Buku ini ditujukan bagi para peneliti, pembuat kebijakan, dan praktisi yang tertarik dengan dinamika dan tata kelola transisi rendah karbon. Menggambar pada Perspektif Multi-Level, ini mengembangkan pendekatan konfigurasi ulang sistem secara keseluruhan yang menjelaskan bagaimana penggabungan berbagai inovasi dapat mengonfigurasi ulang sistem yang ada secara kumulatif. Buku ini berfokus pada si…
This book presents a detailed account of Iceland’s recovery from the tumultuous banking collapse that overturned its financial industry in 2008. Early chapters recount how Iceland’s central bank was unable to follow the quantitative easing policies of the time to print money and save the banks, while serving the world´s smallest currency area. The book goes on to explore how the government…
Drawing on theory and practice, and spanning a broad range of subject matter, the book explores the origin of key concepts such as human security, reconciliation and resilience and questions their effectiveness in the pursuit of humanitarian ends. It also charts current developments in the humanitarian system, in particular in its legal and financial frameworks. Issues relating to humanitaria…
The North is changing at an unprecedented rate as industrial development and the climate crisis disrupt not only the environment but also long-standing relationships to the land and traditional means of livelihood. Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North explores the ways in which Indigenous peoples in the Arctic have adapted to challenging circumstances, including past c…
Bahwa setiap orang memiliki hak asasi manusia untuk menikmati manfaat dari kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan dan penerapannya mengejutkan banyak orang. Namun demikian, hak ini berkaitan dengan berbagai masalah di persimpangan sains dan masyarakat: akses terbuka; sains "penggunaan ganda"; akses ke kepemilikan dan penyebaran data, pengetahuan, metode dan kemampuan serta penerapannya; serta peran kerja sa…
Standar seringkali tetap tidak terlihat, namun standar memainkan peran mendasar dalam organisasi kapitalisme kontemporer dan masyarakat pada umumnya. Bentuk kekuatan apa yang mereka wakili?. Mengapa mereka menjadi begitu menonjol?. Apakah mereka akan menjadi sama pentingnya bagi globalisasi layanan seperti halnya barang-barang manufaktur?.Jean-Christophe Graz mengacu pada ekonomi politik intern…
Mengapa ada keberhasilan yang tidak merata dalam mengurangi polusi udara bahkan di wilayah yang sama dari waktu ke waktu?. Buku ini menawarkan teori inovatif tentang bagaimana insentif politik lokal dapat memengaruhi regulasi birokrasi. Dengan menggunakan bukti empiris, ia mengkaji dan membandingkan pengendalian berbagai polutan udara di China-sebuah otokrasi-dan, pada tingkat yang lebih rendah…
The second Edition of this remarkable Handbook offers readers a comprehensive overview of the science and technology of visual displays and the economic and human interface factors associated with the displays industry. Unique in the displays field, the Handbook serves as a single reference source with expert contributions from over 150 international display professionals and academic researche…
This reader is an Open Educational Resource, meant to accompany a graduate or higher-level undergraduate university course in climate change resilience, adaptation, and/or planning. While the material is geared toward students in urban and regional planning, it may also be of interest to students of urban studies, public health, geography, political science, sociology, risk management, and othe…
This book discusses the economic, political, and environmental issues surrounding the international exploration and exploitation of conventional and unconventional natural gas. Shale gas development in recent years has changed the energy discussion in the US as existing reserves of natural gas coupled with horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing make exploitation of these reserves economic…