - 2018
This book provides a fresh perspective on the ever-growing relevance of input-output analysis in problem solving. It is based on the “19th National Conference of the Input-Output Research Association of India (IORA)”, held in 2017 in Mumbai, India. The conference promoted the exchange of...
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Finance, Society and Sustainability : How to Make the Financial System Work for the Economy, People and Planet
Silver, Nick - 2017
environment. It cuts through the noise to looks at its purpose, its activities, and what it does in practice. Unlike other books … and investment to maximize its own revenues, with resulting collateral damage to the economy, society and the environment …
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Development in India : Micro and Macro Perspectives
Dev, S. Mahendra (ed.); Babu, P.G. (ed.) - 2016
This book examines various facets of the development process such as aid, poverty, caste networks, corruption, and judicial activism. It explores the efficiency of and distributional issues related to agriculture, and the roles of macro models and financial markets, with a special emphasis on...
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The Great Mindshift : How a New Economic Paradigm and Sustainability Transformations go Hand in Hand
Göpel, Maja - Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie - 2016
This book describes the path ahead. It combines system transformation research with political economy and change leadership insights when discussing the need for a great mindshift in how human wellbeing, economic prosperity and healthy ecosystems are understood if the Great Transformations ahead...
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Coastal Zones Ecosystem Services : From Science to Values and Decision Making
Turner, R. Kerry (ed.); Schaafsma, Marije (ed.) - 2015
This book applies the ‘ecosystem services’ framework to coastal environments, showing how it could facilitate an adaptive management strategy. The contributors describe a decision support system (DSS) based on the 3 Ps - pluralism, pragmatism and precaution - that leads to a more flexible,...
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Doomed to Internationalization and Modernization of Corporate Culture : The Russian Experience of German Firms
Anghel, Ghenadie - 2012
business environment? What must they particularly expect while expanding into the Russian market? Ghenadie Anghel delivers …
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Nature, Economy and Society : Understanding the Linkages
Ghosh, Nilanjan (ed.); Mukhopadhyay, Pranab (ed.);  … - 2016
-food processing sector of Sri Lanka -- Chapter 9. ‘Livestock for Development’ in resource constrained environment: Would induction of …. Linkages between environment and globalization: A case study of developing countries -- Chapter 14. Can the poor resist capital … now face, as development and environment both need to be addressed adequately, touch on many of these challenges. …
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mHealth Ecosystems and Social Networks in Healthcare
Lazakidou, Athina A. (ed.); Zimeras, Stelios (ed.);  … - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
Emerging mHealth Ecosystems Based on Innovative Technologies and Services -- Wearable Health Monitoring Systems -- Citizen Engagement in the mHealth Ecosystem Using Mobiles and Wearable Devices -- Innovative mHealth Ecosystems -- Mobile-Health Tool Use and Community Health Worker Performance in...
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