Pubbl/distr/stampa	Metro Manila, Philippines : , : Asian Development Bank, , 2019
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (95 pages)
Disciplina	338.9507
Soggetto topico	Sustainable development - Asia Sustainable development - Pacific Area
ISBN	92-9261-491-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910813787603321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (652 p.)
Disciplina	333.7095
Altri autori (Persone)	LyeLin Heng
Soggetto topico	Environmental management - Asia Sustainable development - Asia
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-14508-1 9786613145086 981-4322-91-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface and Acknowledgements; Message from Shell Chairman; Message from Chair, MEM Advisory Committee; Message from Dean, School of Design and Environment; Contributors; Supervisors; CONTENTS; Corporate Environmental Management; Biodiversity and Planning; Marine Environment; Environment and Economic Development; Energy Sustainability; Urban Pollution and Waste Management; Introduction Sustainability Matters: Environmental Management in Asia by Victor R Savage, Lye Lin Heng and George Ofori
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910464225903321

Edizione	[1st edition]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London : , : Wiley, , [2020]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (237 pages)
Disciplina	338.9407
Altri autori (Persone)	DzeverSam, editor JaussaudJacques, editor TaylorRobert, editor
Collana	Innovation, entrepreneurship, management series. Innovation and technology set
Soggetto topico	Sustainable development - Europe Sustainable development - Asia Renewable energy sources - Europe
ISBN	1-119-70517-7 1-119-70522-3 1-119-70521-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910554805403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (231 pages)
Disciplina	338.9507
Collana	Contributions to Economics
Soggetto topico	Sustainable development - Asia
ISBN	3-030-94679-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction and Overview -- References -- Sustainable Development of Multinational Companies in Asia: Reverse Transfer of Diversity Management Knowledge to Headquarters -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 RKT´s Success Conditions -- 2.1.1 From the Perspective of HQ -- 2.1.2 From the Individual Perspective -- 2.2 Diversity Management and Expatriates -- 3 Method and Data -- 3.1 Research Design and Settings -- 3.2 Respondent Sample -- 3.3 Data Analysis -- 4 Findings -- 4.1 Current State of RKT of Diversity Management -- 4.2 The Relationship Between HQ and Expatriates -- 4.3 The Relationship Between Subsidiary Employees and Expatriates -- 4.4 Barriers in RKT of Diversity Management -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Managerial Implications to Promote the RKT of Diversity Management to HQ -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Employment and Human Resource Development of Disabled People in Japan and Finland: A Comparative Study from the Perspective of... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Diversity, Inclusion, Decent Work, and the Employment of Disabled People -- 2.1 Diversity and Inclusion -- 2.2 Decent Work -- 3 Data and Method -- 4 Employment and Human Resource Development of Disabled People: Findings from Japan and Finland -- 4.1 The Employment Situation and Support for Disabled People in Japan -- 4.1.1 Current Situation of People with Disabilities -- 4.1.2 Case Study in Japan: Accessibility Consortium of Enterprises (ACE) -- 4.2 Employment and Support for Disabled People in Finland -- 4.2.1 Current Status of People with Disabilities -- 4.2.2 Case Study in Finland: The Leap to Labour! And ILONA Projects -- Leap to Labour! -- ILONA Project -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Interviews -- Hong Kong: ``Business as Usual´´ Amidst Social Unrest -- 1 Introduction. 2 Hong Kong Historical Overview -- 2.1 Hong Kong´s Beginnings -- 2.2 Hong Kong´s Economic Transformation -- 2.3 Rising Levels of Political Instability -- 3 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests -- 4 Technology, Media and Social Media to Fuel Social Unrest -- 5 The Future of Hong Kong´s Economic and Social Model -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- China´s Rise in the Middle East: Fuelling a Tired Dragon? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 China´s Energy Dilemma -- 3 Challenges to China´s Energy Model -- 4 The Middle-East: A Strategic Region for China -- 4.1 Challenges to Oil Dependency -- 5 China´s Economic Sustainability and Green Energy Model Under Question -- 5.1 The PRC Changing Role to Secure Oil -- 5.2 China´s Energy Model and the Environment -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The Macroeconomic Impact of Government Debt: An Empirical Analysis of Thailand -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Thailand´s Government Debt -- 3 Literature Review -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 The Model -- 4.2 Data -- 5 Empirical Results -- 5.1 Unit Root Test -- 5.2 The Bounds Test -- 5.3 The Estimating Coefficients -- 5.4 Diagnostic Tests of the Model -- 5.5 Toda-Yamamoto Causality Test -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The World´s Top Five Financial Centers: Geopolitical Uncertainties -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Global Insights -- 3 The World Top Financial Centers -- 4 Global Economic Imbalances -- 5 The Global Financial Cycle -- 6 Financial Innovation -- 7 Geopolitical Uncertainties -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Microfinance: A Gender Equality Tool in the Context of Vietnam -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background on Microfinance and Women´s Empowerment in Vietnam -- 3 Research Sample and Methodological Framework -- 3.1 Data Collection Process -- 3.2 Developing Women´s Empowerment Indicators -- 3.3 Empirical Model -- 4 Findings and Discussion. 