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Climate Risk in Africa : Adaptation and Resilience / / edited by Declan Conway, Katharine Vincent
| Climate Risk in Africa : Adaptation and Resilience / / edited by Declan Conway, Katharine Vincent |
| Autore | Conway Declan |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIII, 168 p. 14 illus., 12 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina |
333.709
363.738742096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Risk assessment - Africa
Climate change mitigation - Africa Environmental geography Climatic changes Economic development - Environmental aspects Environmental Geography Environment Studies Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Climate Change Development and Sustainability |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Environmental Geography
Environment Studies Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Climate Change Development and Sustainability Environmental Studies Environmental Sciences Earth System Sciences Development Studies climate risk climate adaptation climate resilience co-production Future Climate For Africa Climate services sustainable development Climate-resilient development Agro-meteorology Hydropower in Africa renewable energy urban planning climate education Open Access Development & environmental geography Society & Social Sciences The environment Sustainability |
| ISBN | 3-030-61160-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; ch 1. Key issues and progress in understanding climate risk in Africa / Declan Conway, Katharine Vincent -- ; ch 2. Climate information – towards transparent distillation / Christopher Jack, John Marsham, David P. Rowell, Richard Jones -- ; ch 3. Co-production : learning from contexts / Katharine Vincent, Anna Steynor, Alice McClure, Emma Visman, Katinka Lund Waagsaether, Suzanne Carter, Neha Mittal -- ; ch 4. Decision-making heuristics for managing climate-related risks: introducing Equity to the FREE framework / Camilla Audia, Emma Visman, Gino Fox, Emmah Mwangi, Mary Kilavi, Mark Arango, Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, Dominic Kniveton -- ; ch 5. Creating useful and usable weather and climate information: insights from Participatory Scenario Planning in Malawi / Dorothy Tembo-Nhlema, Katharine Vincent, Rebecka Henriksson -- ; ch 6. High stakes decisions under uncertainty: dams, development and climate change in the Rufiji River basin / Christian Siderius, Robel Geressu, Martin C. Todd, Seshagiri Rao Kolusu, Julien J. Harou, Japhet J. Kashaigili, Declan Conway -- ; ch 7. Integrating climate risks into strategic urban planning in Lusaka, Zambia / Anna Taylor, Gilbert Siame, Brenda Mwalukanga -- ; ch 8. Supporting climate-resilient planning at national and district level: A pathway to multi-stakeholder decision-making in Uganda / Rosalind J. Cornforth, Celia Petty Grady Walker -- ; ch 9. Conversations about climate risk, adaptation and resilience in Africa / Declan Conway, Katharine Vincent. |
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Designing Sustainability for All : The Design of Sustainable Product-Service Systems Applied to Distributed Economies
| Designing Sustainability for All : The Design of Sustainable Product-Service Systems Applied to Distributed Economies |
| Autore | Vezzoli Carlo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Garcia ParraBrenda
KohtalaCindy |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering |
| Soggetto topico |
Technical design
Business & the environment, ‘Green’ approaches to business Sustainability Production engineering |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Engineering Design
Sustainability Management Development and Sustainability Industrial and Production Engineering Management Development Studies Design for Sustainability Product-Service System (PSS) Sustainable Development Distributed Economies (DE) Circular Economy Social Equity and Cohesion Open Access Technical design Business & the environment ‘green’ approaches to business Sustainability Production engineering |
| ISBN | 3-030-66300-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910473453903321 |
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Vezzoli Carlo
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Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America / / by Timothy MacNeill
| Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America / / by Timothy MacNeill |
| Autore | MacNeill Timothy |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer Nature, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 253 p. 1 illus.) |
| Disciplina |
320.4
338.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Latin America—Politics and government
Economic development—Environmental aspects Economic development Social change Economic policy Latin American Politics Development and Sustainability Regional Development Development and Social Change Development Policy |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Latin American Politics
Development and Sustainability Regional Development Development and Social Change Development Policy Latin America Sustainable Development NEOLIBERAL MULTICULTURALISM Development movements DEVELOPMENT THEORY Politics & government South & Central America (including Mexico), Latin America Sustainability Development studies |
| ISBN | 3-030-37023-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Classic Ideas of Modernity, Culture, and Progress -- 3. Culture in Critical and Sociological Thought -- 4. Culture in Development Theory -- 5. Culture in Critical Development Theory -- 6. Origins of a Maya Sustainable Development Movement -- 7. The Maya Idea of Culturally Sustainable Development -- 8. Garifuna Sustainable Development -- 9. Andean Indigenous Sustainable Development -- 10. Indigenizing Development -- 11. Indigenous Sustainable Development. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910392744903321 |
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MacNeill Timothy
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Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia : Mapping and Navigating Stakeholders, Policy and Action / / edited by Osamu Saito, Suneetha M Subramanian, Shizuka Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Takeuchi
| Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia : Mapping and Navigating Stakeholders, Policy and Action / / edited by Osamu Saito, Suneetha M Subramanian, Shizuka Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Takeuchi |
