Springer Singapore: 3660 books
Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals
Exploring an Integrative Framework of Theories, Tools, and Competencies
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
This book provides a detailed overview of governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopting a unique integrative approach, it examines the fragmentation of governance that is a critical barrier to achieving the SDGs. The main question addressed is: What are the crucial elements and...
Advancing Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment
Implementing a Systems Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
This book addresses up-to-date urban health issues from a systems perspective and provides an appealing integrated urban development strategy based on a 10-year global interdisciplinary research programme created by the International Council for Science (ICSU), and sponsored by the InterAcademy Partnership...
by Bin Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
This book tries to integrate the different arrangements devised in the MTS for small and large NMEs into one analytical framework and explores two sets of rules (GATT/WTO-minus and GATT/WTO-plus) along three historical stages (shaping, weakening and strengthening). The focal point of this book is...
by Rajib Maity
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
This book focuses on the application of statistical methods in the field of hydrology and hydroclimatology. Among the latest theories being used in these fields, the book introduces the theory of copulas and its applications in this context. The purpose is to develop an understanding and illustrate...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book gathers invited presentations from the 2nd Symposium of the ICSA- CANADA Chapter held at the University of Calgary from August 4-6, 2015. The aim of this Symposium was to promote advanced statistical methods in big-data sciences and to allow researchers to exchange ideas on statistics and...
University Social Responsibility and Quality of Life
A Global Survey of Concepts and Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book provides a critical review of the theory and practice of University Social Responsibility. In addition to addressing the nature of and concepts surrounding University Social Responsibility, as well as its ties to areas such as service learning or engaged scholarship, the book also presents...
by Yang Li, Xiaojing Zhang, Xin Chang
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The book aims at perfecting the national governance system and improving national governance ability. It evaluates the balance sheets of the state and residents, non-financial corporations, financial institutions and the central bank, the central government, local government and external sectors –...
China’s Macroeconomic Outlook
Quarterly Forecast and Analysis Report, September 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
This book is a quarterly forecast and analysis report on the Chinese economy. It is published twice a year and presents ongoing results from the “China Quarterly Macroeconomic Model (CQMM),” a research project at the Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR) at Xiamen University. Based on the CQMM...
by P.K. Suri, Sushil
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
The book is based on practical experience gained during the planning and execution of e-governance projects in India coupled with extensive research based on six national/multi-state-level agriculture related projects. It assesses e-governance projects in terms of desired project outcomes and analyzes...
Computational Intelligence in Multi-Feature Visual Pattern Recognition
Hand Posture and Face Recognition using Biologically Inspired Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
This book presents a collection of computational intelligence algorithms that addresses issues in visual pattern recognition such as high computational complexity, abundance of pattern features, sensitivity to size and shape variations and poor performance against complex backgrounds. The book has...
VAT and Financial Services
Comparative Law and Economic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
This book explains the theoretical and policy issues associated with the taxation of financial services and includes a jurisdictional overview that illustrates alternative policy choices and the legal consequences of those choices . The book addresses the question: how can financial services in an...
by Lorenzo Riccardi
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
This user-friendly book aims to summarize the principal topics of Chinese Taxation and offers readers a general overview of the Chinese Taxation and informative updates on tax changes. The book provides a variety of facts, figures, graphs and data in an easy-to read table format. Firstly, the book...
China Accounting Standards
Introduction and Effects of New Chinese Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
This book provides an exhaustive overview of China’s accounting standards and makes a clear comparison between Chinese and international accounting systems. It offers an essential guide to dealing with new accounting standards for business enterprises in China. The guide provides valuable support...
by Hongxing Wang, Chaoqun Weng, Junsong Yuan
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
This book presents a systematic study of visual pattern discovery, from unsupervised to semi-supervised manner approaches, and from dealing with a single feature to multiple types of features. Furthermore, it discusses the potential applications of discovering visual patterns for visual data analytics,...