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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788189403321

Titolo

Making a difference? : social assessment policy and praxis and its emergence in China / / edited by Susanna Price and Kathryn Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : berghahn, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78238-458-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Asia-Pacific Studies: Past and Present

Disciplina

338.951

Soggetti

Economic development projects - Social aspects - China

Social planning - China

Needs assessment - China

Public welfare - China

China Social policy

China Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction - Making Economic Growth Socially Sustainable?; Part I - Engaged Social Research in Shifting Development Narratives; Introduction to Part I; 1 - Landmarks in Development: The Introduction of Social Analysis; 2 - Social Science and the Mining Sector: Contemporary Roles and Dilemmas for Engagement; 3 - Practising Social Development: Navigating Local Contexts to Benefit Local Communities; 4 - Striving for Good Practice: Unpacking AusAID's Approach to Community Development

5 - Seeds of Life: Social Research for Improved Farmer Yields in Timor-LestePart II - Applying Sociological Knowledge in China; Introduction to Part II; 6 - Social Assessment in China: Progress and Application in Domestic Development Projects; 7 - Turning Risks into Opportunities? Social Assessment as Governmental Techologies; 8 - Participatory Monitoring of Development Projects in China; 9 - How Social Assessment Could Improve Conservation Policy and Projects: Cases



from Pastoral Management in China

10 - Improving Social Impact Assessment and Participatory Planning to Identify and Manage Involuntary Resettlement Risks in the People's Republic of China11 - Stakeholder Participation in Rural Land Acquisition in China: A Case Study of the Resettlement Decision-making Process; Conclusion; Contributors; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Social assessment for projects in China is an important emerging field. This collection of essays - from authors whose formative work has influenced the policies that shape practice in development-affected communities - locates recent Chinese experience of the development of social assessment practices (including in displacement and resettlement) in a historical and comparative perspective. Contributors - social scientists employed by international development banks, national government agencies, and sub-contracting groups - examine projects from a practitioner's perspective. Real-life experi

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782429603321

Titolo

Wavelets [[electronic resource] ] : theory and applications / / edited by Gordon Erlebacher, M. Yousuff Hussaini, Leland M. Jameson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

0-19-773272-0

1-280-65492-9

9786610654925

0-19-802542-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (523 p.)

Collana

ICASE/LaRC Series in Computational Science and Engineering

Altri autori (Persone)

HussainiM. Yousuff

JamesonLeland M

ErlebacherGordon <1957->

Disciplina

515/.2433

Soggetti

Wavelets (Mathematics)

Harmonic analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Formal notes of the short course on wavelets conducted by the Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE) and NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) during February 22-26,



1993"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction to Wavelets and their Application to Partial Differential Equations; 2 Wavelets from Filter Banks; 3 Wavelets, Functions, and Operators; 4 Wavelets, Multiresolution Analysis and Fast Numerical Algorithms; 5 Some Wavelet Algorithms for Partial Differential Equations; 6 Some Wavelet Algorithms for Turbulence Analysis and Modeling; 7 Wavelet Analysis of Fractals: from the Mathematical Concepts to Experimental Reality; Index

Sommario/riassunto

1. Introduction to Wavelets and their Applications to Partial Differential Equations, L.M. Jameson. 2. Wavelets from Filter Banks, G. Strang. 3. Wavelets, Functions, and Operators, Ph. Tchamitchian. 4. Wavelets, Multiresolution Analysis, and Fast Numerical Algorithms, G. Beylkin. 5. Some Wavelet Algorithms for Partial Differential Equations, J. Liandrat. 6. Some Wavelet Algorithms for Turbulence Analysis and Modelling, J. Liandrat. 7. Wavelet Analysis of Fractals: from the Mathematical Concepts to Experimental Reality, A. Arneodo