| Autore | Saito Osamu |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : Springer Nature, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 179 p. 45 illus., 32 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7 |
| Collana | Science for Sustainable Societies |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Landscape ecology Economic development—Environmental aspects Regional planning Urban planning Environmental sociology Sustainable development Environmental Management Landscape Ecology Development and Sustainability Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Environmental Sociology Sustainable Development |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Environmental Management
Landscape Ecology Development and Sustainability Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Environmental Sociology Sustainable Development Development Studies Geography Biotechnology Environmental Social Sciences Indigenous and local knowledge Science-policy interface Ecosystem services Future scenarios Stakeholder analysis Visualization Satoyama Satoumi SEPLS Social-ecological system Open Access Environmental management Botany & plant sciences Sustainability Regional & area planning Sociology The environment |
| ISBN | 981-15-1133-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction: Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes -- Chapter 2: Mapping the policy interventions on marine social-ecological systems: case study of Sekisei Lagoon, southwest Japan -- Chapter 3: How to engage tourists in invasive carp removal: Application of a discrete choice model -- Chapter 4: The Use of Backcasting to Promote Urban Transformation to Sustainability: The Case of Toyama City, Japan -- Chapter 5: Traditional Knowledge, Institutions, and Human Sociality in Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biodiversity of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh -- Chapter 6: Lessons learned from application of the “Indicators of Resilience in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)” under the Satoyama Initiative -- Chapter 7: Place-based Solutions for Conservation and Restoration of Social-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes in Asia -- Chapter 8: Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia: Mapping and Navigating Stakeholders, Policy and Action -- Chapter 9: Synthesis: Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910377829503321 |
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Saito Osamu
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| Singapore, : Springer Nature, 2020 | ||
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The Palgrave handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda : contested collaboration / / edited by Sachin Chaturvedi, Heiner Janus, Stephan Klingebiel, Xiaoyun Li, André de Mello e Souza, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Dorothea Wehrmann
| The Palgrave handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda : contested collaboration / / edited by Sachin Chaturvedi, Heiner Janus, Stephan Klingebiel, Xiaoyun Li, André de Mello e Souza, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Dorothea Wehrmann |
| Autore | Chaturvedi Sachin |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXII, 730 p. 34 illus., 21 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina |
320.96
338.927 |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa—Politics and government
Economic development—Environmental aspects Economic policy International organization Economic development African Politics Development and Sustainability Development Policy International Organization Development and Post-Colonialism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
African Politics
Development and Sustainability Development Policy International Organization Development and Post-Colonialism Development Studies African Development 2030 Agenda Development Cooperation United Nations 2030 UN Open Access Politics & government Africa Sustainability International institutions |
| ISBN | 3-030-57938-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1.Development cooperation in the context of contested global governance -- 2.Maximising goal coherence in sustainable and climate-resilient development? Polycentricity and coordination in governance -- 3.Development finance and the 2030 goals -- 4.Transnational science cooperation for sustainable development -- 5.An evolving shared concept of development cooperation: Perspectives on the 2030 Agenda -- 6.The globalisation of foreign aid: Global influences and the diffusion of aid priorities -- 7.The untapped functions of international cooperation in the age of sustainable development -- 8.The difficulties of diffusing the 2030 Agenda: Situated norm engagement and development organisations -- 9.Diffusion, fusion, and confusion: Development cooperation in a multiplex world order -- 10.Conceptualising ideational convergence of China and OECD donors: Coalition magnets in development cooperation -- 11.Measuring development cooperation and the quality of aid -- 12.Interest-based development cooperation: Moving providers from parochial convergence to principled collaboration -- 13.Monitoring and evaluation in South-South cooperation: The case of CPEC in Pakistan -- 14.The implementation of the SDGs: The feasibility of using the GPEDC monitoring framework -- 15.Counting the invisible: The challenges and opportunities of the SDG indicator framework for statistical capacity development -- 16.Building a global development cooperation regime: Necessary but failed efforts -- 17.Failing to share the burden: Traditional donors, Southern providers, and the twilight of the GPEDC and the post-war aid system -- 18.Should China join the GPEDC? Prospects for China and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation -- 19.South Africa in global development fora: Cooperation and contestation -- 20.Middle powers in international development cooperation:Assessing the roles of South Korea and Turkey -- 21.The SDGs and the empowerment of Bangladeshi women -- 22.Russia’s approach to official development assistance and its contribution to the SDGs -- 23.US multilateral aid in transition: Implications for development cooperation -- 24.“The Asian century”: The transformational potential of Asian-led development cooperation -- 25.South-South development cooperation as a modality: Brazil’s cooperation with Mozambique -- 26.South Africa as a development partner: An empirical analysis of the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund -- 27.Triangular cooperation: Enabling policy spaces -- 28.Achieving the SDGs in Africa through South-South cooperation on climate change with China -- 29.India as a partner in triangular development cooperation -- 30.Partnerships with the private sector:Success factors and levels of engagement in development cooperation -- 31.The role and contributions of development NGOs to development cooperation: What do we know? -- 32.Southern think tank partnerships in the era of the 2030 Agenda -- 33.Conclusion:Leveraging development cooperation experiences for the 2030 Agenda: Key messages and the way forward. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910427729803321 |
