This book published by ISEAS contains selected papers based on some of the lectures delivered over 2005/2006 at the ISEAS Energy Forum. The aim is to educate the public on a whole range of energy issues and trends in Singapore, Southeast Asia and the wider region. It is a timely review of an...

Recent years have seen a growing number of activists, scholars, and even policymakers claiming that the global economy is unfair and unjust, particularly to developing countries and the poor within them. But what would a fair or just global economy look like? Economic Justice in an Unfair World...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- The Contributors -- Section 1: Introduction -- 1. Mass Tourism, Diversification and Sustainability in Southern Europe's Coastal Regions -- 2. The Policy Context for Tourism and Sustainability in Southern Europe's Coastal Regions --...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1. New Guinea-New York -- 2. Making Crater Mountain -- 3. Articulations, Histories, Development -- 4. Conservation Histories -- 5. A Land of Pure Possibility -- 6. The Practices of Conservation-as-Development...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 1 BASIC CONCEPTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT -- 1.1 Development Theory: Introductory Concepts, Criteria, and Measurements -- 1.2 Natural Resources and Environmental Services -- 1.3 Epistemology of the Field -- 2 SUSTAINABILITY -- 2.1...

Proving that public service excellence is not an oxymoron but an achievable reality, The Three Pillars of Public Management provides a framework, based on the experiences of senior managers and a survey of top-performing public service organizations around the world, for building and sustaining...