4.1 Descriptive Statistics of Women Borrowers, Women´s Union, and Microfinance Performance -- 4.2 The Impact of Microfinance on Women´s Empowerment -- 4.2.1 Microfinance and Women´s Control Over Own Income (INCOME) -- 4.2.2 Microfinance and Women´s Income Generation (INCOMECP) -- 4.2.3 Microfinance and Women´s Income Contribution (INCOMECBP) -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Environmental Management Accounting in European Countries and Japan: A Literature Survey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Emergence of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) -- 3 Environmental Accounting, Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) and Integrated Reporting -- 4 Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) Cases in Europe and Japan -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Funding and Management Control of Hospitals: A France-Japan Comparison -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hospital Funding, Between Convergence and National Specificities -- 2.1 Economic Constraints, Institutional Pressures and Healthcare Systems -- 2.2 France and Japan: Healthcare Systems Under Severe Financial Constraints -- 2.3 Financing of Hospital Structures in Japan and France -- 3 Fieldwork: Financing of Hospital Structures and Management Control -- 3.1 Areas of Failure in Activity-Based Funding -- 3.2 Consequences of Activity Financing for Management Control -- 3.3 Discussion of Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Trade Cooperation Between China and Vietnam from the Perspective of Intra-Industry Trade -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Literature Review on the Exchange Rate Pass-Through -- 2.2 Literature Review on the Heterogeneous Exchange Rate Pass-Through -- 2.3 Literature Review on the Case of Vietnam -- 3 Theoretical Framework -- 4 Methodology and Data -- 4.1 Intra- and Inter-Industry Trade -- 4.2 Vertical and Horizontal Intra-Industry Trade -- 4.3 Empirical Model Specification. 4.4 Variable and Data -- 5 Estimation Results -- 5.1 GL index of Vietnam Vis-à-vis China -- 5.2 Vietnam´s Goods Quality -- 5.3 The Composition of Vietnam´s Intra-Industry Trade Vis-À-Vis China -- 5.4 The Heterogenous Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Vietnam´s Import Prices from China -- 6 Conclusion -- References.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910568264403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chichester, West Sussex, [England] : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (371 p.)
Disciplina	363.70095
Soggetto topico	Land use - Environmental aspects - Asia Climatic changes - Asia Sustainable development - Asia
ISBN	1-118-85491-8 1-118-85494-2 1-118-85493-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Vulnerability of Land Systems in Asia; Contents; Editors'' Introductions; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Land Systems Vulnerability; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Overview of the book; Acknowledgements; References; I Hazards and Vulnerability; 2 Drought and Extreme Climate Stress on Human-Environment Systems in the Gobi Desert Mongolia; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Social ecological systems; 2.1.2 Mongolian rangelands; 2.2 Methods; 2.2.1 Study area; 2.2.2 Methodology; 2.3 Results; 2.3.1 Spatial continuity of droughts; 2.3.2 Dzud of 1999-2001; 2.3.3 Dzud and drought: non-drought years; 2.4 Discussion 2.4.1 Resilience2.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Vulnerability and Resilience of the Mongolian Pastoral Social-Ecological Systems to Multiple Stressors; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The current situation; 3.2.1 Climate conditions; 3.2.2 Water resources; 3.2.3 The nomadic system; 3.2.4 Livestock changes; 3.3 Analysis of vulnerability of critical ecosystem services; 3.3.1 Vulnerability index of pastoral systems; 3.3.2 Integrated zud index; 3.3.3 Rangeland use index; 3.3.4 Assessment of rangeland vulnerability to climate and land-use changes; 3.4 Coping scenarios 3.5 Summary and conclusion3.5.1 A win-win model; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Vulnerability of Pastoral Communities in Central Mongolia to Climate and Land-Use Changes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Study sites and methodology; 4.3 Research results; 4.4 The results of a social survey related to the 'dryland development paradigm'; 4.5 Pastoral social-ecological scenarios; 4.6 Policy-related social survey; 4.7 Discussion; 4.8 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Vulnerability Assessment Diagram: A Case Study on Drought in Middle Inner Mongolia, China; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 An integrated diagram for vulnerability assessment: the VSD model5.3 Case study using the VSD model; 5.3.1 The study area; 5.3.2 Vulnerability profile at the county level; 5.4 Results and discussion; 5.4.1 Relative impact of the components on the vulnerability index; 5.4.2 Model calibration; 5.5 Conclusion; References; 6 Vulnerability of Agriculture to Climate Change in Arid Regions: a Case Study of Western Rajasthan, India; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Climate change scenarios: global, national and local levels; 6.3 Study area; 6.4 Research methodology; 6.5 Results and discussions 6.5.1 Climate variability6.5.2 Vulnerability assessment; 6.5.3 Vulnerability; 6.6 Conclusion; References; 7 Dendrogeomorphological and Sedimentological Analysis of Debris Flow Hazards in the Northern Zailiiskiy Alatau, Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Study area; 7.3 Methods and materials; 7.3.1 Geomorphology and sedimentology; 7.3.2 Archive datasets; 7.3.3 Dendrogeomorphology; 7.3.4 Cross-dating, reference series identification and skeleton plotting; 7.3.5 Seedling establishment, growth rates below coring height and earthquakes; 7.4 Results 7.4.1 Growth rate and establishment periods
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910132336003321