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Chaturvedi Sachin
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| Springer Nature, 2021 | ||
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Sustainability Standards and Global Governance : Experiences of Emerging Economies / / edited by Archna Negi, Jorge Antonio Pérez-Pineda, Johannes Blankenbach
| Sustainability Standards and Global Governance : Experiences of Emerging Economies / / edited by Archna Negi, Jorge Antonio Pérez-Pineda, Johannes Blankenbach |
| Autore | Negi Archna |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXVII, 224 p. 13 illus., 9 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development—Environmental aspects
Globalization Markets Trade Business Commerce Industrial management—Environmental aspects Development and Sustainability Emerging Markets/Globalization Sustainability Management |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Development and Sustainability
Emerging Markets/Globalization Trade Sustainability Management Development Studies International Business Industries Management Open Access Sustainability Standards Global Governance Emerging Economies Social and Environmental Standards Sustainable Development Goals Sustainability Market research Economics Business & the environment ‘green’ approaches to business |
| ISBN | 981-15-3473-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I – Global Governance Frameworks for Sustainability Standards -- Chapter 2. Transformative impacts? Exploring the link between voluntary sustainability standards and the Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 3. Assessing the role of the World Trade Organization in regulating the use of standards in international trade -- Chapter 4. Towards greening trade? Environmental provisions in emerging markets’ preferential trade agreements -- Chapter 5. The CSR interface between the private sector and social and environmental standards and regulations -- Chapter 6. Advances in sustainability reporting: What is missing? -- Chapter 7. The impact of global labour standards on export performance -- Part II – Sustainability Standards in Sectoral and Country Contexts -- Chapter 8. The changing landscape of sustainability standards in Indonesia: Potentials and pitfalls of making global value chains more sustainable -- Chapter 9. The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and its contribution to sustainable forest management in Indonesia -- Chapter 10. Emerging international environmental standards and trade: Sectoral implications for Pakistan -- Chapter 11. Global and national food safety and quality standards: Implications and impacts for farmers in Thailand and India -- Chapter 12. Making local work for the global best: A comparative study on vehicle efficiency standards implementation in China and Mexico -- Chapter 13. Standard-setting in water use and sustainable development: A comparative critical analysis of grey water recycling in the tourism sector -- Chapter 14. Conclusions and policy recommendations. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910409836003321 |
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Negi Archna
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| Springer Nature, 2020 | ||
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Workers, Managers, Productivity : Kaizen in Developing Countries / / edited by Akio Hosono, John Page, Go Shimada
| Workers, Managers, Productivity : Kaizen in Developing Countries / / edited by Akio Hosono, John Page, Go Shimada |
| Autore | Hosono Akio |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXVI, 327 p. 29 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 330.0095 |
| Soggetto topico |
Asia—Economic conditions
Economic development—Environmental aspects Labor economics Asian Economics Development and Sustainability Labor Economics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Asian Economics
Development and Sustainability Labor Economics Economy-wide Country Studies Development Studies Open Access Kaizen Industrial Planning Management Corporate Structure Sustainable Development Economics Sustainability Labour economics |
| ISBN | 981-15-0364-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Overview -- 2. Industrial Policy, Firm Capabilities and Kaizen -- 3. Kaizen towards Learning, Transformation, and High-Quality Growth: Insights from Outstanding Experiences -- 4. Why is Kaizen Critical for Developing Countries? Kaizen as a Social Innovation in the Era of Global Inequality -- 5. Kaizen promotion in Ethiopia – A role of the government and change of mindset of people -- 6. Kaizen Dissemination through the Government and Private Sector in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Study of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Myanmar -- 7. Opportunities for Kaizen in Africa: Developing the Core Employability Skills of African Youth through Kaizen -- 8. The Role of Kaizen in Participation in the Global Value Chain: The Case of the Mexican Automotive Industry -- 9. Enhancing Learning through Continuous Improvement: Case Studies of the Toyota Production System in the Automotive Industry in South Africa -- 10. Does Management Matter? An Assessment of Kaizen in Brazil -- 11. Kaizen for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Vietnam -- 12. Management Practices and Performance Improvement in Manufacturing Enterprises: The Case of Kaizen Adoption in Ghana -- 13. Consequences of Kaizen practices in MSMEs in the Philippines: The case of the Manufacturing Productivity Extension Program (MPEX). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910380749503321 |
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Hosono Akio
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| Springer Nature, 2020 | ||
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