The global film industry has witnessed significant transformations in the past few years. Regions outside the USA have begun to prosper while non-traditional production companies such as Netflix have assumed a larger market share and online movies adapted from literature have continued to gain in popularity. How have these trends shaped the global film industry? This book answers this question …
This book presents a comprehensive examination of Chinese consumer behaviour and challenges the previously dichotomous interpretation of the consumption of Western and non-Western brands in China. The dominant position is that Chinese consumers are driven by a desire to imitate the lifestyles of Westerners and thereby advance their social standing locally. The alternative is that consumers reje…
Sustainable Development
Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Sustainable Development; Energy Efficiency; Production
economic inequality; neoliberal politics
Environmental Economics; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Green Development; Environmental Competitiveness; Environmental Coordination; Economy Transformation; Environmental Carrying; Environmental Management
climate vulnerability; urban resilience; climate change; adaptation; planning; environmental risk analysis; decision making; disaster risk reduction; tropical climate management
Numerical simulations; programming; Python
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Hydrology/Water Resources; Urban Ecology
Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer Communication Networks; Software Engineering; Computational Intelligence