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Smart City Implementation
Creating Economic and Public Value in Innovative Urban Systems
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
In a series of essays, this book describes and analyzes the concept and theory of the recent smart city phenomenon from a global perspective, with a focus on its implementation around the world. After defining the concept it then elaborates on the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)...
Sharing Growth and Prosperity
Strategy and Action Plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion Southern Economic Corridor
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
The Southern Economic Corridor (SEC), one of the priority economic corridors under the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program, was designated as a GMS flagship initiative in 2002. Efforts have been taken since then, but these were pursued mainly on a project-by-project basis....
by Abdul Khakee, Angela Hull
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
This book provides recently developed and tested methods for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of planning and policy options. Several contributions focus on new substantive areas of concern in planning evaluation, including environmental justice and sustainable urban development. Applications...
The Invisible Safety Net
Protecting the Nation's Poor Children and Families
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2008
In one of the most provocative books ever published on America's social welfare system, economist Janet Currie argues that the modern social safety net is under attack.
Unlike most books about antipoverty programs, Currie trains her focus not on cash welfare, which accounts for a small and...
The Job Guarantee
Toward True Full Employment
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
This timely collection will be the first of its kind to focus on the practical application of the government job guarantee (JG) for both developed and developing economies. Global case studies include: United States, China, Ghana, Argentina, Ireland, Iceland, and India.
by Jane Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
From the revered author of the classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities comes a new book that will revolutionize the way we think about the economy.
Starting from the premise that human beings "exist wholly within nature as part of natural order in every respect," Jane Jacobs has...
Good Jobs and Social Services
How Costa Rica achieved the elusive double incorporation
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Few countries have achieved social development, which requires simultaneously securing market and social incorporation (good jobs and access to social services). This book reviews Costa Rica's experience as one of the few successful cases of double incorporation in the periphery.
Introduction to Community Development
Theory, Practice, and Service-Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
This text provides students of community and economic development with a theoretical and practical introduction to the field. Bringing together leading scholars, it provides both a conceptual background and contemporary approaches, with a progression from theory to practice. Included are case studies and supportive material to develop community service-learning activities.
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Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Smart people make a smart city. This volume presents a collection of papers on the concept of smartness, smart development and the international practices in the field. There are five key topic areas: the conceptual, smart economy, smart specialisation, smart city and public governance. The concept...
The Organization of Transport
A History of Users, Industry, and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Over the past ten years, the study of mobility has demonstrated groundbreaking approaches and new research patterns. These investigations criticize the concept of mobility itself, suggesting the need to merge transport and communication research, and to approach the topic with novel instruments and...
Bad Times
An Essay on the Present Depression of Trade, Tracing It to Its Sources in Enormous Foreign Loans, Excessive War Expenditure, the Increase of Speculation and of Millionaires, and the Depopulation of the Rural Districts; With Suggested Remedies
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1885 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Bad Times' is an essay on the economics and policies of trade and governmental expenditure. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village...
Sustainability Appraisal
A Sourcebook and Reference Guide to International Experience
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Sustainability Appraisal is a sourcebook of the state-of-the-art of this rapidly emerging and diversifying area. It draws on a wealth of international experiences and approaches to illustrate the status and scope of Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment (SA) This comprehensive guide highlights how SA...
Social Economy
Communities, Economies and Solidarity in Atlantic Canada
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This book contributes to the growing literature on the social economy from the particular perspectives of Atlantic Canadians who have been part of the Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network. It illustrates the importance of the sector to the region’s social, economic and public life...
Sheridan Nurseries
One Hundred Years of People, Plans, and Plants
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2012
A charming tale of history, creativity, natural inspiration, and a love of gardening.
In 1913, Howard Dunington-Grubb and his wife, Lorrie, bought a small plot of land near Sheridan, Ontario, for the cultivation of ornamental plants. Local farmers thought they were crazy. But Howard and Lorrie,...