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The role of the consumer has changed from seeking the most satisfaction from goods and services to reconciling consumption with active citizenship, which links consumption to modern social issues such as environmental protection, sound business ethics, and fair working conditions. Understanding...
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Both Taiwan and China are extremely populous nations that, due to population pressures and continuing high growth levels, have experienced challenges in sustainable development. Hsu illustrates Taiwan's path toward sustainable development and contrasts it to that of China, suggesting ways in...
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By examining the issues of environmental policy formation and implementation linked to economic development, and reviewing the Japanese experiences and the examples of other Asian countries, this book reveals factors of dynamism between environmental policy and social change in a domestic,...
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This book systematically deconstructs the pervasive and counter-productive discourse surrounding environmental policy. The authors argue that environmental policy problems are always framed such that conflict is inevitable-a particular project or policy must be accepted versus a specific...
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Literature Review -- Methodological Approaches -- Data and Limitations -- Spain’s Water Footprint -- Net Virtual-Water “Flows” -- Bringing the Analysis to the Policy Context -- Summary and Conclusions
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Part I Overview and Context -- Chapter 1 Sustainability and Human Well-Being (Kiyoko Hagihara, Chisato Asahi) -- Chapter 2 Water Resources Conflict Management: Social Risk Management(Yoshimi Hagihara, Kiyoko Hagihara) -- Part II Socioeconomic Vulnerability in a Regional Perspective -- Chapter 3...
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mitigation measures, adaptation initiatives can and perhaps should play a key role in enabling communities from across Africa to … better handle the problems related to it. Due to the fact that experiences in climate change adaptation in Africa are poorly …
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This book focuses on changes in environmental and economic policies in six developing countries. It shows how domestic politics interact with international actors such as multilateral institutions. It offers lively accounts of the behaviour of political actors, interest groups and the civil...
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In recent years, development policy has responded to an increasing concern about natural resource degradation by setting up innovative payment for environmental services (PES) programs in developing countries. PES programs use market and institutional incentives in order to meet both...
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Africa to battle stereotypes, negative images and crises in order to attract tourists …
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