Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Rural Tourism Development -- Chapter 2: Political Economy of Rural Tourism Development in Canada -- Chapter 3: The Case of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia -- Chapter 4: The Case of Port Stanley, Ontario -- Chapter 5: The...

Basic Characteristics, Influencing Factors, and Changing Trend of China’s Water Issues -- Status quo of Water Science & Technology Development in China and Abroad -- Comprehensive Roadmap to 2050 for Water Science & Technology Development -- Foresight of China’s Water Science & Technology...

Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change challenges the prevailing notion that science and technology are constructed or socially shaped. The text puts forth a case for technological determinism, based on a realistic and pragmatic account of science and technology, informed by...

Chapter 1. Introduction (Satyajit Majumdar and Edakkandi Meethal Reji) -- PART 1: Values, Sustainability and Models -- Chapter 2. Co-operative Model of Social Value Creation and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Mann Desi Co-operative Bank (Balram Bhushan) -- Chapter 3. Social...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- The Contributors -- Chapter 1. Remaking Worlds: Festivals, Tourism and Change / Picard, David / Robinson, Mike -- Chapter 2. La Cavalcata Sarda: Performing Identities in a Contemporary Sardinian Festival / Azara, Iride / Crouch, David -- Chapter 3....